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If, for any reason, any of the rates of any user hereinbefore set forth shall be invalid or unenforceable, the city shall be entitled to receive and collect from such user a reasonable rate or charge for the use of its sanitary sewerage system, the same to be collected in an action at law.
(Prior Code, § 3-213)
All sewer use charges prescribed by this chapter shall be a lien upon the premises and real estate for which the sewer service is supplied and used, and, if not paid when due, such charge shall be certified to the City Treasurer and may be recovered by the city in an action at law from the owner or the person, firm or corporation requesting the service or it may be certified to the tax assessor and assessed against the premises serviced and collected or returned in the same manner as other municipal taxes are certified, assessed, collected and returned.
(Prior Code, § 3-214)
Bills for the sewer use charges made by this chapter shall be due on the first day of each month and shall be delinquent if not paid by the tenth day thereof. If said sewer bills are not paid by the twentieth day of each month, the water service of the consumer shall be turned off and shall not be turned on again until said bill and a late charge of $5 be paid.
(Prior Code, § 3-215) (Ord. 550, passed 12-6-1988)
The governing body shall review, at least annually, the user charge system and revise the charges, if necessary, to accomplish the following:
(A) Maintain the proportional distribution of operation, maintenance and replacement (OM&R) costs among users and user classes;
(B) Generate adequate revenues to pay the costs of OM&R; and
(C) Apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the costs of OM&R attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rates accordingly.
(Prior Code, § 3-216)
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