§ 15.12.670. Payment of delinquent charges - City enforcement powers.

In the event of the failure of any owner to pay when due any sewer service and use charges applicable to premises owned by him, the city may enforce payment of such delinquent charges in any of the following manners:

A.

The city manager may have such premises disconnected from the sanitary sewer system. In the event such disconnection should create a public hazard or nuisance, the city manager or his representatives may enter upon the premises for the purpose of doing such things as may be reasonably necessary to alleviate or remove such hazard or menace. The owner of such premises shall have a duty to reimburse the city for all expenses incurred by city in disconnecting any such premises, or in doing other things authorized by this section, and no reconnection shall be made until all such charges are paid.

B.

The director may institute action in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect any charges which may be due and payable in the same manner as any other debts owing to the city may be collected.

C.

Any and all delinquent payments may be placed on the tax roll, and collected with property taxes, as provided in Section 15.12.550.

D.

Such other action may be taken as may be authorized by law and by the city council.

(Prior code § 5403.32; Ord. 22812.)