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Part 80
80.000 WATER, SEWER AND GARBAGE RATES AND CHARGES* Ord. No. 56 Adopted: February 14, 1984
---------- *Cross reference(s)--Water and sewer tap rates, Pt. 81; water use charges, Pt. 82; sewage disposal system operation and maintenance, Pt. 85; garbage collection service, Pt. 86. ----------
An ordinance to provide for the collection of water, sewer,
and garbage rates, assessments, charges or rentals, and to
provide a lien therefore.
THE CITY OF READING ORDAINS:
80.001 Lien as security for collection of rates and charges;
tenant responsibility.
Sec. 1. The City of Reading shall have as security for the
collection of any water, sewage and garbage rates, or any
assessments, charges or rentals due, or to become due, for the
use or consumption of water supply to any house or other building
or premises, lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land, or for
charges resulting from making sewer connections or growing out of
services rendered by the City to any property in connection with
its sewer, and for garbage collection services rendered by the
City, a lien upon such house or other building and upon the
premises, or lot or lots, or parcel or parcels upon which such
other buildings shall be situated, or to which such water was
supplied, sewer connection made, or services rendered, and such
garbage collected. However, in a case when a tenant is
responsible for the payment of the charges, and the City is so
notified in writing, the notice to include a true copy of the
lease of the affected premises, if there is to be one, then the
charges shall not become a lien against the premises after the
date of the notice. In the event of filing of the notice, the
City shall render no further service to the premises until a cash
deposit is made as security for the payment of the charges. Such
lien shall become effective immediately upon distribution of the
water to the premises or property supplied or upon services being
rendered by the City or for making sewer connections or for
collecting garbage, as aforesaid, but shall not be enforceable
for more than three years thereafter.
80.002 Notice of pendency of lien.
Sec. 2. The official records of the Board of Public Works of
the City of Reading shall constitute a notice of the pendency of
said lien.
80.003 Delinquent charges.
Sec. 3. Charges which may be due the City on water bills, or
for sewer connection or services rendered in connection with
sewers or the collection of garbage, are hereby recognized to
constitute a lien and whenever such charge against any piece of
property shall be delinquent for six (6) months, the City
official or officials in charge of collection thereof shall
certify annually, on March 1 of each year, to the tax assessing
officer of the city, the fact of such delinquency, whereupon such
charge shall be by him entered upon the next tax roll as a charge
against such premises and shall be collected and the lien thereof
enforced, in the same manner as general City taxes against such
premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced.
80.004 Discontinuing service; suit for collection of charges.
Sec. 4. In addition to any other lawful enforcement methods,
the payment of charges for water service to any premises may be
enforced by discontinuing the water service to the premises and
the payment of charges for sewer service to any premises may be
enforced by discontinuing either the water service or the sewage
disposal service to the premises, or both; the City may further
institute suit in any Court of competent jurisdiction for the
collection of any amount due either for water, sewer service or
garbage service, and no such attempt to collect such amounts
shall in any way invalidate or waive the lien upon the premises.
80.005 Restoration of service.
Sec. 5. As a condition precedent to the restoration of water
and/or sewer service to any premises to which such service has
been previously terminated, the City of Reading shall impose and
collect all existing water and/or sewer charge arrearages
inclusive of penalties and late charges, together with the sum of
Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for service restoration.
80.006 Construction of ordinance.
Sec. 6. This Ordinance shall not be construed to affect or
restrict any rights which the City of Reading may otherwise have
under the laws of the State of Michigan for the collection of
water, sewer or garbage charges.
Effective date. The effective date of this Ordinance shall be February 27, 1984 following publication.
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