Yreka Municipal Code Ch. 12.30 Sewer Service Fees

Every person whose premises in the city is served by a connection with the system of sewage disposal of the city shall pay a monthly sewer service charge as may be set by resolution of the city council of the city of Yreka.

(Ord. 745 § 2, 1998: Ord. 673, 1992: Ord. 656 § 1, 1991: Ord. 584, 1983: Ord. 447 (part), 1971).

It shall be the duty of the administrative department of the city to collect all the sewer service fees as specified in this chapter. The sewer service fees established for any premises shall be collected with the charges and rates for water service provided to such premises by the city, unless such water service is not provided, then a separate billing shall be instituted. All sewer charges shall become due and payable to and at the office of the city clerk on the first day of the month next succeeding the month of service and become delinquent on the fifteenth day of the succeeding month. In the event that the water or other utility fee is combined with the sewer service fee, neither charge can be paid separately from the other. While any premises connected to the wastewater collection system shall be vacant, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the sewer service charges established by resolution shall be payable, whether or not sewer service is used. Regardless of whether the property owner was or was not the consumer, the property owner has primary responsibility for payment of all sewer service charges accruing from and after any disconnection of water service pursuant to Section 12.12.020 of this title. If the consumer of any delinquency of whose account resulted in termination of sewer service was a tenant, rather than the owner, of the premises receiving sewer service, a new tenant or the owner shall bear no penalty or responsibility for the outstanding balance on the prior consumer's account or for the discontinuance of service. If a subsequent tenant desires service, service shall be reestablished in the same manner and for the same cost as any new sewer service. For the purposes of this section, the term "subsequent tenant" shall not include any adult person who lived at the premises during the period that the charges or penalties accrued.

(Ord. 805 § 2(part), 2008: Ord. 447 (part), 1971).

In each case where any bill for both water service and sewer service or sewer service remains unpaid for thirty days after such bill becomes delinquent, the city manager, upon notification of such delinquency by the city clerk, shall disconnect the premises from the municipal water system, and he may also disconnect the premises from the municipal sewer system. Whenever a premises has been disconnected from either the municipal water system or the municipal sewer system for nonpayment of water or sewer service fees, such premises shall not be reconnected to either the municipal water system or the municipal sewer system until all delinquent charges and penalties have been paid, including the fee for reconnection.

(Ord. 447 (part), 1971).

All fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in a sewage disposal fund and be used exclusively for the construction, alteration, extension or repair of sewage disposal lines or sewage treatment facilities.

(Ord. 447 (part), 1971).