Sec. 30-16. Collection of charges.
a. Collection of Charges Based on Direct Billing.
1.The Finance Director, or designee, shall prepare a detailed statement showing the applicable monthly sewer service charge every other month or on such other regular basis as established by the Finance Director.
2.The Finance Director, or designee, shall prepare an invoice showing the total charge and mail it to the owner of the premises identified on the last equalized assessment roll of the County of Monterey at the address shown on such assessment roll. Failure to mail any such bill or invoice, or failure of any owner to receive any such bill or invoice, shall not excuse the owner of any premises from the obligation of paying any sewer service and use charge for any premises owned by them.
3.The sewer service charge shall be due and payable within 30 days of the date the bill or invoice is mailed. A sewer charge shall be delinquent if not paid within 30 days after mailing the invoice. Any delinquency will incur a 10 percent penalty charge on the delinquent amount.
b. Collection of Charges With General Taxes.As an alternative procedure to subsection (a) of this section, the sewer service charge may be collected for each fiscal year on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes of the City. For any fiscal year that the sewer service charge is not collected on the tax roll, the City may collect all or a portion of the sewer service charge for such year on the tax roll in the following fiscal year or years.
c.The City may enforce the payment of sewer rates and penalties levied in any manner authorized by law and by placing a lien on the parcel served. (Ord. 3684 § 6, 2024; Ord. 3446 § 1, 2010; Ord. 2208 § 5, 1978)