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ORDINANCE NO. 06-2022
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF RIVERDALE, IOWA, BY AMENDING SECTION 95.140
OF CHAPTER 95 ENTITLED WASTEWATER FACILITY
BE IT ENCACTED by the City Council of the City of Riverdale, Iowa:
SECTION 1. Amended Section
Section 95.140 [Property Lien for Unpaid Charges; Assessment; Private Users] under “Wastewater Facility”
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Riverdale, Iowa, is hereby repealed and replaced as follows:
Chapter 95
Wastewater Facility
95.140 Property Lien for Unpaid Charges; Assessment; Private Users
95.140 Property Lien for Unpaid Charges; Assessment; Private Users
1. Failure to pay comprehensive sewer service charges shall create a lien upon the property
served by the public sanitary sewer system and the wastewater treatment works as provided by
State law. The owner of the premises served and any lessee or tenant thereof shall be jointly and
severally liable for comprehensive sewer service charges to the premises. The Clerk shall certify
for taxation purposes, in establishing property liens to the County Treasurer, all delinquent
comprehensive sewer service payments. For the purpose of certification, the comprehensive
sewer service payment shall be designated as delinquent when same is shown and appears on
the books carrying comprehensive sewer service payments that have been unpaid for a period
of three (3) months following their due date.
2. A lien for delinquent service charges shall not be certified to the County Treasurer unless
prior written notice of intent to certify a lien is given to the customer. If the customer is a tenant
and if the owner or landlord of the property has made a written request for notice, the notice
shall also be given to the owner or landlord. If the customer is a tenant and requests a change of
name for service under the account, such request shall be sent to the owner or landlord of the
property if the owner or landlord has made a written request for notice of any change of name
for service under the account to the rental property. The notice shall be sent to the appropriate
persons by ordinary mail not less than thirty (30) days prior to certification of the lien to the
County Treasurer.
3. Where the User is an operator of a private or quasi-public water supply, failure to pay usage
shall be subject to similar rules as to delinquency and suspension of service, property lien and
certification of delinquency, as provided in Subsection 1 above.
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SECTION 2. REPEALER. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged
invalid or unconstitutional such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinances as a whole or
any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law.
Passed by the Council the ______ day of ____________, 2022, and approved this _____ day of
______________, 2022.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Anthony Heddlesten, Mayor Kelly Krell, Deputy Clerk
1st Reading: ____________________, 2022
2nd Reading: ____________________, 2022
3rd Reading: ____________________, 2022