13.25.060 Charges levied.
There are hereby levied and imposed upon all premises which have been improved within the city of North Bend just and equitable charges for stormwater drainage service and any subsequent service, which includes the maintenance, operation and extension of the stormwater system; and to establish a stormwater drainage fund for these same purposes.
(1) The person or persons owning or occupying improved premises which make use of the city’s storm sewer system shall be jointly and severally responsible for the payment of the stormwater user charge imposed by this chapter.
(2) The Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board is hereby authorized and directed to collect all of the stormwater sewer charges herein levied and imposed and to pay the amounts hereof to the city of North Bend each month. For this purpose, the Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board may include stormwater sewer charges as a part of their periodic billings for water services. Any storm sewer user not receiving water service from the Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board shall be billed each month by the city finance department for sewer charges imposed by this chapter.
(3) Stormwater sewer user charges imposed under this ordinance shall be a debt due to the city of North Bend, and when such debt should become thirty days delinquent, this charge may be collected in a civil action in the name of the city against the owner or occupant of the improved premises using the stormwater sewer system, or any of them. Collections of stormwater sewer user charges may be enforced in the same matter as collections of water charges by the Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board, which shall act as the agent of the city in such collection.
(4) Each owner or occupant of improved premises shall be notified at least annually in conjunction with a regular billing of the rate in that portion of the user charges which are attributable to stormwater sewer services. (Ord. 1965 § 6, 2007)