§ 3-7. Collections.

(a) When payment required.

All bills for stormwater remediation fees shall be paid within 20 days after they have been issued.

(b) How billed and collected.

These fees:

(1) shall be billed by the Department of Public Works;

(2) may be included in the same bills rendered for water charges or stated in separate bills; and

(3) may be collected by the Director of Finance, at the same time, in the same manner, and subject to the same interest rates and penalties for late- or nonpayment as provided for charges for supplying water.

(c) Maximum of interest and penalties.

The combined interest and penalties for any property may not exceed 10 times the amount of the fee imposed for that property.

(d) Scope of section.

This section applies to all properties and the owners of properties that are subject to the payment of the fee imposed under this article.