Collection.

Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 11-C, § 705

in effect

Section 705. - Collection. A. The charges established herein for the use of the sanitary sewer system of the City shall be billed to each user monthly, along with the bill for water and other utility services, and shall carry the same due date as now or may hereafter be established for water service bills. No charge shall be made for sanitary sewer service during periods when the premises is disconnected from water service; except that, in those cases where water service is obtained from a source other than directly from the City of Tulsa, no allowance shall be made for vacancy or nonuse until sworn notification of such vacancy, on forms prescribed by the City, shall have been received by the authorized agent of the City and then only when such vacancy is longer than one (1) full billing period. B. In the event any person, firm or corporation shall tender as payment of water service, medical service program, sanitary sewer nuisance abatement fees, sanitary sewer service, collection of solid waste service and/or service charge for the use of the City's stormwater drainage system an amount insufficient to pay in full all of the charges so billed, credit shall be given first to the charges for deposit, second to the service charge for the use of the City's stormwater drainage system, third to the charges for collection of solid waste, fourth to the charge for sanitary sewer service, fifth to any sanitary sewer nuisance abatement fees, sixth to the charge for the medical service program, seventh to the charges for water service and lastly to fees and penalties, except that any subsidies received by the City from another governmental entity, pursuant to an agreement with such entity for payment of specific utility service charges for benefit of a "residential service unit", as that term is defined in Section 101 of Chapter 1 of Title 11-B, Tulsa Revised Ordinances, or a residential utility customer of the City shall be accepted by the City and applied to the utility service charges so designated. In addition, any funds of the City applied to specific utility service charges for a residential service unit or residential utility customer of the City pursuant to an approved program for payment of such charges shall be applied to the utility service charges so designated. C. In the event of nonpayment of the sewer service charges or industrial user waste charges established herein, the City shall have the right to make an actual physical disconnection of the house sewer from the public sanitary sewer or other sanitary sewer connecting to the public sanitary sewers, and the costs of disconnecting and reconnecting shall be paid by the customer then using or thereafter desiring to use such sanitary sewer for such premises. D. In the event that any utility account shall become delinquent, water services may be terminated by the City until all delinquent charges shall be paid in full. E. No sanitary sewer service connection shall be made to any premises not receiving water service directly from the City until and unless the lawful owner or agent of the premises to be furnished sanitary sewer service has executed a sanitary sewer service contract, wherein the owner of the premises to be served agrees to pay all user charges made and provided by the Revised Ordinances of the City of Tulsa and grants to the City a right-of-way and easement over, under and across the premises to be served for the purpose of inspecting the construction of the house sewer or sewers and for disconnecting the same in the event the user charges imposed herein are not paid. F. Each user shall be notified, at least annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the user charges which are attributable to operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment services. (Ord. Nos. 20384, 21527; Ord. No. 25090, § 3, 7-26-2023)

Source: City of Tulsa, Revised Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/tulsa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT11-CWASE_CH7SASEUSCHSY_S705COFetched: 10/28/2026