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(d) Any water utility customer who has not received city -supplied water during a billing period. Sec. 39-55.4. - Same—Setting charge. The city council shall, from time to time, set a sewerage service charge in accordance with applicable law. All monies collected from the sewerage service charge, including penalties and interest for late payment, shall be deposited into the sewerage enterprise fund established pursuant to chapter 13 of this code. Sec. 39-55.5. - Same—Delinquencies. (a) Sewerage service charges and other sewerage service related charges established under section 39-55.2 and any penalties accrued for failure to make timely payment therefore shall be a civil debt owing to the city. (b) In the event that the owner and occupant of the premises or property receiving sewerage service are the same, then said civil debt against such customer shall constitute a lien against said property upon recordation following appropriate action by the city council following substantial compliance with all provisions of California Government Code section 54354 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, including notice and an opportunity to be heard; except as may be provided therein. As a separate and distinct remedy, the city attorney is authorized to bring suit pursuant to California Government Code section 54356. (c) Establishment of a lien against the property shall remove said sewerage charge(s) from the City's regular consolidated municipal utility services account/billing statement and toll the accrual of additional penalties therefore under section 39-20 of this Code. (d) The city shall not disconnect water utility service for failure to pay the sewer service charge, unless such failure is accompanied by a customer's failure to pay the water utility service, in which case disconnection of water utility service shall be governed by article II of this chapter. Sec. 39-56. - Fats, oils, and grease control—Purpose and policy. (a) The purpose of this section is to allow the maximum beneficial public use of the city's sewer services and facilities while preventing blockages of the sewer lines resulting from discharges of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) to the sewer facilities and to specify appropriate FOG discharge requirements for FSEs. (b) The purpose of this section is to comply with federal, state, and local policies regarding sanitary sewer overflows and to allow the city to meet applicable Ordinance No. NS -2921 Page 43 of 57