The sewer user charge for all occupied property shall begin sixty (60) days after the sewer service becomes available or the day that connection is made to the public sewer, whichever occurs first. The sewer user charge for all unoccupied property shall begin within thirty (30) days after the property is ready for occupancy or on the first day of occupancy, whichever occurs first. All unoccupied property which is ready for occupancy at the time of the sewer service becoming available shall be treated as occupied property. Once the sewer user charge has commenced, no credit shall be given for vacancy unless it can be demonstrated that water service to that property from any and all sources has been discontinued, at which time the user charge shall be reduced to no less than two dollars ($2.00) per month, per equivalent user and the regular user charge shall be reinstated as soon as water service to that property from any source has begun. If the dates upon which the user charge is commenced or altered does not fall on the first day of a billing period, the rates shall be appropriately prorated. (Ord. 284, 1980)