133.21 CHARGE FOR BAD CHECKS, DISHONORED ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS AND RELATED FEES.
   No person shall issue a bad check, ACH and/or other electronic payment or transfer to the City in payment of an obligation to the City which is returned by the payor's bank and/or financial payment service or institution marked "insufficient funds", "payment stopped", "account closed", or which are otherwise dishonored and not paid. In addition to any other penalty provided by law or other sections of the Codified Ordinances or statutes of the State of Ohio, the person issuing such a bad check and/or dishonored electronic payment shall be subject to any charge incurred by the City for each bad check and/or dishonored electronic payment issued in favor of and submitted to the City, including but not limited to any fees for returned deposited items, return item maintenance fees, redeposited returned items fees, return item image viewed fees and return item image advice viewed. In addition to the fees listed above, when a second fee is incurred within a calendar year by the same entity or individual, a thirty five dollar ($35.00) administrative fee will be assessed to the payor.
(Ord. 9394-16. Passed 6-6-16.)