9-1-5-5: BILLING:
   A.   Date Payable: Bills for water use are due and payable at the department office on the fifteenth day of each month after receipt for use of the preceding month on a metered account and in advance for flat rate accounts.
   B.   Delinquent; Penalty: Said bills shall become delinquent on the sixteenth day of the month, and 0.015 percent per month interest rate shall be charged as a penalty. Final notice shall be sent giving the user five (5) days to remit full payment.
   C.   Termination Of Service; Reinstatement: After five (5) days, use shall be terminated and not resumed until all delinquent bills are paid including an additional charge as may be established from time to time by the council in order to resume water use.
   D.   Owner Responsibility: Owners of property appropriately noticed will be held responsible for all water use and service charges. Payments will be accepted from tenants, but such acceptance will not ultimately relieve the property owner if the tenant is delinquent in payment of a bill for such use. (Ord. 90-4, 11-19-1990)