(a) Except as provided below, a delinquent fee shall be added to all water, wastewater and garbage bills not paid on or before the due date. The delinquent fee shall be an amount equal to ten percent of the total of said bill.
(b) The delinquent fees established in subsection (a) of this section shall not be assessed on accounts where the principal customer is over 65 years of age. Suitable evidence in the form of driver's license or birth certificate presented to the water office shall be sufficient to establish this exemption.
(c) Any form of monetary payment may be used to satisfy a delinquent account. However, payment by check will only be accepted from customers who have never had a returned check with the city. Payment must be received before the water will be restored.
(Prior Code, § 16-60.2; Ord. of 9-25-1979; Ord. of 4-12-1983; Ord. of 9-22-1992; Ord. of 1-24-1995; Ord. of 9-13-2016)