(A) All water bills (which also will include wastewater and stormwater charges) shall be due and payable on the fifteenth day of each month. The property owner is ultimately responsible for the payment due for all city services furnished to the owner’s property, including water, wastewater and stormwater. The property owner is responsible whether or not the owner actually occupies the property. The failure of the occupants of the property, or the property owner, to pay for any charges for water, wastewater and stormwater services furnished to the property shall result in these services being withheld from his property until the unpaid charges have been paid in full. This rule will apply to all subsequent occupants of the property.
(B) All charges for water and wastewater due and payable on the Fifteenth day of each month shall be delinquent if not paid by the Fifteenth day of the following month. A penalty shall accrue thereupon as of the sixteenth day of each month thereafter for such period of lime as the water, wastewater and/or stormwater bill is not paid. Failure to pay any overdue water, wastewater and/or stormwater bill within 30 days of the date the bill is due shall result in all Utility services to the property being disconnected or discontinued.
(C) A 10% penalty shall be assessed on all overdue water, wastewater and stormwater charges and fees after the Fifteenth day of each and every month and shall be cumulative.
(D) No building permit or occupancy permit shall be issued by the city or other governmental agency having the same authority until all applicable water, wastewater and/or stormwater charges, fees and penalties for the property have been paid.
(E) No water connection to a property with an overdue account shall be installed, made, modified or performed until all applicable overdue Utility charges and fees have been paid in full.
(F) If an approved water connection is not made within one year of the date of authorization, or if the building permit is revoked or expires, the permit for the service connection shall be considered void and terminated.
(G) An applicant may make application to the Utility for a refund of water charges and fees paid under the requirements of this chapter, provided that:
(1) One hundred twenty days have passed from the original payment of the fees; and
(2) The written authorization for the service connection is returned to the city; and
(3) The applicant provides a written statement that no future service connection rights are retained by the applicant; and
(4) The applicant is not otherwise indebted to the city.
(H) Upon approval of the Board, the water and wastewater fees previously paid may he refunded, upon completion of the conditions of division (G)(1) to (4) of this section.
(I) The cost of any special materials, equipment, or metering systems specifically ordered for a water service connection shall not be refundable to the applicant.
(Ord. 1627, passed 7-5-16)