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The rate for metered water shall be determined as of January 1st of the year indicated.
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
$15.00 | $18.75 | $21.56 | $24.80 | $28.52 |
Payments shall be made to the department of finance, or its agent, or by any other means established by the department of finance. A late payment penalty assessed at a monthly rate of one and one-fourth percent shall be imposed on all water charges in excess of $10.00 for which payment in full is not received within 24 calendar days from the date the bill therefor was sent as shown by the records of the department of finance. Where the correctness of a bill is disputed and where complaint of such incorrectness has been made prior to the time a late penalty would be imposed, and where the adjusting of such complaint requires additional time, the penalty may be held in abeyance up to and including the tenth day succeeding the resending of such bill. The late payment penalty established pursuant to this section shall not be imposed upon persons who are 65 years or older, who own and reside in their own residence and who have a separate water meter or water assessment.
All revenues received for payment of water use rates, charges and penalties shall be deposited to the water revenue fund.
(Prior code § 185-31; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-84, p. 11883; Mayoral veto, 12-18-84, p. 11998; Amend Coun. J. 1-23-85, p. 12937; Amend Coun. J. 4-26-89, p. 425; Amend Coun. J. 6-28-91, p. 2475; Amend Coun. J. 6-23-93, p. 34793; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-95, p. 11995; Amend Coun. J. 11-10-99, p. 14998, § 7.2; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-99, p. 17487, § 7.2; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-03, p. 14216, § 7.4; Amend Coun. J. 12-14-05, p. 66648, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 15814, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 5, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 9; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 14596, Art. III, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 204)