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The commissioner may deem it necessary to enter private or public property at the owner's expense, for the purpose of correcting violations and/or to protect the public health safety, and welfare. Paraphrasing Sections 11-8-050* and 11-12-040, the owner is responsible for water piping toward the building unit from the shut-off rod box to the furthermost water outlet. In that meter vaults and vaulted sidewalks are usually on the outlet side of the shut-off rod box, it is, therefore, the owner's responsibility to construct and maintain same and to prevent frost or flood damage resulting therefrom. If the department's expenses are not paid within 30 days from the date of the first notice, the water service may be terminated at owner's expense.
(Prior code § 185-34.4; Added Coun. J. 12-18-84, p. 12090; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12; Amend Coun. J. 12-8-04, p. 38063, § 1)
* Editor's note – Repealed by Coun. J. 3-28-01, p. 55444, § 1.
Where there is incompatibility among owners, trustees, or association members, on individually owned duplexes, townhouses, condominiums, cooperatives or similar structures that share a common water service, with or without a meter, and the city is compelled to make repairs or alterations thereon, either on public or private property to protect the public health, safety and welfare the city's expenses will be shared equally by all owners being supplied by said common water service. If after 30 days' written notice one or more owners refuses to reimburse the city for their share of said expenses, the city may terminate, at the owner's expenses, water service to those units that are in arrears.
(Prior code § 185-34.5; Added Coun. J. 12-18-84, p. 12090)
Where there is incompatibility among owners, trustees, or association members, on individually owned duplexes, townhouses, condominiums, cooperatives or similar structures that share a common water service, with or without a meter, and the city is compelled to make repairs or alterations thereon, either on public or private property to protect the public health, safety and welfare the city's expenses will be shared equally by all owners being supplied by said common water service. If after 30 days' written notice one or more owners refuses to reimburse the city for their share of said expenses, the city may terminate, at the owner's expenses, water service to those units that are in arrears.
(Prior code § 185-34.5; Added Coun. J. 12-18-84, p. 12090)
Should any field assessor, rate-taker, shutoff man or other employee make false returns as to the width, or height in stories, of a building, or as to the number of fixtures therein, or as to the character of the business which by its nature would be assessable under the tariff of rates set forth in this Code, he shall be removed from office according to law.
(Prior code § 185-36)
The water rates or charges established under this Code shall be billed in such time periods as established by the comptroller, and shall be added to and separately recited on a unified statement of charges.
A late payment penalty assessed at a monthly rate of one and one-fourth percent shall be imposed on all water charges 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.
All revenues received for payment of water use rates, charges and penalties shall be deposited to the water revenue fund.
Where the correctness of an inspection on which an assessment is based on or an amount of refund calculated, is disputed, and where, in the case of a late payment penalty, complaint of such correctness has been made within the period prior to the time the usual 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 remailing 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.
(Prior code § 185-37; Amend Coun. J. 6-28-91, p. 2475; Amend Coun. J. 6-23-93, p. 34793; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12; Amend Coun. J. 12-14-05, p. 66648, § 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. 10-28-15, p. 12062, Art. IX, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. IV, § 5)
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