(a) Late Payment Penalty Fees. All charges and fees for garbage collection services, as set forth in this chapter, shall be subject to a late payment penalty fee if said charges and fees are not paid on or before the due date. Said late payment penalty fee shall be assessed at a rate of one and one-half percent of the amount that is delinquent, per month or portion thereof, with the minimum late payment penalty fee being equal to a one-month charge.
(b) Payments of Less Than the Entire Amount Due. All charges and fees for garbage collection services shall be added as part of the water and sewer bill for each water and sewer customer as part of one billing statement. If a payment is received relative to any account which is less than the full amount of the outstanding bill, the payment received shall be applied to pay the various portions of said outstanding bill in the following order:
(1) Late payment penalty fees;
(2) Garbage collection fees;
(3) Sanitary sewer service charges and fees;
(4) Water service charges and fees.
(Ord. 824. Passed 11-14-05.)