(A) (1) All charges for water furnished by the city shall become due when billed and delinquent on the twenty-first day of each month. Statements for water furnished by the city shall be delivered to the consumer or owner of the premises by leaving at the premises or by mailing to the owners of the premises or the consumers.
(2) Such statement shall designate the reading of the meter, and the previous reading thereof, from which shall be computed the number of gallons consumed and the amount due and shall also contain a statement of the amount due for sewer charges against the premises.
(B) A penalty of 10% of the amount due shall be added to each delinquient account, after the twentieth day month, such penalty is not collected. Failure to receive a statement of the amount due shall not excuse the owner of the premises or the consumer from the liability to pay for all water used or sewer charges or for the penalty for failure to pay before the same becomes delinquent. It shall be the duty of the Public Works Department to be open each business day for the purpose of receiving payment of water and sewer accounts.
(C) It shall also be the duty of the Public Works Department to keep an accurate record of all monies received, entering the same to the credit of the proper department for which it is received. All monies so received shall be deposited with the Finance Director, who shall report to the City Council each month the monies received during the preceding month.
(Prior Code, § 52.121) (Ord. 89-4, passed 3-6-1989; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)