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(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)
(A) All water used by consumers shall be charged to and collected from the owners or occupants of the premises and same shall be a lien on the premises and the real estate where used and may be collected by the city at any time after same becomes due by civil action in the courts and it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to report the names of all persons delinquent in the payment of their water charges, showing the amount due from each delinquent person, together with a description of the property upon or for which the water has been used or supplied; and, thereupon, the City Council shall, by resolution, direct the City Clerk to file with the County Clerk a certified copy of the report and resolution directing that the amounts assessed against the different premises as shown by the report be placed upon the assessment roll and tax list of the county for collection as other taxes.
(B) Whenever charges for water service shall be delinquent, the Director of Public Works may shut off the water and discontinue the service.
(Prior Code, § 52.122) (Ord. 3060, passed 10-7-1985; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
All water consumers shall be liable for the minimum rate provided herein unless the consumer shall, by written order, direct the Director of Public Works to shut off the water at the stop box, in which case the consumer shall not be liable thereafter for water rate until the water is turned on again.
(Prior Code, § 52.123) (Ord. 3060, passed 10-7-1985; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
Any person or consumer of water who, with permission of the city, fills tanks with water shall pay to the city the sum as set by resolution for the first 1,000 gallons per tank load and an additional sum as set by resolution for every 1,000 gallons, or portions thereof over 1,000 gallons.
(Prior Code, § 52.124) (Ord. 3096, passed 5-5-1986; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
(A) There shall be a service surcharge as set by resolution for all insufficient funds received from any consumer by the city.
(B) Upon such time that the consumer requests the remote reading device be relocated, for reasons such as remodeling, the city shall charge a sum as set by resolution for the removal and replacement of the remote reading device. The city will not be held responsible for the working condition of the remote reading device if the consumer does not make request upon the city to do the work of relocation. The city reserves the right to discontinue water or sewer service to said property for nonpayment of the above-mentioned fees.
(Prior Code, § 52.125) (Ord. 91-16, passed 4-1-1991; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
The Director of Public Works shall have the authority to issue permits for the use of water for building and construction purposes. The regular charge shall be paid as though the water was taken by regular customer service.
(Prior Code, § 52.126) (Ord. 98-20, passed 6-1-1998; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
(A) Applicants for water shall be charged for expenses of tapping and for all service pipe and trenching from the main to which such applicant’s connection is to be made.
(B) If the connection is to be made to any water main(s), which have been laid and constructed in a water district or water extension district of the city, wherein special assessments have been levied upon the property in said district to pay all or any part of the cost of construction thereof, and the property to which said connection is made has not been assessed in said district, or if the connection is made to any water main(s) hereafter laid or constructed by the city without the levying of any special assessments for the construction thereof, the person desiring said connection shall pay the city a special connection charge as set by resolution. The aforesaid fees and charges shall be in addition to the other fees and charges provided for in this chapter. The special connection charge shall be paid only once with respect to said property; the lot facing the water main to which the person wishes to connect. Such connection charge shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.
(Prior Code, § 52.127) (Ord. 2696, passed 3-3-1980; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
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