(A) The billing for normal domestic wastewater services shall consist of monthly billing in accordance with the rates specified by the City, subject to net and gross rates.
(B) Sewer bills will be mailed during the last five (5) days of each month. Payment is due by the fifteenth (15th) of the month unless the fifteenth (15th) falls on a weekend or holiday, in which case payment is due by 5:00 p.m. on the first business day following such weekend or holiday.
(C) A penalty of ten percent (10%) will be added to the total amount of the sewer bill on the sixteenth (16th) of the month.
(D) The water service cutoff date shall be ten (10) days following the fifteenth (15th) of the month for non-payment of sewer bill.
(E) A sales tax of six percent (6%) and other applicable taxes will be added to the total amount of the monthly sewer bill.
(F) A service reconnect fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be charged for each sewer service cut-off for non-payment. This may be in addition to reconnect fees for water service charged by the Henderson County Water District.
(G) Each customer sharing a water meter will be charged the minimum monthly sewer service charge. In case of non-payment by either
party, responsibility for the total sewer bill will be that of the person in whose name the water service is in.
(Ord. - - , passed 12-5-91)
(H) Upon payment of a sewer bill in full, bills for sewer services will not be issued for uninhabited residential dwellings and other structures where water service is disconnected.
(I) The property owner is solely responsible for notifying tenants to pay the current deposit at the City Office. In the event a tenant leaves an outstanding sewer bill that is not covered by a deposit, the property owner as shown on the real estate records maintained by Henderson County shall be responsible for any unpaid balances.
(J) Sewer service shall be withheld from a property where an outstanding sewer bill exists.
(K) The city or the Mayor, at its discretion may direct the matter of non-payment to the City Council and a short, repayment plan in full, including the seventy-five dollar ($75) reconnection fee shall be voted on by the Council and if approved at least fifty percent (50%) of the amount due will be paid in twenty-four (24) hours, the remaining balance paid in seven (7) days. Temporary service may be restored under the conditions approved for repayment. Voiding the agreement and/or contract will result in disconnection and the matter referred to the City Attorney for collection.
(Ord. - - , passed 8-4-94; Am. Ord. 96-2, passed 1-4-96; Am. Ord. 96-3, passed 8-6-96; Am. Ord. - -, passed 2-19-98; Am. Ord. 2005.03A, passed 6-16-05; Am. Ord. 2009.01, passed 2-5-09; Am. Ord. 2012.01, passed 3-1-12; Am. Ord. 2015.02, passed 8-6-15; Am. Ord. 2016.03, passed 8-4-16)