(A) Bills for all services will be rendered monthly. Water and sewer bills must be paid on or before the due date shown thereon. Payments made after the due date will incur a penalty charge at a rate determined by resolution of the City Council. Failure to receive bill will not release customer from payment obligation, nor extend the due date.
(B) In the event that either water and/or sewer bills are not paid on or before the due date, any or all utility service may be discontinued without notice to customer and not again resumed until all service bills are paid; and the city shall not be liable for damages on account of discontinuing service at any time after the due date even though payment of the bills be made on the same date either before or after service is actually discontinued.
(C) Should the due date of payment of the bill fall on a weekend or a holiday, the business day next following the due date will be held as the last day to obtain the rate without penalty. Net remittances received by mail after the time limit for payment of said rate will incur a penalty charge at a rate determined by resolution of the City Council. Postmark dates will not be accepted to avoid penalty charges.
(D) No customer shall be entitled to pay any bill without penalty while the customer is delinquent in the payment of any obligation owed the city by the customer.
(E) If a meter fails to register properly, or if a meter is removed to be tested or repaired or if water is received other than through a meter, the city reserves the right to render and collect an estimated bill based on the best information available.
(1989 Code, § 18-114, modified) (Ord. 1493, passed 10-8-2015)