A. It is the responsibility of all customers, except those customers that have been supplied radio read meters, to remit the amount due for the prior month's charges for water services per the billing card and to read, report, and return their water meter reading to the Custer City finance office, between the first and the eleventh day of each month on the billing card.
B. All bills or charges for water shall be paid at the Custer City finance office on or before the eleventh day of the month, and if not so paid, the account shall become delinquent and a ten-dollar ($10.00) penalty fee added thereto. If the eleventh day of the month falls on the weekend, payment will be due the preceding Friday by five p.m. Delinquent accounts are further addressed in Section 13.04.330. Customers shall be entitled to make written arrangements for late payments, with the approval of the finance officer, for reasons such as, but not limited to, being out of town or seasonal accounts, medical reasons or a death in the immediate family, and a late payment fee shall not be charged or may be removed. A late payment fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed to those accounts that have made payment arrangements for charges that are delinquent and not paid in accordance with such payment arrangements.
C. Failure of any customer to make the required monthly water meter reading report to the city finance office shall have their usage estimated and a fifteen-dollar ($15.00) penalty fee added thereto. (Ord. 620 (part), 2005: Ord. 603 (part), 2004)