(A) Private fire protection service charges shall be payable monthly in arrears.
(B) Public fire protection service charges shall be payable monthly in arrears.
(C) Metered water service shall be billed monthly in arrears. All residential customer meters shall be read monthly and commercial or industrial customer meters shall, at the option of the town be read monthly. Estimated bills shall be not less than a minimum bill. The third month bill in the quarter period will reflect the difference between the actual quarter consumption and the estimated consumption for the two prior estimated bills or two minimum bills consumption allowance, whichever is greater.
(D) Special charges shall be payable on demand. The water utility shall be empowered to levy assessments from time to time to provide improvements in the town system, to enlarge it and to rehabilitate it.
(E) All bills for water service are due and payable by the fifteenth day of each month and shall be delinquent if not paid on or before said date. A service charge may be charged to the customers if bills are not paid in a timely manner which charge may be established by the Water Board from time to time.
(F) All bills will be sent to the address entered in the application for water service unless the town is notified in writing by the customer or a change of address. Regardless of billing address, the responsible customer shall be liable for all unpaid charges for water service as elsewhere defined.
(G) Customers are responsible for furnishing the town with their correct addresses. Failure to receive bills will not be considered an excuse for nonpayment nor permit an extension of the date when the account shall be delinquent.
(H) The use of water by the same customer at different premises or localities will not be combined for billing purposes, and the service to each premises will be billed separately.
(I) The town may estimate the bill of any customer pursuant to a billing procedure approved by the Commission or for other good cause, including, but not limited to, request of customer; inclement weather; labor or union disputes; inaccessibility of a customer’s meter if the town has made a reasonable attempt to read it; and other circumstances beyond the control of the town or its agents and employees.
(Ord. 2010-2, passed 6-7-2010)