(A) All municipal utilities shall be billed monthly or quarterly and a utilities statement or statements shall be mailed to each consumer each month. All utilities charges shall be delinquent if they are unpaid at the close of business on the date set by resolution adopted by the Council. All delinquent accounts shall be charged a penalty of 10% which shall be added to the bill. Each consumer is allowed waiver of the penalty, on past due accounts, once each calendar year.
(B) If service is suspended due to delinquency, it shall not be restored at that location until a reconnection charge has been paid for each utility reconnected in addition to amounts owed for service penalties.
(2002 Code, § 3.70) (Ord. 157, Third Series, effective 12-1-1987; Ord. 21, Fourth Series, effective 12-15-1991; Ord. 12, Fifth Series, passed 8-19-1996; Ord. 106, Sixth Series, effective 5-22-2009)