A. Statement: The town clerk or superintendent shall furnish to each user, or mail to, or leave at his place of residence or usual place of business, a written or printed statement stating thereon the amount of water service charges assessed against him once each month or at such other regular intervals as the town council shall direct.
B. Notice Of Intent To Discontinue: The statement shall specify the amount of the bill for the water service and the place of payment and date due. If any person fails to pay the water charges within thirty (30) days from the date due, the clerk or superintendent shall give the consumer notice in writing of intention to discontinue the service to the consumer unless the consumer pays the bill in full within five (5) days from the date of notice. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992)
C. Discontinuance Of Service: If the culinary water service is thereafter discontinued for failure to make payment, then before the water service to the premises shall again be provided, all delinquent water charges must have been paid to the town treasurer or arrangements made for their payment in a manner satisfactory to the town. In the event water is turned off for nonpayment of water charges then before the water service to the premises shall again be provided, the consumer shall pay, in addition to all delinquent water charges, such extra charge for turning the water on or off as the town council may have established by resolution. Until such a resolution has been adopted, there shall be added an extra charge, in such amount as established by resolution of the town council, for turning on the water. Furthermore, in addition to such payments and penalties, a delinquent consumer may be required to make and file a new application and deposit if the previous deposit has theretofore been applied to the payment of delinquent bills. The town clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the payment of all delinquent water charges by an action at law in the name of the town. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992; amd. 2001 Code)
D. Delinquencies:
1. Delinquencies associated with the payment of the initial hookup fee shall bear interest at the rate of one and five- tenths percent (1.5%) per month on the unpaid amount, and the town may commence, at its option, an action against the delinquent property owner of record at any time to recover the amount due plus court costs. In the event the owner of any of the premises, or the tenant or occupant of the premises, shall fail to pay any fee or charge, the town may cause the water to be shut off from such premises, and the town shall not be required to turn the same on again until all arrearages for water furnished shall be paid in full. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the town to connect any premises until the full connection fee and any security deposit imposed are both and all paid in full.
2. Delinquency in the payment of monthly user fees shall bear interest at the rate of one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) per month against the amount thirty (30) days past due, and delinquencies following notice of intent to discontinue service shall result in the termination of all culinary water service until the delinquent amount, plus interest accrued, shall be paid to the town. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992)