Water bills shall be due and upon receipt. All water meters of customers of water furnished by the city shall be read or caused to be read at least monthly by the Utilities Superintendent when weather permits. In the event weather prohibits meter reading, usage shall be estimated and adjusted in accordance with later meter readings. The Utilities Department shall charge and collect from each customer for the amount of water consumed since the last examination together with any other charges, properly itemized, due the Utilities Department. It shall be the duty of each customer of the Utilities Department to pay his or her bills by one of the methods prescribed by the Utilities Department. Bills shall be due on the date mailed and shall be payable for 15 days thereafter, at which time such bills shall become delinquent. Bills not paid after 30 days from mailing may be assessed a penalty charge in an amount set by resolution of the governing body and on file at the office of the Municipal Clerk.
(2005 Code, § 3-112)