A. Due Date: All monthly water charges shall be due and payable from the customer to the city clerk within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of the bill for services.
B. New Construction: In the case of new construction, a monthly charge will begin when the service connection has been inspected and approved or when the building being served is substantially completed, whichever is the earlier date.
C. Failure To Pay: Upon the customer's failure to pay the monthly charges within fifteen (15) days as prescribed, the water bill will be considered delinquent.
D. Extension: A customer may obtain an extension of the specified time for payment from fifteen (15) days to thirty (30) days upon certification, in writing, to the city clerk that payment within the time specified creates a hardship due to the particular date on which he or she receives funds.
E. Application Of Payments: A customer's payment will be applied first to the oldest balance of that customer's account. (Ord. 213, 9-11-1990, eff. 10-1-1990)
F. Property Owner Responsible For City Water Service Charges: All real property owners who derive benefit from the city's water system shall, in return for said benefit, pay user charges. Only the property owner, or his duly authorized agent, may initiate water service. All such service accounts shall be in the name of the owner. From the effective date hereof, each such water service account shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property served by the city water system. Each property owner shall execute such documentation as may be required by the city as a condition of receiving continuing water service. The city may allow the party responsible for payment of such charges on the date of enactment hereof to remain responsible for city water services until an unremedied delinquency occurs or until a new primary payer is proposed. If, after an account is in the name of the owner, the account becomes delinquent such that service is discontinued by the city, no subsequent city water service shall be given at the location that received services until all delinquent city water charges and assessments have been paid in full. (Ord. 213, 9-11-1990, eff. 10-1-1990; amd. Ord. 330, 2-24-2010; Ord. 382, 7-26-2023)