(A) Schedule of rates. The City Council shall from time to time by resolution set the following rates:
(1) Consumption rates.
(2) Monthly service charge.
(3) Penalty for late payment.
(4) Service connection charges.
(5) Debt service charges.
(B) The schedule for reading of meters, method of billing and delivery of bills shall be set by resolution of the Council.
(C) Payment of bills. Water bills are payable at the office of the Water Department. Bills paid to any other person, concern or agency are so paid at the risk of the customer.
(D) Collection of delinquent accounts. Whenever the rates fixed by the Council or charges made by the Department for services rendered are not paid, the water may be shut off and collection enforced in accordance with the laws of the state and/or by placing said amounts on the city tax roll.
(E) Shut-off notice. Customers whose bills are unpaid 30 days past the due date will be subject to shut-off without further notice. A statement to this effect will be placed on the original bill. An additional penalty determined by Council resolution will then be charged to the customer and shall be paid together with all unpaid charges before service will be turned on again. If said bill is not paid within 90 days of the due date, said amount shall be placed on the next general tax roll and collected as part of the general city taxes.
(F) Temporary service connections.
(1) The term temporary service connection is applied to a connection installed to serve an individual, firm or corporation for a definite temporary period for such purposes as supplying water to a construction project or to a temporary structure.
(2) The Department reserves the right to refuse to install a temporary service connection for any reason that it deems sufficient.
(‘68 Code, § 7-105) (Ord. 215, passed 4-20-64; Am. Ord. 361, passed 6-1-70; Am. Ord. 848, passed 10-15-14)