(a) A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be charged for all checks returned from the customer's bank for any reason. If a check used for payment following a shut-off notice is returned for insufficient funds, that service shall be shut-off immediately without further notice. Customers will be given three business days to pick up the check at the office after being notified that the check has been returned. If the returned check is not picked up within the allotted time, service will be discontinued with further notice. Additional charges for turning the service off and back on, according to the current rate, will also be imposed. Customers who have their service discontinued due to a returned check will not be permitted to write checks to the city for a period of one year following receipt of the returned check.
(b) Should the city receive two returned checks in a two year period, the City Water Department will not accept checks from the customer for a period of two years following the most recent returned check. Customers who provide proof of overdraft protection on their checking account may have their check writing privilege restored. A customer whose check writing privilege is restored, either by overdraft protection or the passage of the two year period, and who is responsible for another returned check will have his check writing privilege revoked forever.
(c) When check writing privileges have been revoked, payment of water bills must be by certified check, money order or cash.
(d) The city reserves the right to refuse to accept checks from any person for reasons other than the aforementioned.
(Ord. 19-09, passed 3-14-2019)