(A) There shall be imposed at a rate set annually by resolution of the City Council, per check, for collection of checks paid to the city and its various departments and operations which are returned unpaid after proper presentation to a bank.
(B) The service fee provided for in this section is in addition to any other remedies, civil or criminal, that may otherwise be available to the city.
(C) If the city receives two checks for the payment of utility bills from any individual which the checks are returned unpaid after proper presentation to a bank, the city shall thereafter demand cash payment of utility bills from the individual. The term
CASH PAYMENT shall include payment by currency, certified check or money order.
(Prior Code, § 2-1.1) (Ord. 643, passed - -; Ord. 690, passed - -; Ord. 762, passed - -)