EDITOR’S NOTE - The current schedule of rates is on file in the office of the Recorder and a true copy thereof is on file in the office of the State Public Service Commission.
(a) Rates. All persons using or consuming water taken from City mains shall pay for such service in accordance with the tariff from time to time fixed by the Council and filed with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
(b) Discontinuance of Service upon Nonpayment of Water Bill. The City is hereby authorized to discontinue the supply of water to any consumer who fails to pay water bills as required; provided, that the City shall not discontinue the water supply of any consumer for failure to pay bills without the City Treasurer first having diligently tried to induce the consumer to pay such bills and until after at least twenty-four hours written notice to the consumer.
(c) Liability of Landlord for Delinquency of Tenant. The City is hereby authorized to collect from any person owning property on which water taken from City mains is used or consumed the cost of water furnished to any occupant or tenant of such property and not paid for by the tenant or occupant; provided, that the owner shall not become liable for the cost of water to any tenant or occupant until the City Treasurer shall have diligently tried to induce such tenant or occupant to pay for same and until after at least sixty days from the date of billing.
(d) Refusal of Service to Property When Bill Unpaid for Other Property under Same Ownership. Any person owning or occupying property in the City on which water taken from City mains is used or consumed for which there are unpaid water bills outstanding may, within the discretion of the Mayor or the City Council, be refused future water service at any other location served by City water until such bills are paid. (Ord. 279. Passed 4-6-19.)