(A) Water bills shall be due and payable monthly at the office of the City Clerk. The Water Commissioner shall read or cause to be read water meters monthly sometime during the two weeks prior to the mailing of the water bills to the customers. It shall be the duty of the customers of the Water Department to present themselves monthly at the office of the City Clerk to pay their bills in net cash or to cause their payment to be mailed to the office of the City Clerk. The Water Commissioner shall direct the City Clerk to charge and collect from each customer for the amount of water consumed since the last examination together with any other charges, properly itemized, due the Water Department.
(B) All users shall be billed monthly on the first day of the month. Bills shall be due and payable by the tenth day of the month. Any payment not received within ten days after the billing is made shall be delinquent.
(C) A late payment penalty of 10% of the user charge bill will be added to each delinquent bill for each ten days of delinquency. When any bill is 30 days in default, rendition of water service to such premises shall be discontinued until the bill is paid following due notice and opportunity for hearing. All penalties and procedures concerning delinquent accounts with the Municipal Water Department shall also be applicable to delinquent accounts with the Municipal Sewer Department.
(D) The city will review the water rates at least every two years and revise the water rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the cost of operation and maintenance including replacement and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance including replacement costs among users and user classes.
(1990 Code, § 3-111) (Ord. 390, passed 11-17-1992)