197.01 SERVICE CHARGE; DISHONORED INSTRUMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS.

   (a)   Each officer, department, division, commission or board of the City which is responsible for the collection of moneys due the City is authorized to impose, charge and collect a service charge for each check or electronic funds transfer (EFT) transaction tendered in payment to the City and which is returned unpaid, denied or dishonored by the drawee financial institution; such service charge hereby is established at thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per check or per electronic funds transfer so returned, denied or dishonored and shall be a charge separate from and in addition to any other tax, fee, interest or penalty which may otherwise be due, imposed, charged or collected.

   (b)   Each City officer in which the above authorized service charge is being imposed shall keep one or more clearly legible signs continuously displayed in a conspicuous location in its public area where checks or electronic funds transfer transactions are accepted, which signs shall notify the public of such service charge and the amount thereof.

(Ord. 10-042. Passed 3-2-10.)