Sec. 20-36. Water billing procedure.
   (a)    Each water meter shall generally be read once every month.
   (b)    Statements based upon such reading shall be rendered and all accounts shall be due and payable the first day of the month in which the bill is received. To avoid any confusion, the due date shall be printed on the bill.
   (c)    Customers who fail to pay the amount charged for either water or sewerage services by 5:00 p.m. local time, the fifteenth day of the month in which the statement is received shall be charged a late penalty in the amount stated in the current ordinance establishing water/sewer rates, connection fees, cost recovery charges and other miscellaneous charges. Customers who fail to pay the amount charged for either water or sewerage services by 5:00 p.m. local time the twenty-fifth day of the month in which the statement is received shall be charged an additional late penalty in the amount stated in the current ordinance establishing water/sewer rates, connection fees, cost recovery charges and other miscellaneous charges and water service to the premises shall be turned off.
   (d)    Delinquent accounts where the water has been turned off shall not have such services restored until such delinquent account, including all penalties, has been paid in full.
   (e)   If the city is under an emergency declaration, the city manager shall have the authority to approve temporary adjustments to the water billing and collection procedures listed in this section, with a report given on the temporary adjustments at the next city council meeting.
(Code 1982, § 5-1025; Ord. of 5-3-88, § 1; Ord. of 2-5-91, Art. II, § 5; Ord. No. O-09-07-21-2, § 2, 7-21-09; Ord. No. O-20-03-17-2, §2, 3-17-20)