(A) Charges for water service are set by ordinance and are subject to amendments from time to time.
(B) All charges for water, sewer and refuse are payable on a monthly basis. The owner of the premises, the occupants thereof, and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises and the service is furnished to the premises by the city only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant and user of the service are jointly and severally liable to the city. Each monthly bill must be paid in mil by the due date. Partial payments may not be made towards a water bill.
(C) Should the owner, user, or occupant of the premises refuse or delay payments of penalties and/or repair costs, the water shall be disconnected by the city until all said moneys are paid.
(D) Should there be an outstanding billing to a tenant who has moved or filed bankruptcy then the billing for the unpaid service or for that service barred by the discharge in bankruptcy shall be made to the owner of the premises in question and no approval of the application for water service shall be granted unless and until such charges have been paid in full.
(E) The Water Department shall not approve the issuance of an occupancy permit until and unless all outstanding water service billings to the address in question have been paid in full.
(F) (1) The full and complete responsibility for the payment of unpaid water bills by a tenant of Canterbury Shopping Center or any other commercial development, who moves out of the said Canterbury Shopping Center or is evicted shall be on the entity which is the owner or manager of the Shopping Center or any other commercial development.
(2) Failure of the owner or manager of the Shopping Center or any other commercial development to pay said unpaid water bill within 30 days of notification shall subject said owner or manager to legal action in the local municipal court to collect said unpaid water bill.
(G) (1) If a check made payable to the city is returned by a financial institution for any reason, then the account to which the payment was credited will be charged a $50 service fee by the city (example: insufficient funds; fraud; closed account; and the like). The account’s responsible party or issuer of the non-cashable check shall be responsible for immediately making payment for the water service and service fee with cash or a cashier’s check or money order. If payment is not made, water service shall be subject to disconnection.
(2) If an electronic payment to the city has been authorized and the payment is not honored by the financial institution for any reason, then the account to which the payment was credited will be charged a $50 service fee by the city (example: insufficient funds; fraud; closed account; and the like). The account’s responsible party shall be responsible for immediately making payment for the water service and service fee with cash or a cashier’s check or money order. If payment is not made, water service shall be subject to disconnection.
(3) If a credit card or debit card payment to the city is made and the financial institution that issued the card denies or refuses to honor the transaction for any reason (example: fraud; identity theft; closed account; and the like), then the account to which the payment was credited will be charged a $50 service fee by the city. The account’s responsible party shall be responsible for immediately making payment for the water service and service fee with cash or a cashier’s check or money order. If payment is not made, water service shall be subject to disconnection.
(Ord. 13-O-2056, passed 6-5-2013; Ord. 17-O-2189, passed 12-6-2017)