(A) All bills for water service shall be due and payable on the first day of the calendar month following the service month when the service was rendered. They shall become delinquent if not paid on or before the tenth day of the month in which they become due, and the service will be shut off, consistent with notice requirements.
(B) Bills rendered when service is discontinued, shall be due and payable at the time the bills are presented or sent to the customer.
(C) (1) In the event of a billing dispute involving the request of the customer to reread, test or to replace a water meter, and the prior reading is determined to be accurate, or the meter tested is determined to be accurate, or the customer requests the replacement of a meter that has been tested as accurate, the following charges shall apply and be paid by the customer:
(a) Thirty dollars for re-reading an individual meter;
(b) One hundred dollars for the testing of an individual meter; and
(c) Three hundred dollars for the replacement of an individual meter.
(2) No charge shall be made if, upon re- reading a meter, the prior reading of the customer’s meter is found to be inaccurate. Additionally, if, upon testing, the customer’s meter proves to be faulty, no charge shall be made for the testing or the replacement of the faulty meter.
(2002 Code, § 52.10) (Ord. 448-A, passed 2-14-2000; Ord. 671, passed 1-9-2012)