(a) Any fee, service charge, or other charge of any nature whatsoever, imposed by any provision of the Municipal Code, which is not paid by the date the obligation becomes past due shall be deemed a delinquent account receivable. Any person obligated to pay a delinquent account receivable to the City shall also pay, as a late charge, a sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of the delinquent account receivable for the first month delinquent, and said late charge may be collected in the manner provided in § 1-2.06 of the Municipal Code. In addition to the late charge, the City will charge a penalty of one-half of one percent (0.5%) per month on all obligations older than thirty (30) days from the past due date. This is in accordance with Cal. Gov’t Code § 54348.
(b) Any utility charge imposed by any provision of the Municipal Code, which is not paid by the date the obligation becomes past due, shall be deemed a delinquent account receivable. Any person obligated to pay a delinquent account receivable to the City shall also pay, as a late charge, a sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of the delinquent account receivable for the first month delinquent, and said late charge may be collected in the manner provided in § 1-2.06 of the Municipal Code. In addition to the late charge, the City will charge a penalty of one and one-half of one percent (1.5%) per month on all obligations older than thirty (30) days from the past due date. This is in accordance with Cal. Health and Safety Code § 5473.10.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall limit, restrict or otherwise affect the imposition of greater late charges, interest, penalties or other charges for late payments as provided for by other sections of the Municipal Code, or by the laws of the State of California, it being the purpose of this section to establish a minimum late charge.
(§ 1, Ord. 2461, eff. January 18, 1990; as amended by § 3, Ord. 2785, eff. November 16, 2003)