(A) Rates and charges for service shall be payable monthly depending on the classification of service for which bills are rendered. The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof, and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to the 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 services are jointly and severally liable therefor to the city.
(1) The bill amount is payable on or before the tenth of each month. In the event that the City Clerk’s office is closed on the tenth, the bill amount payable is due on the first business day after the tenth. A 10% service charge is added to the bill amount after the payment due date.
(2) In the event a user’s bill is not paid by 12:00 noon on the seventeenth day of the month, the city will begin water service termination procedures.
(3) The Water Department will, under the direction of the City Council, establish a time for service termination. Upon the dispatch of city crews for this termination, a penalty of $25 shall be charged for continued service, whether or not that user’s service has been terminated pursuant to this division.
(4) If, in the event service has been discontinued and the user thereafter makes payment of the $25 penalty and his or her water and sewer bill, water service shall be restored within 24 hours of the user’s payment.
(B) In addition to the rates set out herein, there shall be a service charge of $20 to the user for each check of the user that is returned unpaid to the City Clerk’s office.
(1969 Code, § 27-88) (Ord. 1989-7, passed 3-13-1989; Am. Ord. 2000-14, passed 4-24-2000; Am. Ord. 2004-59, passed 10-25-2004) Penalty, see § 52.999