(A) All water charges shall be payable monthly on or before the sixteenth day of each month for the next prior reading period. In the event a meter is not read to determine the charge due for a reading period, an estimate shall be made and a charge made on the basis of the next prior period for which the meter was read. Payments made after the sixteenth day of the month following the prior reading period shall include a penalty charge of 10% of the amount due.
(B) The Safety-Service Director may remit the 10% penalty provided for in division (A) of this section whenever he or she determines the delay in payment to have been due to good cause, or excusable, and that the financial condition of the fund will be aided thereby. However, such remittance shall be allowed only when service has not been discontinued, and no one consumer shall be granted more than two such remittances in any calendar year.
(`82 Code, § 1040.03) (Ord. 62-1934, passed 12-20-34; Am. Ord. 61-10, passed 2-6-61)