(a) Charges for sewer use shall be billed for one quarter of a year, however, the City reserves the right to bill on a pro-rata monthly basis when necessary. Charges are due and payable when rendered. If charges are paid after the twentieth day from the billing date, a penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be assessed. In the event any consumer's bill remains unpaid for a period of thirty-five days from billing date, a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed; if the bill is unpaid for fifty days, a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be assessed. Charges for water and sewer may be billed on the same statement
(b) When premises are not served by the waterworks system, sewerage charges shall be billed and collected quarterly at the same time as water bills are billed and collected. Any premises making connection with the sewage system and using the same after the beginning of the billing period, shall be charged a per diem pro rata amount, based upon the quarter year minimum charge, from the time such connection is made or such discharge into the sewage system is begun, until the commencement of the next following billing period applicable to the premises, except that if the measured service exceeds the minimum charge, the measured rate shall be charged.
(Ord. 40-81. Passed 5-26-81.)