All bills of the city for sanitary sewer service furnished under this article shall be delinquent 15 days after the date of the bill. A penalty for late payment, in an amount of 10% of the charge, shall be added to each bill when payment has become delinquent. Whenever a bill for such service is delinquent, the City Manager, or his or her designee, may terminate sewer service to the premises, by plugging the sewer service main on the premises, until the amount of the delinquent sewer service charge, together with the charge for the plugging and prospective unplugging of the sewer service main, shall have been paid in full. The amount of the latter charge shall be the reasonable expense to the city, as determined by the City Manager, or his or her designee, of the plugging and unplugging procedure.
(Ord. 3109, passed - -1989)