All municipal utilities shall be billed in monthly, or quarterly, installments, as the case may be, but a utilities statement shall be sent to each consumer on, or before, the first day of the month following reading of any meter read during such month. All utilities charges shall be delinquent if they are unpaid at the close of business on the tenth day of the month following the billing; provided, that if the tenth day of the month shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the time shall be extended to the close of business on the next succeeding day on which business is normally transacted. A penalty shall be added to, and become part of, all delinquent utility bills. If any bill is not paid in full on, or before, the eleventh day of the month following the date upon which it became delinquent, municipal utilities may, at the option of the city, be suspended to the consumer whose bill is so delinquent, upon ten days’ written notice served in person upon the consumer. If service is suspended due to delinquency, it shall not be restored at that location until a reconnection charge has been paid for each utility reconnected, in addition to amounts owed for service and penalties.
(Prior Code, § 3.05) (Ord. 87, second series, passed 7-5-1988)