2013-20 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 64 - RATE REVISIONS

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j Chapter 64 16. ACTIVATION OF SERVICE. The Department of Water Management shall initially activate a new service, or restore service, upon customer request during usual business hours,at no cost to the customer for the initial service call. Each additional service call made by the City after the initial call will be charged to the customer as a Thirty-Five Dollar ($350.00) fee. If the customer request is for a time other than the usual business hours of the Department,a fee of Fiftyegy-l=i-ve Dollar($450.00) shall be charged for each service call, which said fee may be waived under circumstance(s) which in the opinion of the Director of said Department constitute an emergency. (Amended,Ordinance No.2005-112,December 19,2005) (Amended,Ordinance No.2000-63,July 17,2000) (Amended,Ordinance No.90-35,March 19, 1990) 17. PAYMENT FOR CHARGES. Charges for water furnished from the City water system and other charges relating to water service shall be payable at the office of the City Treasurer,and shall not be considered paid until payment is actually received in said office. The failure to receive a bill for charges for any particular period or periods shall not affect liability to pay such charges when due or excuse the accrual of penalty for delinquent or non-payment. 18. DELINQUENT PAYMENTS. Charges for water furnished t-hreLigh qtiai4e4y sefviees and other charges relating to such services, for all routes at least partially comprised of residential customers, shall be due and payable on or before the 21st day following the day on which the same are billed. Charges for water furnished thFO ,-h meet ly sefviee. and other charges relating to such services, for all other routes, shall be due and payable on or before the 14th day following the day on which the same are billed. Water charges paid after the applicable due date shall have added thereto a late payment charge of Five Percent (5%) of said charges.