77-77 AMENDING THE CITY CODE CHAPTER 64 - WATER SERVICE

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� � �..g� 13. The Water Department, upon such schedule as shall be de- termined by the Director thereof, shall cause each water meter to be read regularly each classification period applicable to each meter and shall promptly return such readings to the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance shall compute the appropriate charges for water furnished in accordance with this ordinance and shall bill for the same. The water bill shall set forth the period during which the charges shown thereon accrued, the amount of the service charge, the amount of the water furnished charge, the amount of water furnished, the due date of payment and the charge, including penalty if any, for lack of payment on or before said due date and any other charges connected with such service including the amount and the reason for the same. 14 . In the event a meter is not accessible to be read at the time usually sc-heduled for such reading so that the same is not then read charges may be based on an amount of water estimated to have been furnished through said meter determined in the same manner as provided in Section 8 hereof. Not more than two consecutive bills based on estimates shall be permitted. It shall be the duty of the owner of the premises or the person in possession thereof to arrange . with the Water Department for a special time at which the meter will be accessible for such purpose at the usually scheduled time for such • reading for the period next succeeding the second successive bill based upon estimate. A fee of $4. 00 shall be charged for a special reading requested to be made during regular departmental working hours and a fee of $15. 00 for a special reading requested to be made during a time other than regular departmental working hours . Failure to cause the required reading to be timely made shall be