§ 13.04.150. Bills - Payment - Delinquencies.

A. The department's charges for labor and materials furnished in installing or altering a service connection shall be paid in advance or, in those instances where the cost thereof cannot be determined in advance, upon presentation of a statement after the cost is determined.

B. Water bills and other service charges shall be due and payable upon presentation and shall become delinquent twenty days thereafter.

C. If a statement of a customer's account is not paid on or before the expiration of forty days after presentation, the department shall turn off the service and it shall not be turned on again until all delinquent items in the account have been fully paid, together with a service charge in the amount of five dollars to cover the cost of closing and opening the service. In addition to such action, the city may bring suit for any amount due for labor or materials or water service furnished to any consumer by the department, and any such demand may be assigned for collection upon the order of the council upon such terms as it shall determine to be proper.

(Ord. 596 § 2 (part), 1966: prior code § 21.04.045)