(A) All bills for water and water services shall be rendered monthly at the same time that bills for sewage services rendered by the sanitary sewage treatment plant and system of the city are rendered; provided, however, that bills for miscellaneous accounts shall be rendered at times as shall be determined by the Superintendent of Waterworks in each separate instance. The officers or employees of the city charged with the duty of preparing bills for water and water service shall calculate the amount thereof and shall add the same to the amount of any bills presented to the consumer for sewage service, and the bills shall be collected as a combined bill for water and sewage service furnished the consumer.
(B) All water bills shall be paid at the City Hall in the city or at other places as may be designated by the City Manager. All bills unpaid ten days after date of issuance shall be considered delinquent and an additional charge of 5% shall be made on the gross amount of the billing and notification by mail shall be given to the consumer at the address of the premises being served that the bill, with the 5% delinquency charge, shall be paid within ten days or water service to the property will be disconnected and a disconnection charge in an amount of money established by resolution of the City Council will be assessed. Notification of termination of water service may be made by mail or hand delivery or posting at the consumer's place of use. If the bill not be paid within the period of ten days, water service to the property shall be disconnected and the service to the delinquent consumer shall remain disconnected until the consumer shall pay the full amount of all water and sewer bills, including the delinquency charge and also the disconnection charge and a reconnection charge in amounts of money as established by resolution of the City Council. It shall be the duty of the representative of the city at the time in charge of the collection of water bills to notify the Superintendent of Waterworks of all delinquencies in the payment of monthly bills and the Superintendent shall proceed immediately to disconnect the water service to any consumer who is in arrears for the period herein before specified.
(C) Water service may also be shut off to any consumer by the Water Department without notice if the consumer shall tamper or in any way interfere with any meter, connections, service pipes, valves or other appurtenances belonging to the city or for any violation by a consumer of the terms of this or any other applicable ordinance of the city or the statutes of the state relating to the waterworks system.
(D) In instances where the public health, safety or welfare so requires, the Water Department shall have the right to shut off the flow of water in its mains without notice but will endeavor insofar as possible to notify consumers affected of the intention to so interrupt the service. Interruption of service under the conditions shall not give rise to any claim on the part of any consumer against the Water Department of the city.
(E) The Water Department does not guarantee to maintain any specific water pressure for its service and no complaint concerning the pressure shall give any right of claim against the city or the Water Department.
(Ord. 429, passed 6-14-61; Am. Ord. 1560, passed 2-25-85; Am. Ord. 1926, passed 4-14-97)