HomeMy WebLinkAbout3803 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3369, §1,
relating to delinquency and collection
charges on water bills.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1 of Ordinance 3369 shall be
mended to read as follows:
15.04.190 DELINQUENCY - COLLECTION CHARGES.
A. A collection charge of two dollars and fifty cents
or ten percent of the unpaid balance, whichever is greater, shall
be added monthly to each and every water bill which is not paid
on or before such bill becomes delinquent; provided, that any
account which has remained current during the previous
twelve-month period should be excepted from this delinquent
charge for a one-month period. The water department shall have
the right at its option to turn off the water serving the
premises on which the bill is delinquent; provided, the water
services are not to be terminated for those residences or
facilities which require water for the operation of a
life-sustaining machine or device. Such an exception requires
submission of a written explanation of the device, signed by a
licensed physician that must be approved by the mayor.
B. When a water bill becomes delinquent and the water
department sends an employee to a premises during normal working
hours for the purpose of turning off the water, a charge of ten
dollars shall be added to the water bill for the premises.
C. If as a result of a turn-off for such delinquency,
the customer requests a turn-on outside of normal working hours
or on holidays or weekends, the customer shall acknowledge by his
signature on a form provided by the serviceman that an additional
twenty dollars will be added to the water bill for this service.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested to ~by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this/~o~ecember, 1982.
%~GEN~ NELgO~ / Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MANDIO
City Clerk