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Bremerton Sun /
Attorney ,
Water Dept.-
City Treasurer . ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 3147, Section
3 (R) (1) codified as BMC 15.04.190 (A)
concerning delinquent water payments.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 3147, Section 3 (R) (1)
is amended to read:
A collection charge of fifty cents (.50) or one
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 12 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 servin9 the premises on
which the bill is delinquent. PROVIDED that 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 water superintendent or the Commissioner
of Finance.
APPROVED by the City Council on the firs,t ~r~a~
this y of March, 1977. ~:~,
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentica-
tion of such passage this /g~--~ day of March, 1977.
LENN K. JARS TA~;, MAYOR
ATTE S T:
G .<~ YEARN, SR. CITY CLERK