§ 86-302. Failure to pay rates and charges; disconnection from service; service charge.

If any user or customer of such service does not pay the rates and charges within 30 days of the mailing date and a bill has been rendered for the following month's rates and charges together with those for the preceding month, the entire amount due for the two months shall be paid within 15 days of the date the second bill was mailed. Failure to pay the entire bill within this 15-day period or to make satisfactory arrangements with the finance department for its payment will subject the service in question to be disconnected without further notice. After this period, there shall be charged and collected a service charge as established by the city and listed in appendix A of this Code.

(Code 1969, §§ 27-32, 27-33; Ord. No. 1114, § 1, 8-13-1976; Ord. No. 1130, § 1, 2-11-1977; Ord. No. 1158, § 1, 9-12-1977; Ord. No. 1355, § 1, 8-3-1981; Ord. No. 1405, § 1, 10-4-1982; Ord. No. 1521, § 1, 9-10-1984; Ord. No. 1712, §§ 1—5, 9-12-1977; Ord. No. 1735, § 1, 10-19-1987; Ord. No. 1795, § 1, 10-3-1988; Ord. No. 1841, § 1, 9-18-1989; Ord. No. 1962, § 1, 9-23-1991; Ord. No. 2006, § 1, 9-28-1992; Ord. No. 2077, § 1, 9-9-1993; Ord. No. 2138, § 1, 9-6-1994; Ord. No. 2205, § 1, 9-11-1995; Ord. No. 2278, § 3, 9-9-1996; Ord. No. 2411, § 3, 12-21-1998)