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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0009_0002PAYMENT AND COLLECTION If the payment is received prior to the tenth of the month following the month in which the service was performed, rendered, or available, or If such payment bears a postmark within such limit, or received in the over- night depository by 8:00 A.M. the following day, such payment shall be con- sidered timely and not delinquent. When the said tenth day falls on a Sunday or a legal City Holiday such time for payment shall be extended to the next business day. When payment is made after the tenth of the month 10% will be added to the next bill. Second notices will be sent to all accounts not paid by the tenth of the month. I. FAILURE TO PAY CHARGES If a third notice is required, utility Service will be discontinued. Account balance plus a $6.00 service charge must be paid before service will be restored. The customer will be required to pay the service charge whether utilities have been disconnected or not. SF,^R�ION II. That there shall be a $100.00 Utility Deposit required on each uwellIng unit. There shall be no deposit required on any dwelling unit oc- cupied by its owner. All commercial establishments shall be required to post a Utility DepoPit equal to at least twice the average monthly bill of that establishment or a similar establishment of its kind. The minimum commercial deposit shall be $100.00. SECTION III. That all ordinances resolutions, and orders heretofore passed, n:,op a ani made, or any part of the same, affecting rates, charges and policies for sales made or services rendered by the Electric, Water, Waste- water, or Garbage Systems of the City of Georgetown, which are in conflict with this Ordinance, shall be and the same are hereby in all things rereraled, provided, that those provisions of the Garbage and Trash Ordinance passed on the 10th day of March, 1975, as amended on the 8th day of March, 1976, which are not in conflict herewith are not repealed. SECTION IV. The urgent need for prescribing appropirate adjustments in the rates and charges so that the revenues derived from the affected accounts will provide additional revenue and Sewer Systems of the City of Georgetown creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of order, health, safety, and general welfare of the public that requires this Ordinance to become effective from and after the date of its passage as made and provided by the Charter of the City of Georgetown, and it is so ordained. READ, PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council on first reading a.a an eme ency nt a meet g. he at the Cit;y Hall in the City of Georgetown, This day of , 1981. ATTEST: � CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY —U_ 'C' La.- - JO C. DOERFLE , MAYOR CITY OF GEORGETOWN 3