§ 13.04.050. Contract for utility service.

A.

All persons requesting utility services shall execute a contract for service. The contract shall, in addition to setting forth terms and conditions of service, contain such information relevant to the provision of services as the utility manager may deem necessary. All persons requesting or receiving service are responsible for notifying the utility manager of changes in sizes of containers and connections. Each person executing a contract shall receive a copy of it and shall be responsible for complying with its terms and conditions.

B.

The utility manager shall establish days and hours of service. Each contract shall contain the days and hours of service for each utility, which shall be subject to change upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the utility customers.

C.

Each application for utility services shall include a credit application on a form supplied by the city. The city will also review the utility payment history of the applicant.

D.

Each bill rendered shall contain the final date on which payment is due. If the bill is not paid by that date, the account shall be considered delinquent unless arrangements have been made with the finance director, in writing, that specify another due date. Bills not paid by the date due shall be subject to a one and one-half percent per month, or eighteen (18) percent per annum, service charge. A reminder of account delinquency shall be sent, at the discretion of the finance director, to each delinquent account on or about ten (10) days after the account becomes delinquent.

(Ord. 2007-05 § 3, 2006; Ord. 98-02 (part), 1997: prior code § 18.01.060)