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ORDINANCE NO. 4101-85
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO UTILITIES; AMENDING SECTION 50.06, CODE
OF ORDINANCES, TO PROVIDE THAT AN UNPAID UTILITY
BILL SHALL BE CONSIDERED DELINQUENT TWENTY-ONE
(21) DAYS RATHER THAN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS FROM THE
DATE THE BILL IS RENDERED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 5.0.06, Code of Ordinances, Is amended to read:
Sec. 50.06. Accounts due; method of billing and when delinquent.
(a) All meters shall be read monthly and bills for all charges shall be .
rendered. Where an the motor en any premises is defective or the
customer has prevented the meter from being read, then the customer shall
pay for that month an amount equal to the average amount charged for the
two (2) months preceding the failure of the meter or failure to read the
meter. Charges for each service shall be arranged as separate Items on all
sueh bills. The bill shall be mailed or delivered to the customer monthly
either as a separate bill or In eenjanetien with other utility bills. Failure
to receive a bill shall not constitute a defense for nonpayment. Any bill
which remains unpaid on and after twenty-one (21) fifteen (44 days from
the date the bill was rendered shall be considered delinquent and service to
the customer may be terminated.
(b) Where it is proposed to terminate utility service to a customer,
notice shall first be mailed sent or hand-delivered to the sueh customer
advising that the accountIs delinquent. The notice shall state prevMe the
amount past due, Including any penalty, of suer dellnqueney and advise the
customer that the service will be discontinued five (5) days from the date
such notice is rendered unless the customer within such time pays such
amount aeeeunt or appeals the decision to terminate the service to the city
manager. An appeal to the city manager shall be commenced by the
customer's eastemer filing a written request with the director of the
utilit es department within five (5) days of the rendered date of the notice
was rendered provided for herein.
(c) Complaints relating to bills shell be made before the mast due
date shown on the bill. Where the customer has not been billed for services
rendered, the city shall have the right to back-bill for any such services.
(014 Any bill not paid within twenty-one (21) fifteen (-I4 days of the
date the bill was rendered of submission shall be subject to a monthly
penalty of two 2 per cent of the unpaid balance or three dollars ($3.00),
whichever is larger. However, such penalty shall not exceed two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00) per month.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING November 7, 1985
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAI
READING AND ADOPTED
Attest:
j .
City Clerk
Ord. 4101-85
11,/21./85