(a) All charges for water service shall be due to the city clerk-treasurer on or before the tenth day of the month succeeding the date the bill was rendered. Water bills shall be presented monthly for water services delivered in the metered month prior to the bill. Water service shall be suspended to any property for which the service charge remains unpaid by the tenth day of the next succeeding month. The clerk-treasurer shall notify the property owner or consumer in the next succeeding month following the initial service charge billing of the fact that payment has not been received. In the event of failure to pay the one month delinquent payment appearing upon the bill notifying the property owner or consumer of the nonpayment the water service shall be discontinued.

(b) In the event of disconnection of water service for delinquencies, the property owner or occupant shall be charged ten dollars for the service of disconnecting the water service. The property owner or occupant shall be charged ten dollars for the service of reconnecting the water service. Service to any property disconnected for delinquencies shall not be reinstated until all delinquencies, disconnection charges, and reconnection charges have been paid to the clerk-treasurer. (Ord. 1412,, 1998.)