14-12 Amend 902.08 & .09 & 915.01 Collection of water & sewer bills

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to the premises shall be shut off. The notice shall also state that the oc- cupantmay, before such date, demand a hearing on the matter in which case the supply shall not be cut off wdil after the hearing is held. If the customer requests a hearing before the date specified, a hearhrg shall be held on the matter by the Director of Finance or his or her designee at least one week after the date on which the request is made. If as a result of the hearing, the Director of Finance or designee finds that the amomrt claimed to be owing is actually due and unpaid and that there is no legal reason why the water supply of the delhrquent customer may not be shut off in accordance with this chapter, the City may shut off the supply. shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: 902.09 SHUT-OFF FOR NONPAYMENT. (a) The City shall endeavor to collect delinquent accounts promptly. In any case where satisfactory arrangements for payment have not been made, the xxT.,„~,. r,epar#menE Ci~t may, after the procedural requirements of subsection (b) hereof have been complied with, discontinue service to the delinquent customer by shutting off the water at the stop box. When water service to any premises has been discontinued, service shall not be restored except upon the payment of all delinquent amounts due plus a any reasonable fees incurred for disconnection and reconnection e€ tt,:.r.. ,t,.i~ oo,lar~~g~ng). (b) Procedure. Water shall not be shut off until reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing have first been given to the occupant of the premises involved. The notice shall ',;.,a -°°~'~°a °~°" state that if payment is not made before a date stated in the notice but not less than thirty days after the date on which the notice is given, the water supply to the premises may shall be shut off. The notice shall also state that the occupant may, before such date, demand a hearing on the matter in which case the supply shall not be cut off until after the hear- ing is held. If the customer requests a hearing before the date specified, a hearing shall be held on the matter by the Director of Finance or his or her designee at least one week after the date on which the request is made. If as a result of the hearing, the Director of Finance or designee finds that the amount claimed to be owhrg is actually due and unpaid and that there is no legal reason why the water supply of the delinquent custorer may not be shut off in accordance with this chapter, Ore City may shut offthe supply. Section 3. Section 915.01, Establishment of Rates, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 915.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to establish water rates charged monthly by the Division of Utility Billing as follows: (a) Effective January 1, 2011, all water used during each one month billing period shall cost not more than five and eighty-one hundredths dollars ($5.81) per one hundred cubic feet of water.