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ANORDINANCEAMENDINGCHAPTER13.12 OF THEMOSESLAKEMUNICIPALCODEENTITLED"WATERANDSEWERRATES"BY AMENDINGSECTION13.12.060
THECITY COUNCILOF THE CITY OF MOSESLAKE,WASHINGTON00 ORDAINAS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 13.12 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Water andSewerRates"is hereby amendedas follows:
13.12.060 Payment of Accounts:
A.Water and sewer bills shall be the responsibility of and billeddirectlytotheowneroftherealestate,unless the owner of therealestatewishesthebillsenttoanotheraddress,the sameshallbedueandpayablewithin30daysofthebillingdate.Iftheowneroftherealestatewishesthebillsenttoanotheraddress,the owner of the real estate first must execute a foraprovidedbytheCityofMosesLakeindicatinghisdesires.Theformshallcontainataminimum,the owner of the real estate'snameandaddress,the address to which he wishes the bill sent,and a statement that if the person at the address to which thebillissentmovesandleavesanunpaidbalance,the owner of therealestaterecognizeshisresponsibilityforthebill.Thebillingdatesforutilityaccountsshallbeasfollows:
Routes 1 through 15 on the 20th of each monthRoutes16through29onthe30thofeachmonthRoutes50through60,70,and 71 on the 10th of each month
B.The property owners of commercial accounts and governmental agen-cies may sign agreements requesting that their monthly statementsbemailedtoserviceaddresses.The statements will contain thesameinformationreferredtoinSubsectionA.I C.The city reserves the right to cut off the water supply from thepremises.The water supply may be cut off if either the waterchargeorthesewerchargeisdelinquent,or both,and should thewatersupplybeturnedoffforfailuretopaythesewerchargeand/or water charge when due,the water supply shall not be turnedonuntilalldelinquentchargeshavebeenpaidinfull.The sumoffifteendollars($15)as a turn-on charge shall be added to theamountpastdueandwillbebilledonthenextmonth's statement.
D.The city shall have a lien against the premises for unpaid waterandsewerchargesasprovidedbythelawsofthestate.
E.Advance payments may be made on any garbage,water,or seweraccount.
F.Water service will not be terminated if there is a past due waterorsewerchargeof$10or less,subject to Subsection G.
G.No water or sewer bills shall be allowed to be more than 60 dayspastdueregardlessofthepastdueamount.If a water or seweraccountistobecome60dayspastdue,water service shall beterminatedasprovidedhereinbeforethe60thdayends.
H.No garbage,water,or sewer account will be transferred to anotheriperson,partnership,corporation,or other entity unless theaccountisbroughtcurrentpriortotherequestedtransfer.
I.Property served by more than one meter must keep all accountscurrentinaccordancewiththischapterinordertoavoidwaterservicebeingterminatedtoallmetersservingtheproperty.
Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5)days afteritspassageandpublicationasprovidedbylaw.
Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on October 25,1983.
ATTEST:or
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APPR AS TOFORM:
i ty Attorney
Published:October 31,1983
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