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A. Billing shall be completed by the finance department on a basis as determined by the finance director. Failure to pay said bills in full by the due date listed on the bill shall render the account delinquent.

B. Billings shall be addressed to the occupant of a premises, unless the owner, the purchaser under a real estate contract, or the authorized agent of either requests otherwise in writing.

C. If a billing statement contains charges for more than one utility, the city will apply the moneys received in the following manner: first, to pay off any outstanding sewer charges; second, to pay off any outstanding storm and surface water charges; and third, to pay off any outstanding water charges.

D. If water service is temporarily discontinued as provided for in BMC 15.08.190 as currently enacted or hereafter amended, the city will not bill for either water or sewer utility service during the prior city authorized temporary discontinuance period. However, during the authorized temporary discontinuance period, storm and surface water utility fees and charges will continue to accrue at the normal rate and will continue to be regularly billed unless the customer prepays the entire amount of the storm and surface water charges that will accrue during the temporary discontinuance period before the temporary discontinuance period begins, unless provided otherwise by written agreement.

E. Delinquent accounts for sewer and storm and surface water utility charges may bear interest at a rate of up to eight percent per annum, or at such other rate as may be authorized by law, computed on a monthly basis from the date of delinquency until paid in full.

F. In addition to interest, a delinquent water, sewer and/or storm and surface water utility account may also be charged a late-payment penalty of $5.00 or one and one-half percent per billing period, whichever is greater. [Ord. 2004-11-081 § 1; Ord. 2001-02-007; Ord. 9846 § 3, 1988; Ord. 9618 § 4, 1986; Ord. 8982 § 9, 1981].