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ORDINANCE NO. j1/42,
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
establishing a procedure for the collection
of accounts receivable of the City of Port
Angeles, providing for interest on delin-
quent accounts, requiring refusal of certain
services of the City to persons with delin-
quent accounts, and providing for interest
on claims which the City has which have not
been satisfied, and adding a chapter to
Title 3 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ANGELES as follows:
Section 1. Purpose, The City Council of the City of Port
Angeles finds it necessary to provide a procedure for the collec-
tion of contractual' accounts receivable for city services and
fees. In order to effectuate such collection, the Council deems it
necessary and appropriate to provide both for the imposition of an
interest charge on delinquent payments, and to allow the City to
refuse to grant certain services to persons with delinquent
accounts. The City Council further finds it necessary and appro-
priate to provide for the imposition of an interest charge on
amounts due the City on non - contractual claims.
Section 2. Definitions,
(1) "Person" - Any person, corporation, association,
partnership, venture, society, club or organization whatsoever.
(2) "City" - The City of Port Angeles.
(3) "Responsible Official" - The City Manager or his
designee.
Section 3. Creation of Accounts Authorized - Alternative.
(1) The responsible official may authorize creation of
an account receivable for any person requesting services from the
City for which a fee is charged, or making application to the City
for a permit for which a fee is charged.
(2) In lieu of authorizing an account under subsection
(1), the responsible official may require a cash deposit, in an
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amount estimated to be sufficient to assure payment of the esti-
mated amount of the fee to be due to the City. Such deposit shall
be placed by the City into a non- interest bearing trust account,
and shall only be withdrawn therefrom at the time of full payment
of the fee.
(3) A deposit may be required when the responsible
official has reasonable cause to believe that, were an account
receivable to be created, it would become delinquent.
(4) Should an account receivable for which a deposit
has been made become delinquent, the City may remove so much of the
deposit from the trust account as is necessary to fully pay the fee.
The remainder, if any, of the deposit shall be returned to the
depositor.
(5) A person required to make a deposit under this
section may authorize payment of the fee to the City from the
deposit, in writing, at the time the deposit is made.
Section 4. Bills - Preparation and Delivery.
(1) The responsible official shall establish a monthly
system of billing for services and fees to which this ordinance
applies.
(2) Once prepared, bills shall be delivered to the
applicant for a permit, or the recipient of the service, by deposit
ing the bill in the United States mail, addressed to the address
shown on the request for service or the permit application.
Section 5. Bill - Payable on Mailing. All bills are due and
payable without further notice when properly deposited by the City
in the United States mail.
Section 6. Delinquent Bills. All bills shall be delinquent
if payment therefor is not received by the City on or before the
thirtieth day after the mailing of the bill.
Section 7.. Delinquent Bills Interest. If a bill becomes
delinquent, the responsible official may assess an interest charge
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against the amount of that bill, at the rate of one percent per
month on the unpaid balance, commencing with the date of delin-
quency. The minimum interest charge assessed shall be Fifty ($.50)
Cents.
Section 8. Delinquent Bills - Refusal of Further Services.
If a bill becomes delinquent, no officer, agent or employee of the
City of Port Angeles may authorize or permit any further city
services, or process any application for a permit from the city,
at the request of the person in whose name an account stands de-
linquent, until such time as the delinquent account is paid in full
with interest; provided, that this provision shall not apply to
the provision of electric current, water, sewer service, and
garbage pickup service, not including the provision by the elec-
trical, water, sewer and solid waste utilities of connections,
inspections, engineering and other like services.
Section 9. Applicability, Sections 1 through 8 of this
ordinance shall apply to services provided, and fees charged, under
the following City ordinances or portions of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code:
(1) Chapter 8.32, PAMC
(2) Chapter 11.04, PAMC
(3) Chapter 13.02, PAMC
(4) Chapter 13.08, PAMC
(5) Chapter 14.04, PAMC
(6) Chapter 15.04, PAMC
(7) Chapter 15.08, PAMC
(8) Ordinance No. 1004, and all amendments thereto.
(9) Ordinance No. 1631, and all amendments thereto.
(10) Ordinance No. 1709, and all amendments thereto.
(11) Ordinance No. 1923, and all amendments thereto.
Section 10. Claims by City - 'Interest. For claims by the
City against a person, not based upon an account created pursuant
to Section 3 of this ordinance, the responsible official may assess
an interest charge against the amount of that claim, at the rate of
one percent per month of the unpaid balance, commencing with the
date of accrual of the claim. The minimum interest charge assessed
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shall be Fifty ($.50) Cents.
Section 11. Severability. If any provisions of this ordin-
ance, or its application to any person or circumstance is held
invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or application of the
provisions of the ordinance to Other persons or circumstances, is
not affected.
Section 12. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect
as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of the Council held on the day
of January, 1981.
ATTEST•
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Marian C. Parrish, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
aig L. 'iller, City Attorney
PIT . ISHED:
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