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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2055/71 ORDINANCE NO. do SS AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, establishing policies for collection of utility accounts, repealing Ordinance 1751, and Section 11.48 of the Port Angeles City Code. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES as follows: Section 1. Accounts to be kept. (A) The city manager, or his designee, shall keep an account for electric current, water, sewer and solid waste service used by any person, business, or other entity within the City of Port Angeles. (B) The city manager, or his designee, shall place against these accounts all charges for electric current, water, and sewer and solid waste service used by that person, business or other entity. Such charges shall be made in accordance with the terms of those ordinances of the City of Port Angeles establishing the rates and fees for those services. (C) The city manager, or his designee, shall also place against these accounts any service charges or other charges connec with the provision of utility service, in accordance with the term of those ordinances of the City of Port Angeles establishing the rates for those types of services. Section 2. Bills to be Prepared and Delivered. (A) The city manager, or his designee, shall establish a monthly system of billing for the four utilities services des - cribed in this ordinance. This billing shall be a consolidated\ billing for all utilities. (B) Once prepared, this bill shall be delivered to the customer, by depositing it in the United States mail, addressed to the address shown on the application for utility service submitted by the consumer to the City of Port Angeles or upon any change of address submitted by the consumer to the City. (C) Deposit in the United States mails pursuant to subsection (B) of this section shall be deemed full and complete notice to the consumer of the nature and amount of any particular utility billing. Section 3. Bills Due When Mailed. All utility bills are due and payable, without further notice, when properly deposited by the City of Port Angeles in the United States mail. Section 4. Bills Delinquent before next Monthly Bill - Notice of Delin- quent Account. • 7.1. • • . , 4:,, r t (A) All utility bills of the City of Port Angeles shall be delin- quent if payment therefor is not received rby the City on or before the thirtieth (30th) day after billing date. +, Such.billing`date shall be stated on the bill with particularity. (B) Upon lapse of a bill into delinquency, the city manager, or his designee, shall cause a notice of delinquent account to be deposited in the United States mails, addressed to the consumer as provided in Section 2. (C) Deposit in the United States mails pursuant to subsection (8) of this section shall be deemed full and complete notice to the consumer of the nature and amount of any particular utility billing. (D) The notice of delinquent account shall state that unless all delinquencies are corrected within ten (10) days of the date of the notice of delinquent account, the City will disconnect or discontinue utility service without further notice on a date certain to be stated in the notice of delinquent account. The notice of delinquent account shall further state that, if the con- sumer has questions concerning the account or disputes the amount of the account, he may contact a person, at the City of Port Angeles, who shall be named, and whose address and telephone number shall be stated on the notice of delinquent account. Section 5. Disconnection of Utility Services. (A) Should a delinquent account not be paid pursuant to Section 4, -)above, the city manager or his designee, shall immediately cause the electric and water services to be cut off from the premises, and such utility services shall not be reconnected to the premises until all arrears, delinquent charges, service charges and unpaid charges are paid, together with a reconnection fee. (B) Fees for reconnection shall be those in effect for regular connections of water and electric service and may vary if reconnection is made during regular office hours or after office hours. Section 6. Special Payment Arrangements. If the consumer is unable to pay the full amount of utility charges due because of temporary financial difficulties or other hardship, the city manager, or his designee, if justified, may permit the consumer to make deferred payment arrangements; provided, however, that the City of Port Angeles will be under no obligation to enter into any deferred payment agreement with any consumer who has not fully and satisfactorily complied with terms of any previous agree- ment. Section 7. Enforcement of Delinquent Accounts. (A) The City of Port Angeles shall have, and may exercise, all of those powers for collection of delinquent accounts as stated in RCW 35.29 and RCW 35.21.300 and RCW 35.67,200. These procedures shall apply to all utility services provided by the City of Port Angeles, including electric light, 1-4 V; i t , T f water, sewer °and „solid'waste, as applicable. Section 8. Repealer: !f , f 2 f yt +_ Ordinance No. 1751 and Section 11.48 of the City Code (Michie 1950) are hereby repealed. '� ` PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meet- ing of the Council held on the �� day of December 1979. ATTEST: lid Marian`C. _Parrish, City Clerk Cram%. M ler, City Attorney BLISHEL ' _ 47979'