§ 44-35. Payment of bills.

Water bills shall be mailed on the tenth and 25 ^th of each month (or the closest working day to these dates). Each cycle will receive a bill every other month. A calendar is established at the beginning of each fiscal year outlining dates for billing, due date, penalty date, late notices and cut-off dates for each cycle. Water services charges are immediately due and become past due 25 days following the respective billing. After the expiration of the appropriate water billing past due date, there shall be levied a late payment fee in an amount equal to ten percent of the principle amount of the bill. Forty days after the water billing date, water services may be cut off for nonpayment, without further notice and a tag fee per the consolidated fee schedule will be added to the account. Even when service is cut off, water customers retain the liability for the minimum charge for each billing period the service is discontinued. Payment of water bills may be enforced as provided in G.S. 160A-314.

(Code 1990, § 21-30; Ord. No. 16-02-003 , Pt. I, 2-3-2016; Ord. No. 16-06-012 , Pt. I, 6-1-2016)