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 Union Gap
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 12. WATER AND SEWERS
 Chapter 12.04. WATER RATES AND REGULATIONS

  § 12.04.110. Penalty charge for late payment.  

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  • (a)

    In the event such charges and rates are not paid on or before the tenth day of the month in which the same became due and payable, such payment shall be deemed delinquent and if payment is not made within a period of thirty (30) days after the same became delinquent, the use of the facilities and the furnishing of service of the system to the person or persons or the property of the person or persons owning and/or using the same shall be cut off and discontinued, and thereafter such person or persons shall pay and there shall be collected by the city treasurer, in addition to the accrued charges for service an additional charge of forty dollars ($40.00) for each reconnection, before the use of the facilities or the furnishing of such service shall thereafter be afforded to such person or persons or property.

    (b)

    Prior to cut off of service the person or persons owning and/or using the water service subject to cut off may request an additional ten-day extension or grace period. The ten-day grace period will stay the action to cut off services for an additional ten (10) days beyond the cutoff date specified in subsection (a) above. The city treasurer shall provide for the grace period when requested. The extension or grace period provided for in this subsection is only available twice in any twelve-month period. No additional grace periods are available. During the ten-day grace period the total current account balance must be paid. Where a person or persons owning and/or using the water service subject to cut off requests an extension and does not pay the total current account balance including any reconnection charge in full during the grace period, that person is unable to request any further extensions under this subsection for a twelve-month period.

    (c)

    Water service shall not be cut off and discontinued under the provisions of this section where the delinquent amount is ten dollars ($10.00) or less.

(Ord. 2596 § 1 (part), 2008; Ord. No. 2703, § 1, 1-24-11)