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§ 28-128 ARDEN HTLLS CODE Sec. 28-128. Delinquencies. (a) A deli*_:quency penalty of eight (8) per cent of the unpaid sanitary sewer bill for charges hereunder shall be charged, effective on the date stated, in accordance with the following schedule: For the lst quarter-June 1 For the 2nd quarter-September 1 For the 3rd quarter-December 1 For the 4th quarter-March 1 If the delinquency date falls on a nonbusiness day for the city hall, the penalties shall be imposed on the next business day, but first crediting payments received on that day. (b) Except as provided in section 28-129 hereof, the aforesaid delinquency penalty shall be imposed upon and added to all unpaid sanitary sewer bills by the clerk-admin- istrator and mailed in the usual course at the next regular billing date, showing in the same bill the current billing; e.g., July 20, after the first penalty date. (c) The council has noted that under section 28-127 bills are due at the end of the billing month, and accordingly the delinquency charge hereunder will be imposed more than a month after the due date of a billing. (Ord. No. 141, § 1(C), 3-8-71; Ord. No. 153, § 2, 3-27-72; Ord. No. 165, § 3, 12-11-72; Ord. No. 232, § 2, 11-28-83) Sec. 28-129. Collection. Any amounts due for sanitary sewer charges hereunder may be collected in a civil action brought for that purpose in the name of the city; or the clerk-administrator, ugon direction thereon by the council, may certify to the county department of property tWiation the amount due, together with the legal description of the premises serv,ed, and the clerk-administra- tor, in so certifying, shall add to such amount as a separate item, in addition to the delinquency penalty hereinbefore pro- vided, an additional delinquency penalty of eight (8) per cent of the original unpaid amount, inclusive of any previous delin- quency penalty. The county department of property taxation Supp. No. 8 1674 ~ -