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48 on subsection B I of this Section shall be due and payable by the user for usage over 1,000 4 allons per year. (Ord. 936, 12-19-1983) 50 5. Rates Outside City Limits.- Rates due and payable by each water user located beyond the 51 territorial boundaries of the City shall be determined by special contract. (Ord. 388, 4-22- 52 1963) 53 6. Unconnected Service Pipe.- 54 a. Where a service pipe is connected to the stop box and laid into the building with no 55 intention of connecting to the building piping for use immediately, there shall be the same 56 minimum rates charged as in subsection B I of this Section. (Ord. 496, 7-18-1966) 57 b. A meter shall be installed on the street valve in the house and a remote register outside 58 regardless of whether inside piping is connected. (1 990 Code) 59 7. Discontinued Use.* In the event the water customer elects to discontinue the use of the 60 Municipal water, the regular or minimum charge shall continue until such date as the service 61 pipe is excavated and disconnected at the stop box. (Ord. 496, 7-18-1966) 62 8. Head of Household.- The City Council may establish reduced water rates for any residence 63 in which the owner and head of the household is receiving retirement survivors' insurance or 64 disability insurance under the Social Security Act, 4 U.S.C. section 301, as amended. (Ord. 65 620 4-27-1970; 1995 Code) 66 C. Payment of Charges.- Any prepayment or overpayment of charges may be retained by the 67 City and applied on subsequent quarterly statements. (Ord. 407,, 11 -18 -1 963; 1990 Code) 68 D. Action to Collect Charges.- Any amount due for water charges in excess of 90 days past due 69 shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection with real estate taxes. This certification 70 shall take place regardless of who applied for water services, whether it was the owner,, tenant 71 or other person. All applications for water service shall contain an explanation in clear 72 language that unpaid water bills will be collected in real estate taxes in the following year. The 73 City shall also have the right to bring a civil action or other remedies to collect unpaid charges. 74 (Ord. 661,, 3-13-1972), (Ord. 1383,, 6-08-2009) 75 E. Penalty For Late Payment.- Each quarterly billing for water service not paid when due shall 76 incur a penalty charge of ten percent of the amount past due. (1 990 Code, per letter dated 1 -31- ?? 1997) 78 79 80 81 82 83 (SANITARY) SEWER UTILITY:. 84 85 802.12.- RATES AND CHARGES.- 86 A. Charges for Use.- A charge is hereby imposed upon every person whose premises are 87 served,, either directly or indirectly, by the sanitary sewer system within the City, for the use of 88 the facilities of said sewer system and for connection to the system. Such charges shall be in 89 an amount set by the Council and shall be kept on file in the City Manager's office in the form 90 of a rate schedule. (Ord. 592, 2-17-69; amd. 1990 Code), 91 B. Supplemental Charges for Industrial Sewage Wastes.- In respect to property which shall be 92 connected to the City sewer for the disposal of industrial sewage wastes, which shall by virtue 93 of its strength and volume be subject to supplementary charges by the Metropolitan Waste 94 Control Commission,, the City may impose a supplemental charge based generally upon and at