All consumers of water and all water customers of the water system of the City shall pay a monthly charge for the service and water furnished as fixed by City Council resolution or ordinance, which resolution or ordinance may in like manner, be amended or altered from time to time as conditions require.

Billings for water used by a consumer or customer or water service furnished by the City water department shall be computed by a reading of the concerned meter on a regular periodic basis as established by the City Council.

All charges for water service shall be due and payable on the date of billing, usually the first (1st) of the month. Any water account shall become delinquent if not paid on or before the fifteenth (15th) of the month following billing. Water accounts of the City on special contract shall be due and payable as hereinabove provided unless otherwise stated in said contract.

The minimum rate for a monthly water service as fixed by the City Council for the use of water from the municipal water system, shall be charged any person, each family dwelling unit or group of individuals maintaining separate and distinct living quarters, whether located in an individual residence or multiple-dwelling facility or apartment, as well as any firm, association or corporation now using or making application in the future for use of such water. Each premises, business entity, group or organization not forming a living unit or family dwelling unit shall likewise be charged the minimum rate as fixed by the City for the type of service classification concerned, and in any event, where a present service connection exists for more than one dwelling, family living unit, premises or business, the water department may, at its discretion, decline to furnish water thereto unless the individual, firm or corporation upon whose premises the service connection is made from the City main, shall guarantee the payment of all water used through said service connection. (Ord. 2-1989 § 2, 1989: Ord. 4-1982 § 23, 1982.)