The utility deposit fee shall be as provided the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(Ordinance 163 adopted 9/13/93; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
All utility bills are due and payable on the date as shown on the customer’s bill or statement.
(b) 
The past due date is shown on the bill or statement.
(c) 
A penalty is added to the total on all past due accounts.
(d) 
Service will be discontinued on any account at the past due date of the second month. The water meter will be removed and service discontinued until the bill and penalty are paid.
(e) 
A meter installation charge will be made when the meter is reinstalled.
(f) 
It is the customer’s responsibility to keep the city notified as to the correct mailing address.
(g) 
The city will not accept the excuse of “not receiving the bill or statement because there was a change in mailing address.”
(h) 
Paying the city is the customer’s responsibility, and the customer understands their liability as to paying when they receive the bill or statement.
(Ordinance 130A adopted 6/28/89)
(a) 
Unpaid utility bills become past due after the 10th of the month. A 10% penalty is added to all past due bills after this date (10th of the month).
(b) 
A certified or registered letter, return receipt requested, or a hand-delivered letter and notice with a signed receipt, will be sent or delivered, giving the customer a stated 30-day notice when the city utility service will be discontinued. This will be the final and last notice to the customer user, and after the 30-day notice period the city will discontinue service to the customer user.
(c) 
When a customer falls in the delinquent status, all past due bills must be paid in full if service is restored or if service is continued.
(d) 
When service is discontinued, applicable penalties apply as set forth by ordinance.
(Ordinance 162 adopted 9/13/93)
(a) 
A service charge as provided the fee schedule in appendix A of this code will be charged in addition to the total bill if the water is cut off for nonpayment or moving.
(b) 
If a customer turns the meter back on after the city has turned it off, the meter will be removed, the line plugged and a reset charge as provided in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, in addition to the total bill, will be charged.
(Ordinance 111, sec. V, adopted –/–/84; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Effective with the city utility bill in March 1971, the addition of $1.50 to the total bill for the city fire department is hereby fixed and determined.
(b) 
The addition the fee shall be collected from each customer and placed in an account in the bank designated as “Calvert Fire Dept. Fund, City of Calvert.”
(c) 
Monies collected and placed in the city fire department fund shall be used only for the maintenance of the fire trucks, equipment and construction of the new fire station building.
(Ordinance 13 adopted 2/1/71; Ordinance adopting Code)