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ORDINANCE NO. 73-2695
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
IOWA CITY, IOWA, BY ESTABLISHING A COMPUTERIZED
UTILITY BILLING "SYSTEM; REPEALING SECTION 3.18.2;
REPEALING SECTION 3.18.6; AND REPEALING SECTION
3.18.7; REGULATING THE CLASSIFICATION OF WATER
SERVICE USERS; AND -PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION
FOR SERVICE AND ENFORCEMENT FOR VIOLATIONS.
BE IN ENACTED BY• THE CITY- COUNCIL OF; IOWA CITY
IOWA,
SECTION I PURPOSE. This purpose of this Ordinance is to
establish a computerized utility billing system, repeal Sec-
tion 3.18.2,
ection-3.18.2, repeal Section 3.18.6, repeal Section 3.18.7,
and regulate the classification of water service users and to
provide penalties for delinquent charges and services for the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Iowa City, Iowa.
SECTION II AMENDMENT. The Municipal Code of Iowa City,
Iowa, is hereby amended by repealing Section 3.18.2, Section
3.18.6 and Section 3.18.7 and enacting the following in lieu
thereof.
A. Classification of water service. water service shall
be divided by user type; residential, commercial/
retail, industrial, governmental/institutional. The
Director of Public Works shall determine the alloca-
tion for each consumer based on such criteria as rate
of consumption, water use, size of meter, etc. Meters
on residential service shall be read -quarterly. --Meter
readings for other users shall be determined by the
Director of Finance. Charges for services shall be -
billed monthly based upon estimated and actual readings..
All charges are due and payable when rendered and
become delinquent 15 days thereafter.
B. Application for Service and enforcement. Application
for water service must be made by the property, owner, or
-- -- the authorized agent of the owniar, to the Department of
Finance stating the location to which water is to be
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furnished. Aftergivingreasonable notice, the Department
of Finance may discontinue service to any consumer who
has failed to pay for water supplied and who has not
contested the payment in good faith. Service will not
be restored until the property owner, or his authorized
agent, has completed payment for all delinquent charges
and services.
SECTION III REPEALER.- Sections 3.18.2. 3.18.6 and
3.18.7 of the Code of Iowa City, Iowa, and all Ordinances or
parts of Ordinances in conflict with theprovisionsof this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION IV SAVINGS CLAUSE. In the event any section,-
provision or part of this Ordinance shall be adjudged by an court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
adjudication shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as
a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged,
invalid or unconstitutional.
- SECTION V EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in effect
after its final passage, approval and publication as required
by law.
It was moved by - Hickerson and seconded by
deProsse that the Ordinance as read be adopted,
and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
% Brandt
_
deprossP_l
X Czarnecki
]t Hickerson
:i - White
MAYOR/
Ordinance No.
73-2695
ATTEST:
City
Clerk
Passed and approved
this
27th day of November 1973.
1st Reading
76o
2nd Reading�7'3
3rd Reading
-3 -
Ordinance No. 73-2695
ATTEST: II zzztl Ad-Z:+I `"J
City Clerk
Passed and approved this 27th day -of ---November 1973.
lst Reading 76.
2nd Reading /Z- -12 Z�, %Q
3rd Reading %