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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1992-005 05-92 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OFD NIA, FILORIDA, AME F ARTICLE INDANG SECTIONS 27-8(k) , 27-13(c) , - SECTIONS 27-52 , 27-56(b) 27-58(d) AND (e) AND 27-59 OBy F I ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 27 , AS PASSED AND ADOPTED TO ORDINANCE NO. 30-91 EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 11 , 1991 , CHANGE THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTY CHARGES FOR DELINQUENT WATER AND SEV BILLL ORS FROM FSTATEMENT BYTEEN ( 15 ) YTHEFCITYTER TTO THIRTY (30 ) DAYS; PROVIDING FOUR MONTH DELINQUENCY ` BEFORE METER IS PULLED OR LOCKED; PROVIDING FOR ONE RE-READ OF METER WITHOUT A CHARGE; PROVIDING THAT PENALTY CHARGES BE SET BY RESOLUTION SETTING FEES; I . PROVIDING THAT BILLING BE MONTHLY OR BI-MONTHLY; NCES D PROVIDDIING THAT NSLLORRDPARTSESOFR RESOLUTIONS IN PARTS OF ACONFLICT ALL HEREWITH BE SUCH CONFLICT; AND REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DANIA, � . . .. FLORIDA: Section 1• That Section 27-8(k) of Article I, Chapter 27 0£ the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: � "Sec. 27-8. nts for servi � be (k) All bills acifudelinquent wforra period ofs301days subject to a penalty by the i after the in rendition of a bill or statementrevious City of Dania for water service rendered during the p penalty shall be as set forth in period. The amount of the the accounresolution casetting use the rates . serviceAli etonbeeshutaoff and vthe may amount water will not be turof the ned .un Initheh aid event the customer delinquent account has been paid. COMEleting a "Request Form" is a lessee, the owner upon supplied by the city, will be notified of the delinquency. nt A shall be ll owners °certifiedtmaillthat thefmeter or uwill nbespulled or notified by lied to final the locked and the deposit on aid within andof the mailing account if the bill is not p aatliedfastaelientification against theapropertyuandaadfee Of1$1001will PP be assess baI to sed on ltheacurrent ratecat time oft newadeposit) deposit r has will be required. lockedBilling and 1Will commence ease euntil the emeter been pulled has been reinstalled or unlocked. " 05-92 Ordinance No. Section 2 . That Section 27-13(c) of Article I, Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 27-13. i i (c) In the event the owner or consumer requests a meter be re-read, the first such re-read shall be at no cost to the consumer; thereafter, a charge of $5.00 will be assessed on the next bill rendered if the reading proves to be correct. If the re-rending proves to be incorrect, the proper adjustment will be made by the utility department on the i j next bill rendered. " I j 17 Section 3. That Section 27-24 (b) of Article I, Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 27-24 . 'i (b) Due Dates of Utility Bills. Utility bills are due when rendered and are delinquent 30 days after the initial rendition of the bill . if bills are i not paid within the time specified on the bill, a delinquent bill will be mailed reflecting a penalty as set forth in the i resolution setting fees, and added to the initial amount of the bill . if this delinquent bill is not paid within the time specified on the bill, the water will be shut off until such time the bill is paid. A $25 charge will be added to the next bill for turning the water back on. " i Section 4 . That Section 27-52 of Article IV, Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 27-52. When Charqes Commence. When application is made to connect to the sanitary sewer system of the city, the monthly sanitary sewer service charges shall be made on the date in the following month s that a statement is customarily sent to the premises for water services and shall then be made either monthly or bi-monthly, as directed by the city commission, thereafter at the same time as water bills are submitted. " Section 5. That Section 27-56(b) of Article IV, Chapter 27 -2- 05-92 Ordinance No. - } of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania, Florida, be and i the same is hereby amended to read as follows: ,Sec. 27-56. (b) Due Dates of Utility Hills. Utility bills are due when rendered and are delinquent 30 days after the initial rendition of the bill. If bills are not paid within the time specified on the bill, a delinquent bill will be mailed reflecting a penalty as set forth in the resolution setting rates, and added to the initial amount of the bill. If this delinquent bill is not paid within the time specified on the bill, the water will be shut off until such time the bill is paid. A $25 charge as established in ! Section 27-24 (b) of this chapter will be added to the next bill for restoring the service. " i Section 6 . That Section 27-58(d) and (e) of Article IV, Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania, } i Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 27-58 Discontinuing water service for sewer delinquency. (d) If the amount charged by the city for sanitary sewer services shall not be paid within 30 days from the rendition of any bill for such services and without regard as to whether the bill is included on the bill rendered for water supplied to the premises, the city shall discontinue supplying water to such premises and shall disconnect the same from the water system of the municipality. (e) Delinquent Billing and Penalty. All bills and accounts for sewer service shall be subject to a penalty if delinquent for a period of 30 days after the initial rendition of a bill or statement by the City of Dania for sewer service rendered during a previous period. The amount of the penalty shall be as set forth in resolution setting rates. In the event the customer is a lessee, the owner, upon completing a "Request Form" supplied by the city will be notified of the delinquency. " Section 7 . That Section 27-59 of Article IV, Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: -3- 05-92 Ordinance No. "Sec. 27-59• Delinquent Accounts. All bills and accounts rendered and charges made for sanitary sewer service shall be deemed delinquent for the this section if the same are in arrears for more purposes of i than 30 days. All delinquent sanitary sewer service accounts may cause the service of water to the premises served by the sanitary sewer system to be discontinued and the water supply to be shut off. After such shutoff, water will not be turned on to such premises until the amount of the delinquent account and the sum of $25 .00 for turning on the water to each such premises shut off, has been paid. When an owner or user vacates or sells property leaving a t' delinquent sanitary sewer service bill against the said property which is vacated or sold, the city may, at its , option, refuse service of water to said property or to any other property the same owner or user may be using or intend to use in the future until the date the original delinquent of whether the other accounts of account is paid, regardless the owner or user are in good standing or not. " Section 8. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances and all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. jSection 9 . That this ordinance shall be in force and take ' effect immediately upon its final passage and adoption. } ' llth rst Reading on the day of PASSED and ADOPTED on Fi f � i February 1992 . PASSED and ADOPTED on Second and Final Reading on the 25th day of February 1992 . MAYOR - COMWISSIONER ATTEST: CITY CLERK - AUDITOR APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS FRANK C. ADLER, City Attorney r - -4- r OS-92 i d! Ordinance No. _. —, .•.r....... .�, . ' :M1 1T..`-' :lrti.a. '.."".A"`_._. y'^ r ...��,.••� ,� ;° ty �`,Eh�if�#,r�o !rf i r. '-'WARD EDMON ,. -� j PUBLISHED DAILY BROWARD COUNTY -FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA •.ow�a COUNTY OF BROWARD l Before the undersigned authority plc NI IN personally appeared: . :_�. lay.w j�l «•wA r N,/rk,w, , � «IN T111w fJn�.nMd ANN `AR'rULA .•.ew..A<'.Naa^n'A"',",� Dw...EY.YM,o aa.rr n+ who on oath says that he/she is: fro . CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS w.k pI ANCE aC._Tkp♦N�1�e' +r`k1 )wt SIC!°31•S�. i of The Miami Herald, a daily news- �/;;b i{ paper published at Broward County, ^y�#'� M&A Florida; that the attached copy of .A IN°ry"�o +�O°• advertisement was published in said (`EF"'04 R Qpp, tD tNANaL NE DA}DWTN M NACn newspaper in the issues of: DEAN UENI WAI{P ANO 1f vYF N°M1l$I NOM (,/1REN IIEI DAYb A(iEP pFA MRIAON'•l"Al'lM Mi FEBRUARY 14, 1992 °rTNeaTvmkkTNwTv pM�NA kwl1•'�lLEO DNE 11,,oCNEp r„olNpma(oP . pNE Pf 1�EAD DE Mk111P Affiant further says that the said The Miami Herald Brovard Edition is � oT a newspaper published at Brovard wauNa °E MON*Nk•-q� e9T MUNTyIH V: MOVID iMTL pa"Di]NDmfC�YYH ' County, Florida and that the said ANDAE Nk-.a+uno l _ newspaper(s) has (have) heretofore "C ;'A;^;;ERc ed in said (7[TT :, pi'•'WC11�=F"iA RAND _ been continuously publish vNDVDNo(O AN I Brovard County, Florida each day E,1k4+IVEDA+k jl j A'an'riwi'.i vw and has (have) been entered as second class mail matter at the N• . 1.!w...Xw•DA'"] °,al.an J.Dr;u Iw..Y..wl y yNp•c M b'I iN post office in said Dade, County Florida, for a period of one year .�..,Ir•Iw«wa next preceding the first publics- IN, .M "P- = M1 tion of the attached copy of ad- A row,w ,MY aw M1« ..,,,a vertisement; and affiant further eraA.,lw says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or wl•.w4 IM m��av111rN corporation any discount, rebate, „^ commission or refund for the pur- pose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said nevspa- I per(s) . V Sworn and subscribed before me 92 fkY this 1401 day of February A.D.19 My Commissio ^empires i ' Ii0T 14'i fib: i� ci.,-r r•- r-i-r. ,a .� . 1 ��•5Y xr �dc`;; � I i =1i i �J r i .r1�.^'.y. x-•-_�v ..ter.T._ ___ . �.��� �a7 a.T'T :�'yi:�yrtp• � ��r.----^. HMV h�.