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TITLE II
2. The City may certify to the County Treasurer the amount of the delinquent account, which shall become a lien on the property if the following steps have been taken by the City:
a. Written notice has been sent by ordinary mail to the account holder at least thirty (30)days prior to certification of the lien to the County Treasurer. The notice shall state the intention of the City to certify to the County Treasurer the amount of the delinquent account, and inform the account holder of the opportunity for a hearing before the city council. If the account holder wishes to appear before the city council, then he shall notify the City Clerk in writing of his desire to appear within ten (10) days of the date of the notice sent by the City.
b. If the account holder is a tenant, and the owner or landlord have requested notice, then the same notice shall also be given in the same manner to the owner or landlord as required to be given to the account holder.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
3. No lien shall be imposed for delinquent charges of less than $5.00. However, the City may charge an administration fee of up to $5.00, which amount shall be added to the lien and collected at the time of payment of the assessment.
4. An exception to the procedure for certifying liens to the County Treasurer shall be that as described in Section 9.05.
9.10 COMBINED SERVICE ACCOUNT. The City may combine charges for water service with other city utility charges. If such a combined service account becomes delinquent, then all services may be discontinued after the required procedures have been followed.
9.11 SHUTTING OFF WATER. A City authorized person may shut off the supply of water to the customer without notice when the customer is found to be using water consuming equipment in a manner adversely affecting the utility's system or its ability to serve others, such as cross-connections, back-siphonage,wastage to the extent of drastically reducing water pressure, or any other action so affecting the safety or proper operation of the system; and the water supply shall not be restored until the customer has corrected the condition. He may likewise shut off the water supply to the customer for violation of or noncompliance with the rules by said customer or for failure of the customer to permit the superintendent, or his authorized assistant, reasonable access to the customer's premises for the purposes enumerated in sections 8.05 and 8.06, provided the superintendent shall have given written notice allowing ten days from the date of mailing or personal notice to comply, Sundays or holidays excepted, and such notice shall state that the customer has the right to appeal to the City Council for explanation of the action.
(Editor's Note: The last two sentences of Section 9.11 were added by Ordinance #2004-4, Nov. 11,2004)
9.12 METER ACCURACY AND TESTS. All water shall be supplied through meters that accurately measure the amount of water supplied to any building. A city authorized person shall make a test of the accuracy of any water meter when requested in writing. If it is found that such meter overruns to the extent of two percent or more, the cost of the tests shall be paid by the city, and the city will credit on the next bill the overcharges collected since the last known date of accuracy, not to exceed thirty months. If the meter is found to be accurate or slow, the customer shall pay the reasonable costs of the test.
9.13 POSTING FEE. The fee to post a twenty-four (24) hour notice of discontinuation of water utility services.Fees for posting notices are set forth in Appendix A of the Primghar City Code and are available at the office of the City Clerk.
(Editor's Note: Section 9.13 was added by Ordinance #2004-4, Nov. 8, 2004)