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"meter read trip fee" as established by resolution of the city council shall be payable <br />for each trip to a customer's premises for the purposes of performing a meter read <br />for closing out of service, or for start of service, or for transfer of responsibility for <br />service. Fees as herein provided shall be added to the next water bill issued after <br />date of turn off, turn on, special investigation/reread, meter resetting/reinstallation <br />or other designated trip, provided the amount is not collected in advance of the <br />turn off, turn on, special investigation/reread, meter resetting/reinstallation, or other <br />designated trip. For the purposes of this article, the term "trip" shall not include the <br />regularly scheduled routine reading of customers' meters. <br />(f) Closing bill. Upon the rendering of the final bill for service, the city shall not refund <br />any credit balance or deposit of less than one dollar ($1.00); any checks returned <br />that cannot be delivered or are unclaimed shall be forfeited unless the applicant <br />applies for refund within twelve (12) months. <br />(g) Individual liability for joint service. Two (2) or more persons who join in one (1) <br />application or contract for service shall be jointly and severally liable thereunder <br />and shall be billed by means of a single periodic bill presented to the person <br />designated in the application process to receive the bill. <br />(h) Change of address. Water service shall not be given to any customer upon change <br />of address until all delinquent charges owing thereon at a former place of residence <br />or business have been paid. <br />(i) Transfer of charges. When a customer maintains separate water service at <br />multiple premises in the city under the same name or identity of ownership or <br />tenancy, and water service has been discontinued at one (1) premises for non- <br />payment, the department of finance may transfer the unpaid balance owing from <br />the account to which service has been discontinued to any other account belonging <br />to the customer for which water service remains ongoing. <br />(j) Field collection fee. When a representative of the city collects payment of <br />delinquent charges owing from a customer or customer's agent in the field, in lieu <br />of performing a turn off or removal of customer's meter, a "field collection fee" shall <br />be applied and collected from the customer or 4+s their agent at the same time as <br />all other delinquent charges and fees owing are collected. <br />(k) Removal of unauthorized "straight pipe" connections. Whenever a customer has <br />connected to the city's water service through an unauthorized straight pipe <br />connection, the city shall cause such connection to be removed and a "removal of <br />unauthorized straight pipe connections fee" as established by resolution of the city <br />council shall be made and billed to the customer. <br />(1) In street cut-off of water services. Whenever, in the discretion of the director of <br />public works any customer's access to the water service must be physically <br />severed by means of an in street cut-off of water service, whether due to authorized <br />turn on of water service, or unauthorized straight pipe connection, or other violation <br />of city code, an "in street cut-off fee" as established by resolution of the city council <br />shall be made and billed to the customer. <br />(m)Any charge, fee, or deposit owing to the city which has been paid by an instrument <br />such as a check or draft which is dishonored upon presentation for payment, shall <br />be void and of no effect from its inception. The director of finance, may, in #+s their <br />discretion, withhold the effect of this provision if the instrument is redeemed within <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXXX <br />Page 12 of 15 <br />