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Augusta Richmond GA
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ORDINANCE NO. ~111 s":-
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AUGUSTA-RICHMOND
COUNTY CODE ~5-2-49 SO AS TO CORRECT PENALTY
AND FEE AMOUNTS; TO PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF SAME AS
FOllOWS:
Section 1. The Augusta-Richmond County Code is hereby amended by
deleting ~5-2-49 in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:
~5-2-49. Effect of Failure to pay bills when due; Fees in
connection with cut-off and/or unauthorized obtaining of
water; Removal of Dead Meters,
(a) Each and every bill for water consumed
shall be subject to a penalty of ten per cent
(10%) if not paid by the penalty date shown on
the bill.
(b) If any bill is not paid by the shut off
date established for said bill by the Augusta-
Richmond County Utilities Department, the
water will be shut off until all arrears are paid,
The water will not be turned on until all
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arrears are paid together with a delinquent fee
of twenty-five dollars ($25,00) for cutting on and
off.
In cases where shutting off water would
be contrary to special health needs at the
customer's site or would severely impact the
conduct of business at a customer's site; the
Utilities Department may opt not to shut off the
water. A notice of a shut off date or a
proposed shut off date will be hand delivered to
the customer and the twenty-five dollar ($25,00)
delinquent fee will be added to the bill.
(c) Where water has been cut off due to
nonpayment, but is being received through
tampering with the water meter, a fee of sixty-
five dollars ($65,00) will be charged to the
account in connection with the Augusta-
Richmond County Utilities Department's placing
of a locking device on the water meter. This
fee will be in addition to any other fee
previously assessed.
(d) Where a locking device placed on a
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water meter has been broken or otherwise
made ineffective, a fee of one hundred five
dollars ($105.00) will be charged to the account
in connection with the Augusta-Richmond
County Utilities Department's removal of the
water meter, This fee will be in addition to any
other fee previously assessed.
(e) Where a water meter has been removed
and water is being obtained through an
unauthorized meter or "straight line", a fee of
one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125,00) will
be charged to the account in connection with
the Augusta Utilities Department's removal of
the unauthorized meter or "straight line", This
fee will be in addition to any other fee
previously assessed.
In addition, the responsible party may be
cited with a violation of this Code and subject to
punishment as provided in Code 91-6-1, Any
additional costs or fines ordered by the Court
would also be required to be paid prior to
restoration of service,
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed,
DULY ADOPTED, this /1 day of
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, 1998.
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