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RESOLUTION NO. 2228: NOTICES PRIOR TO SHUTOFF - MULTIPLE DWELLING METER (NONMETERED INDIVIDUAL DWELLINGS AND SPACES)
COUNCIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ADDRESSED:
Council Initiative: Continue effective financial management
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: REQUIRED
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
City of Longview Resolution No. 2192 (Section 7) currently states, “In accordance with Longview Municipal Code Section 15.56.010(2), if full payment on a utility account has not been received at the Finance Department by the fortieth (40th) day after the bill date, a penalty in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed should it become necessary for the City to make a personal call upon a delinquent utility account debtor for the purpose of attempting to collect such a delinquent account, regardless of whether or not such an account is collected as a result of such personal demand for payment or otherwise.
With regard to a multiple dwelling meter where there are nonmetered individual dwellings (i.e. apartments) and spaces (i.e. mobile home parks) LMC 15.56.150 Notices prior to shutoff - Multiple dwelling meter (nonmetered individual dwellings and spaces) provides-
The city finance department will not take any action which encourages or permits, whether by regulation, informal policy or oral statement, the termination of water or other utility service to residential tenants occupying multiple-family dwelling units, mobile home spaces, trailer spaces or other occupancies that are not individually metered and which are billed to the owner, manager or agent thereof, because of delinquency in the payment of water or other utility bills unless the following procedures are carried out:
(a) If payment on a water or other utility account has not been received by the fortieth day after the bill date, a duly authorized employee of the city will physically deliver to the service address, to the address of the owner, manager, or agen...
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