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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd.1614.09-19-1994BILL NO. 94-231 ORDINANCE NO. ) AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 22-48(b) OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE AND REPEALING SECTION 29-67(b) OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO SEWERS, AND ENACTING NEW SECTIONS IN LIEU THEREOF BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE 1. Section 22-48(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, relating to solid waste, reading as follows: Sec. 22-48. Billing; payment; delinquency; penalty. (b) All bills issued under this article shall be due and payable twenty-one (21) days from the date the bill was rendered; those accounts not paid in accordance therewith shall be deemed delinquent. All accounts which become delinquent shall be charged a ten (10) percent penalty. is hereby repealed in its entirety, and a new Section 22-48(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, relating to solid waste, is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, in words and figures, to read as follows: - - - - - Sec 22 -486 ----Billing; payment----delinquency;--penalty.- (b) ayment;--delinquency-;--penalty. (b) All service bills shall be due and payable in full fourteen (14) days from the date the bill was rendered and shall be considered delinquent after twenty- one (21) days. If the last day for remittance falls upon a weekend or holiday, or any other day when the offices of the department, regularly used for the payment of customer bills, are not open to the general public, the final payment date shall be extended through to the close of the next business day. The date of payment for remittance through the mail shall be the date on which the department receives the remittance. All accounts which become delinquent shall be charged a ten (10) percent penalty. ARTICLE 1. Section 29-67(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, relating to sewers, reading as follows: Sec. 29-67. Billing; payment; delinquency; penalty. (b) All bills for sewage service shall be due and payable within ten (10) days of mailing thereof; those accounts not paid in accordance therewith shall be deemed delinquent. All accounts which have been delinquent for twenty-one (21) days or longer shall be charged a ten (10) percent penalty. The date of penalty and the amount thereof shall be shown on the face of the bill. is hereby repealed in its entirety and a new Section 29-67(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is relating to sewers, is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, in words and figures, to read as follows: Sec. 29-67. Billing; payment; delinquency; penalty. (b) All service bills shall be due and payable in full fourteen (14) days from the date the bill was rendered and shall be considered delinquent after twenty- one (21) days. If the last day for remittance falls upon a weekend or holiday, or any other day when the offices of the department, regularly used for the payment of customer bills, are not open to the general public, the final payment date shall be extended through to the close of the next business day. The date of payment for remittance through the mail shall be the date on which the department receives the remittance. All accounts which become delinquent shall be charged a ten (10) percent penalty. ARTICLE 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. ARTICLE 4. It is the intention of the governing body and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code may be renumbered to accomplish such intention. ARTICLE 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten days after its passage and approval. Gayle V. Conrad Deputy,...Cty Clerk DAY OF , 19 7Y M. Sprading, III/, Mayor