3119 ORDINANCE NO, 3119
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, ANENDING
CITY CODE, BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 28-30 AND 28-34
TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR DELINQUENCY AND DISCONNECTION OF
SERVICE FOR NONPAYMENT AND INCREASING THE MISCELLANEOUS
FEES AND CHARGES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS
AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Section 28-30 is hereby amended to the Sanford City Code as
follows:
Delinquency and disconnection of service for nonpayment.
(a) If any bill for current monthly charges remains due and unpaid on
or after the due date stated On such bill which date will be twenty one (21)
days from bill date, a delinquent (late fee) of five percent (5%) shall be
charged to the customer account, with a minimum charge of four dollars
($4.00).
(b) If any bill for monthly sewer or water service remains due and
unpaid on and after the past due date stated on such bill, the water service
to such customer so in arrears as to sewer or water service charges shall be
disconnected and shall not be reconnected until all past~due bills for water
and sewer services are paid, together with a reconnection charge of twenty
dollars ($20.00), plus an after hour fee Of ten dollars ($10.00) if paid
after 2:00 p.m.
(c) If any bill for monthly sewer service shall remain due and unpaid
on and after the past due date stated on such bill, in any case in which the
water entering the sewer systems is furnished by any plant or system other
than the waterworks system of the City, the sewer service to such user in
arrears as to sewer charges shall be disconnected, and shall not be
reconnected until all past-due bills for sewer service are paid, together
with a reconnection charge in the amount of two hundred and sixty dollars
($260.00).
SECTION 2: Section 28-34 is hereby amended to the Sanford City Code as
follows:
Miscellaneous fees and charges.
[The following fees and charges shall be levied when applicable:]
(a) After hour turn-on/off .................................... $10.00
No after-hour service for turn-on after 8:00 p.m.
(b) Transfer fee .............................................. 7.00
(c) Returned check (bad check charge) ......................... 15.00
(d) New account application ................................... 10.00
SECTION 3: If any section or portion of a section of this
ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall not be
held to impair the validity, force or effect of any other section or part of
this ordinance.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 5: That this ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this~7~ day of~ , A.D.
1992.
ATTEST:
City of Sanford, Florida
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Donahoe, City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 3119, PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 27th day of
July, 1992, was posted at the front door of the City Hall in the
City of Sanford, Florida, on the 28th day of July, 1992.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I -have hereunto set my hand and the
official seal of the City of Sanford, Florida, this 28th day of
July, 1992.
A t ty Clerk of tee
City of Sanford, Florida.
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