Page 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1564 AN ORDINANCE FURTHER AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1536 AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO.’ 1553 AND ORDINANCE NO. 1554, ORDENANCE>NO. 1557, SO_THAT “I TSREADS“AS=FOLLOWS : , : = AN ORDINANCE TO FIX AND COLLECT --:-- REASONABLE FEES AS AUTHORIZED BY” -4/~ » , F) a eee eri Sear BE IT ORDAINED BY ‘THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY oF PRICHARD, ALABAMA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The following words and terms when used in this Ordinance shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (a) Person shall mean and include a natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trustee, executor, admini- strator, or other local entity, whether singular or plural, mas- culine or feminine, as the context may require. . : (b) Dwelling 5 1 10 1 1 3 594 1000 104 27 95.811340 Unit shall mean a single family residence and each separate family apartment or housing accommodation in multiple family buildings. = _ Section 2. In order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Prichard, there is hereby levied a service charge to defray a part of the expenses of public services, and the administrative cost associated with such services;. including the enforcement of this Ordinance in such areas as follows: Lo ‘(a) “Upon every person who is the occupant of a dwelling unit containing kitchen facilities the sum of $5.00 per month per dwelling unit.” Where water service is furnished to a dwelling unit. by The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Prichard, the term, Occupant shall. be taken to refer to the person in whose name such service is subscribed, regardless of whether or not such ‘person resides in such dwelling unit". . (b) Upon every business wit where water service’ is furnished by the Water and Sewer Board of the City of Prichard, the sum of $5.00 per month. , (c) Persons desiring to pay this fee on an annual basis may do so during the first fifteen (15) days of January of each year, and the annual charges for such charges shall be the sum of $60.00 which shall be in lieu of the payments otherwise due for the calen- dar year. Page 2 a, ° ry , 4 % 8 Ne (d) Persons desiring to pay this: fee on a quarterly basis + may do so during the firstfifteen (15) days of the quarterly periods commencing January, April, July, and October of each year, and the quarterly charges for such’ services shall be the sum of $15.00 which shall be in lieu of the monthly payments otherwise due for the quarter. “ Lo, . (e) Except as to persons who have paid said fee on an annual or quarterly basis as heretofore provided, the fee provided by this Ordinance shall be due on the first day of each month for the ser- vice to be rendered during the month. A person becoming delinquent in payment of this fee shall pay and is hereby assessed, in addition to this fee, a late charge of $3.00 to apply toward the additional expense incurred by the City in handling such delinquent accounts. If any charges due hereunder shall not be paid within 30 days after becoming delinquent, the person liable for such charges shall be in.violation of this Ordinance and will be punished as hereinafter provided. - (£) All payments due hereunder shall be paid to the Prichard Water and Sewer Board. . (g) Where initial service is commenced after the 15€h of the month, there shall be no charge for service during the month, but: where such service is commenced on or before the i5th day of the month, the full monthly charge shall be due. — Section 3. Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction, shall be fined no less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. wow Section 4. All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in con- Eiict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed upon this Ordinance becoming effective. Section 5.. If any clause, sentence, section, subsection, or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or inoperative, the ‘remainder of the Ordinance shall not be affected hereby. Section 6. This amendment to the Ordinange shall ha 11 orce and effect upon its approval as“requiréd by léw Adopted this 8th day of September, 1981. . Ny | APPROVED: . - west eg Aeon oes CITY CLERK