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connection. Individual accounts shall be established for sprinkler and irrigation systeaus and water meters must be installed ou such services. (I') Rates due and payable by each water user located beyond the territorial boundaries of the City shall be determined by special contract. (G) Statements for water and water service charges for the preceding quarterly period shall be mailed to each customer on or around the 75°i day of January, April, July, and October of each year. Any account which remains unpaid thirty (30) or more days after the bill is mailed is a delinquent account. A penalty in-the arnA~•~~'~erc^^~ ^"n~^~~aid-ba{anee as sei lbrth by City Council resolution shall be added to each delinquent account. Any pre-payment or overpayment of charges may be retained by the City and applied on subsequent quarterly statements. (I-I) Once annually, or as deemed necessaty by the City Administratoit notice shall be provided to ak} account holders arzd owners with a delinquenC balance notifying them of the delinquency. If the delinquent accounts remain unpaid after the date specified on the notice, an administrative charge as established by City Council resolution shall be assessed on these delinquent accounts, and Chis fee along with the delinquent water ^~,d-~t~serv~e-Eha~ges utility._charges, including penalties, shall be certified by the City Council to the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxes fvr collection with taxes due against said premises. (I) At the sole discretion oP the City, water service provided to a property where a delinquent account is present may be terminated. In such case, the City shall send a written notice to the account holder giving them seven (7) days w pay the account in Rdl. Water service shall be terminated without further notice if the delinquent account is not paid in full within the period of time specified in the notice. Additionally, a turn offlon fee as indicated in 1601.210.(3) shall be added to the amowit due and iitll payment of the delinquent amount, including penalties, and the turn off/on fees shall be required before water service is reswned. Property owners requesting that their tenant's water service be turned off due to a delinquent account shall send a written request to the City. Upon receiving t:he written request, the City, at their sole discretion, may terminate the water service following the same procedures as above. WATER METERS AND I-II'DRAN'I'S 1601.&00. WATER METERS. Except for extinguishment of fires, nn person, except authorized City employees, shall use water from the water system or permit water to be drawn therefrom, unless the same be metered by passing through a meter supplied or approved by the City. No person not authorized by the Public Works Director shall connect, disconnect, take 1601-10 11