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Revised 12/08/00 connection, water service charges shall not apply. Individual accounts shall be established for sprinkler and irrigation systems and water meters must be installed on such services. (F) 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 before the 15th 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 amount of ten percent (10 %) of the unpaid balance 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. (I4) Once annually, notice shall be provided to all account holders and owners with a delinquent 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 this fee along with the delinquent water and water service charges, including penalties, shall be certified by the City Council to the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxes for collection with taxes due against said premises. resolution. (I) At the sole discretion of 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 to pay the account in full. 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 off /on fee as indicated in 160121043) shall be added to the amount due and full payment of the delinquent amount, including penalties, and the tum off /on fees shall be required before water service is resumed. Property owners requesting that their tenant's water service be tumed off due to a delinquent account shall send a written request to the City. Upon receiving the written request, the City, at their sole discretion, may terminate the water sery ice following the same procedures as above. WATER METERS AND HYDRANTS 1601.400. WATER METERS. Except for extinguishment of fires, no person, except authorized City employees, shall use water from the water system or permit water to be drawn Page 85