§ 12.16.390. Billing period.

(a)

The billing period for the charges shall be quarterly in advance for residential users, and the payments shall be due and payable upon receipt of the bill and shall be delinquent if not fully paid on the last day for the quarter in which the bill is sent to the user by the city. Apartments, mobile homes and room rentals shall be classified as residential users for sewer billing purposes.

(b)

The billing period for the charges shall be quarterly in arrears for industrial/commercial users, and payments shall be due and payable upon receipt of the bill and shall be delinquent if not fully paid on the last day of the quarter in which the bill is sent to the user by the city.

(c)

All payments for charges if not actually received at the office of the city clerk by 5:00 p.m., or deposited in any drop box provided by the city, on the last day of any period described in subsections (a) and (b) above, shall nevertheless be deemed timely paid if postmarked on the last day of the period as provided in NRS 238.100. All payments which are not so received or postmarked by the last day of the applicable period shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (d) below.

(d)

There shall be added to all such charges which are delinquent a penalty of 15 percent of the charges assessed on all unpaid amounts and will be compounded each billing period.

(e)

Any penalty or portion thereof assessed pursuant to this title may be reversed or modified at the discretion of the city manager or their designee in accordance with established Finance Department policy.

(Ord. No. 2899, § 1 (7.20.072), 8-25-80; Ord. No. 2938, § 1, 6-28-82; Ord. No. 3456, § 6, 1-26-87; Ord. No. 3835, § 1, 7-24-89; Ord. No. 4140, § 1, 8-27-91; Ord. No. 4565, § 1, 10-10-95; Ord. No. 4829, § 1, 1-13-98; Ord. No. 5519, § 1, 12-3-03; Ord. No. 6128, § 1, 10-7-09)