Sec. 362.214. - Water meter tap-in fees authorized to be paid in installments; limitation of authority; method of collecting delinquent installment payments.

(a) Whenever the Mayor has authorized an extension of the City's water transmission lines to the water pollution emergency area pursuant to Section 362.208 (b)(4) and a person whose lot is within (1) the polluted area or (2) a known area of contamination within the water pollution emergency area, in either case as certified by the Director, is connected to the line, the Mayor may authorize the water meter tap fee imposed by Section 750.408 to be paid in not more than 12 monthly installments, as equally as may be. The Mayor or his delegate, in conjunction with the Manager of Water Services and the City Accountant, shall prescribe the procedure to be followed in applying for installment payments and the procedure for approving and billing for installment payments. The authority to permit installment payments shall be available only during the continuance of the water pollution emergency and for a reasonable time thereafter, as specified by the Mayor, in order to allow those eligible persons who desire to be connected to the City's water transmission line to make application for installment payments. (b) Installment payments, regardless of whether they are billed on the regular water service billing or on a special billing, shall be considered to be bills for water service rendered under the Rules and Regulations of the JEA and the Water and Sewer Expansion Authority. At the same time that a bill becomes delinquent, it shall be deemed to be a delinquent bill under Part 1, Chapter 112 and may be collected by the City under the provisions of that part. If a bill for an installment payment becomes delinquent, the total amount of the water meter tap fee authorized to be paid in installments, excepting only that portion already paid, shall become immediately due and payable and shall be collected as a single delinquent bill. (Ord. 85-277-165, § 1; Ord. 2003-586-E, § 1)