A. Billing for single-family residential shall be bimonthly. Billing for multifamily residential, commercial, other developed (storm water only), and irrigation shall be monthly, except that multifamily residential, commercial, other developed, and irrigation may be billed bimonthly for isolated uses located within single-family areas. Billing dates may be staggered throughout the month and billing dates shall be established administratively by the Finance Director.

B. Fixed monthly charges shall apply from billing date to billing date, read date to read date, or shall apply for a one-month period of time, as determined by the Finance Director, and may be prorated based on the number of days in the billing period. Commodity charges shall be based on consecutive meter readings which shall be scheduled to be completed a reasonable time before the billing dates.

C. If on the billing date the meter reading for the billing period shall not have been completed, the consumption for the billing period shall be estimated from patterns of previous consumption.

D. For water and sewer accounts a final billing will be processed when a change in ownership occurs or when a change in tenants occurs. A final storm water bill for a change in tenants will only be processed if the account is classified as single-family and is billed with the water or sewer bills as indicated in Section 13.17.040.B. For storm water accounts classified as “other developed” a final bill will only be processed when there is a change in parcel ownership. An administrative fee in an amount established by the Finance Director to cover the administrative costs for processing a final bill shall be charged to any account for which a final billing is processed. (Ord. 2464 § 2 (part), 2009: Ord. 1762 § 7, 1994; Ord. 1682 § 7 (part), 1992).