Utility service bills shall become due no sooner than twenty-one (21) days after being rendered. Any customer failing to pay the utilities service bill on or before the date specified in the bill will be assessed a penalty. Such penalty will be adopted by the Governing Body of the City by resolution. Collection procedures and court action may be started on all bills remaining unpaid over ten (10) days after the due date. (Ord. 21-44 § 9, 2021; Ord. 95-79 § 1, 1995; Ord. 86-15 § 2, 1986.)