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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 04
Chapter 04.02
Section 04.02.090
 

Title 04 Administrative Agencies and Procedures

Chapter 04.02 Special Administrative Procedures – Billing and Collection of Claims

Article II. Utilities Billings and Collections

Section 04.02.090 Allocation of Payments

  1. The city council finds that City utility customers and property owners receive substantial benefit and convenience of a combined utilities billing system. This policy results in lower utility rates and reduced losses from nonpayment, so that the payment allocation policy specified herein should be adopted and enforced as a condition of access to municipal utility services.
     
  2. Utility bill payments received are allocated to charges in this order of priority: labor and materials, additional refuse, refuse, additional sewer, sewer, and water. In case of a dispute on one part of a bill, the undisputed portion must be paid. A customer may allocate a partial payment in order to avoid termination of a specific utility service.

Date Passed: Monday, March 26, 2007

Effective Date: Sunday, May 6, 2007

Recodification ORD C33995 Section 1