Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-04

ING AND MAINTAINING BY i hi.
CITY AND COUNTY OF HOMO
LULU. OF THE WATER WORKS
AND SEWER WORKS OF HOMO
LULU, FOR THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE SAME. PROVIDING
REGULATIONS FOR THE MAN
AGING AND MAINTAINING OF
SAID WORKS. AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA
TON OF SUCH REGULATIONS"
as AMENDED BY ORDINANCE,
NO. 81. .-
Re IL Ordained by the People of the
City and County Of Honolulu:
Section /. Section of Chapter ,
Of said Ordinance is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 4. RATES FOR WATER
AND SEWER PRIVILEGES. WHEN
PAYABLE-NOTICE TO PAY Water
rates. II calculated upon fiat rate
shall be payable half yearly in adj
vance on the l st days of January and
of July in each year for the period Of
six months following such dates re-
spectively, at the office of the Water
end Sewer Department.
Water rates, ii calculated upon a
meter rate, shall be due and payable
on the first days OF March, June, Sep
TENDER and December of each year
for the term for which the charge is
made, at the office of the Water and
Sewer Department. ....
Charges shall be made pro rata for
unexpired terms of any period where
such use begins after the commence
ment of such term. The charge for
water rates shall be payable by the
owners and occupants of the premises
connected, who shall jointly and sey-
orally be liable therefor.
mot less than ten days before water
rates are due and payable, the Water
Works Department shall give general
public notice to persons then holding
water privileges as aforesaid by adj
vertisement in one or more news
papers of general circulation published
in the English language, in Honolulu,
as to the date when such rates are
due and payable, and that all rates so
due and payable, whether flat or
metered rates as the case may be,
shall be delinquent thirty days after
such rates become due.
''The said department shall also
mail a notice to each holder of a flat
rate privilege on or about the LIST days
of January and of July, and to each
holder of a meter rate privilege on or
about the first day of March, June,
September and December in each
year, addressed to the last known ad
dress CT any privilege holder, stating
when the rate becomes due, when il
becomes delinquent and the amount
thereof. Non-receipt of such notice
shall not excuse the rate payer from
the penalty for delinquency.
Rates for the use of sewers shall
be payable half yearly in advance on
the 1st days of January and of July
in each year for the term of six
months following such dates, respec-
lively. at the office of the Water and
Sewer Department.
Charges shall be made pro rata for
the remainder of any six months
period where such use begins after
the beginning of such term. The
charged for sewer use shall be pay
able by the owners and occupants of
the premises connected with the
sewer, who shall jointly and seyerally
be liable therefor.
Not less than ten days before the
Eewer rates are due and payable from
those holding a sewer privilege, the
Sewer Works Department shall give
general notice to all persons then
holding sewer privileges, as aforesaid,
bys advertisement in one or more
newspapers of general circulation pub
lished in the English language, in
Honolulu, that such rates are payable
on the LIST days of January and Of
July, as the case may be, next follow
ing the date of such notice, and that
such payment will be delinquent thirty
days after the same becomes due.
The said Department shall also, on
or about the LIST days of January and
of July in each year, mail to each per-
son holding a sewer privilege, notice
addressed to the last known address
of such person, stating when the rate
becomes due, when 1t becomes delin-
quent and the amount thereof.
"Non-receipt OF such notice shall not
excuse the privilege holder from the
penalty for delinquency"
Section g. Section 8 of Chapter 2
of said Ordinance is hereby repealed.
Section g. Section of Chapter 2
of said Ordinance is hereby repealed.
Section 4. Section IL of Chapter
of said Ordinance is hereby amended
to read as follows: IT,. .....
Section IL. PENALTY FOR NON
OF WATER OR SEWER
RATES. If the amount of any water
or sewer rate shah remain unpaid
thirty days after the same becomes
due, 10 per cent in addition thereto
shall be charged, which will be col
lected as part of such rate All IN
paid rates, and all charges arising be-
cause of the. failure to pay water or
sewer rates shall be lien upon the
supplied by the privilege,
which lien shall attach to said prop
erty as of the date when such rate
becomes due and payable"
Section 5. Section Is of Chapter q
of said Ordinance is hereby amended