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-; e . 1 Ordinance No. 93-1897, page 2 "(e) Sec. 12-2.2(e) - Each consumer requesting that their meter be re-read by the city, and said re-read is subsequent to a re-read requested by the consumer and performed by the city in the preceding (12) twelve month period, and said re-read confirms the accuracy of the previous meter reading, a fee of $5.00 (five dollars) shall be charged for the additional reading and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process." "Sec. 26-13. Termination of water service for failure to pay. Upon recommendation of the director of finance, the City Council of the City of La Porte, pursuant to the directives established in Article II of Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, hereby establishes the following rates and fees: "(c) During regular hours (9:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m., monday through friday, except Holidays approved by the City Council), the service restoration fee shall be $25.00; after the aforementioned hours, the service restoration fee shall be $35.00. "(d) In cases where any person gives the City a check in payment of water and sewer services wtlich is not honored by the drawee bank for any reason, an additional charge shall be levied against such person and said charge shall be the maxi.mum charge authorized by state law. "(e) In cases where the discontinuance of service had to be achieved by the use of a locking mechanism, an additional fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) shall be assessed. If the locking mechanism is removed or otherwise altered to allow service continuance before satisfactory arrangements have been made with the city, another additional fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) shall be assessed. "(f) In cases where the consumer has been provided service by means of an unauthorized tap or hook-up, an administrative penalty of $200.00 (two hundred dollars) shall be assessed." "Sec. 26-14. Water deposits and refunds. "(f) Deposit Schedule 1. Owner-occupied single family residence consumers shall place on deposit the sum of $90.00 (ninety dollars). 2. Other single-family residence consumers shall place on deposit the sum of $125.00 (one hundred twenty-five dollars).