[Ord. No. 6760 §§2—3(6-1), 10-24-1994]
The City shall take charge of and exercise full control over
the waterworks and other public utilities owned by the City and all
appurtenances thereto belonging, and shall enforce the performance
of all contracts and work, and have charge and custody of all books,
property and assets belonging or appertaining to such public utilities.
[Ord. No. 6760 §§2—3(6-2), 10-24-1994]
A.
The assessment
and collection of rates for water and for the production or service
of any other plant or works which the City may own or operate shall
be under the control and supervision of the City; and in the process
of operating any utility as herein provided, it shall be the duty
of the City, through its agents and employees, to collect all sums
due for services rendered and on all accounts in connection with the
operation of such utility, such sums to be deposited in the City's
public utility account.
B.
Whatever
remains in the public utility account at any time, and whatever may
accrue therein, shall be at the disposition of the City solely for
the operation of City-owned or operated public utilities, making improvements
thereof and betterment and extensions thereto, and to do all things
that in their judgment is for the best interest of the City and the
public generally, and for the further purpose of paying all interest
and demands on account of the indebtedness incurred for the purchase
of any utility by the City and to pay on the principal thereof, as
the case may be; it being the spirit and intent of this Section to
accumulate a fund for the discharge of the general purchase price
of utilities as speedily as may be consistent with good operation
of the system and good service to the public, and that this fund shall
be at the disposition of the City solely for the above purposes.
[Ord. No. 6820 §1(6-3), 3-11-1996]
A.
In the
process of operating a City-owned or operated public utility, whether
such utility is owned or operated directly by the City or under the
City's control through a franchise agreement or contract with a private
utility company, the City is vested with full power and authority
to make such maintenance, repairs, replacements, additions or extensions
of service as the City or its assignee may deem proper for the public
good and to employ such labor and provide for such material as may
be necessary.
B.
While
in the process of making such maintenance, repairs, replacements,
additions or extensions to City utility services or while reading
meters, collecting data, inspecting utility lines and connections
or maintaining and clearing utility easements, officers, employees
and agents of the City or private utility companies under contract
with the City shall have the right and authority to enter onto private
property for the purposes described herein.
C.
Any person who constructs, erects or maintains an obstruction, hindrance or hazard which blocks, impedes or restricts access onto private property necessary for any such officer, employee or agent to perform duties described in Subsection (B) shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a nuisance under Section 220.010 of this Code. This provision shall be construed specifically to include, but is not limited to, persons who chain, fence or keep dogs near utility meters or who fail to keep the area near utility meters free from dogs, thereby hindering or impeding access to the meter.
[Ord. No. 6831 §1(6-3), 6-10-1996]
A.
By resolution
adopted by the City Council, utility services including, but not limited
to, water, sewer and solid waste disposal may be provided to uses
outside the corporate limits of the City. Services may be provided
to users residing within the corporate limits of another municipality
only upon the express written consent of said municipality.
B.
Users
outside the corporate limits of the City shall pay a user charge of
one hundred fifty percent (150%) times the charge paid by users within
the corporate limits.
C.
Users
outside the corporate limits of the City who are hereby provided City
utility service shall conform with and abide by all applicable provisions
of the City Code, administration policies, rules and regulations.
