[Amended 9-26-1955; 2-28-1966; 12-26-1967; 8-12-1968; 2-22-1971; 2-26-1973; 4-14-1975; 3-22-1976; 2-26-1979; 8-13-1979]
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The following rules and regulations and schedule
of water rates shall apply where meters have not been installed, to
be effective May 1, 1973.
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[Added 11-13-1979]
The following rules concerning payments for
nonmetered water service shall apply in all cases where water meters
have not been required to be installed.
A.
Bills for miscellaneous water rates shall be rendered
three times each year for four-month periods beginning July 1, 1979,
and collected during the months of December, April and August. All
bills are payable when presented, and if not paid within 30 days thereafter,
a penalty of 5% will be added, and if not paid within 60 days, an
additional 5% will be added. Thereafter the water will be shut off,
and a permit for turning it back on will not be issued until all water
rents, penalties and other charges have been fully paid. In the event
that water service has been turned off by the Water Department for
any reason, it shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property
involved to secure the services of a licensed plumber to turn the
water on again and to make a report to the Water Department that the
water has so been turned on. The final billing for nonmetered water
shall be for the period May and June of 1979 and shall be collected
during the month of May 1979.
[Amended 6-8-1981]
B.
Water rents are chargeable against the premises where
the water is used. If requested in writing by the owner, bills will
be rendered to the agent or tenant, but any delinquency in payment
shall become a lien upon the real property where the water is used,
payable by the owner of the property.
C.
Partial payments will be credited against the account
of the property until all arrears and penalty have been fully paid.
The Water Department will not accept payments for current water rents
until all arrears have been paid.
D.
Water rents for fractional parts of a term shall be
payable for the balance of the term as soon as the water is turned
on.
The following rules shall cover all deductions,
rebates, minimum charges and alterations in water bills and water
service:
A.
No deductions will be made for any fixture claimed
to be unused unless such fixture, including outside taps, shall be
removed by a licensed plumber. Upon receipt by the Water Department
of a plumber's report of any removal of fixtures, the charge for such
fixtures shall cease from the date of receiving such report.
B.
No deduction for the unoccupancy of a property or
any portion thereof will be allowed for periods of less than six months.
The period of unoccupancy will begin at the date of the receipt of
a written notice at the Water Department. Any property which has been
reoccupied without proper notice to the Water Department will forfeit
any credit for unoccupancy that might have accrued.
C.
In the event notice of unoccupancy is properly filed
with the Water Department, the owner shall be liable for only the
minimum charge during the period of unoccupancy.
D.
Vacancy. No deduction for a vacancy will be allowed
unless the water service to the premises shall be turned off at the
street by a licensed plumber. The period of vacancy will begin at
the date of the receipt at the Water Department of written notice
from a licensed plumber that he has disconnected the water.
E.
It shall also be required that the water be turned
on again by a licensed plumber, who shall also report this fact to
the Water Department. Any property which has been reoccupied without
properly notifying the Water Department will forfeit any credit for
vacancy that might have accrued, and the owner shall be liable for
all charges which would normally have been made.
F.
In the event notice of vacancy is properly filed with
the Water Department, the owner shall be liable for only the minimum
charge during the period of vacancy.
G.
UNOCCUPANCY
VACANCY
For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions
shall apply:
An unoccupancy exists when contents are not removed from
the building, property or housing unit.
A vacancy exists when all contents are removed from the building,
property or housing unit.
