[Ord. No. 65 §2, 2-8-1965; Ord. No. 845 §1, 2-2-2006]
All water meters shall be read and bills for water service rendered
monthly as such services accrue. All such bills shall be due and payable
from and after the date they are rendered at the office of the City
Clerk or other place designated by the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 65 §3, 2-8-1965; Ord. No. 847 §1, 2-2-2006; Ord. No. 964 §1, 10-20-2016]
The Board of Aldermen shall establish a due date for utility
billings. If the billing is not paid ten (10) days after the due date,
an additional charge of ten percent (10%) shall be added thereto.
After any such subsequent bill shall remain unpaid for a period of
forty-five (45) days after the rendition thereof, an additional charge
of ten percent (10%) on the entire past due balance shall be added
thereto and water services to such premises may be discontinued and
shall not be resumed until all past due bills are paid in full, together
with the City's cost of disconnecting and reconnecting the water
and any court costs and attorney fees. Minimum monthly charges may
continue to accrue but without further penalty. Any such costs shall
become a lien against the real estate.
[Ord. No. 65.1 §1, 4-11-1966; Ord. No. 778, 4-22-1999; Ord. No.
842 §1, 2-2-2006; Ord. No. 900 §3, 8-18-2010]
If any bill for water service shall be and remain unpaid ten
(10) days after the date on which such bill was past due, service
to such customer shall be disconnected and original deposit shall
be applied to any outstanding balance. Service shall not be reconnected
until all past due bills are paid in full, together with a cut-off
charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), a reconnection charge of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) and any other associated fees. It shall be the duty
of the City Clerk to notify said customer and the Superintendent of
the City's waterworks or such other appropriate official or employee
of such delinquency and such Superintendent shall proceed immediately
to disconnect such water service. If turn off is not accessible to
the Superintendent, City will install a new turn off accessible to
the Superintendent at the customer's expense, such turn offs to be
made near the middle of the week so that the customer has an opportunity
to make full restitution of past due water bill(s), installation costs
along with any associated fees or costs incurred by the City at the
office with the minimum interruption of service. In addition, for
owner occupied property, a new deposit in the amount of one hundred
fifty dollars ($150.00) for first (1st) disconnection, three hundred
dollars ($300.00) for second (2nd) disconnection or six hundred dollars
($600.00) for third (3rd) disconnection will be collected before service
is reconnected. Subsequent offenses will be at the discretion of the
Board of Aldermen of the City or its designee. For non-owner occupied
property (rental property) a new deposit in the amount of three hundred
dollars ($300.00) for first (1st) disconnection, nine hundred dollars
($900.00) for second (2nd) disconnection or one thousand eight hundred
dollars ($1,800.00) for third (3rd) disconnection will be collected
before service is reconnected. Subsequent offenses will be at the
discretion of the Board of Aldermen of the City or its designee.
[Ord. No. 65 §5, 2-8-1965]
The occupant and user of the premises receiving water services
shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered
on said premises. The City shall have the power to sue the occupant
or the owner, or both, of such real estate in a civil action to recover
any sums due for such services, plus a reasonable attorney's fee to
be fixed by the court.
[Ord. No. 65 §6, 2-8-1965; Ord. No. 65.10 §6, 6-11-1985; Ord. No. 850 §1, 2-2-2006; Ord.
No. 900 §4, 8-18-2010]
The application for water service shall be made to the City
Clerk by the owner or the occupant of the property to be serviced.
Such application shall contain the block and lot number, the name
of the owner, the occupant, and such other information as may be deemed
necessary. At the time of the application, there shall be deposited
with the City Treasurer the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)
for owner occupied property and three hundred dollars ($300.00) for
non-owner occupied property (rental property) to be held by the City
as a guarantee of the payment of future bills. Upon discontinuance
of the service, any money due to the City for past due bills shall
be deducted there- from and the balance, if any, returned to the depositor.
No interest shall be paid to the depositor while the City holds the
deposit.
[Ord. No. 65 §7, 2-8-1965; Ord. No. 844 §1, 2-2-2006]
Upon application for water service at a location where there
is a service line but the service has been disconnected, the applicant
shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) as
a turn-on fee.
[Ord. No. 65 §8, 2-8-1965]
Upon application for transfer of water service from one customer
to another at a location where water service is presently being rendered,
no turn-on fee will be required.
[Ord. No. 65 §9, 2-8-1965; Ord. No. 843 §1, 2-2-2006]
Upon application for water service at a location where there
is no service line, the applicant shall pay to the City Clerk the
sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) as a tap fee. If a water main
is readily accessible to the property, the Superintendent of the City's
waterworks shall make the tap connecting the premises water service
to the water main. The tap fee shall be in addition to any plumbing,
excavation or other permits that may be required and the applicant
shall see to excavation and the furnishing of all materials except
those for the tap.
[Ord. No. 65 §10, 2-8-1965]
Any water service customer with an apartment, store or office building with multiple tenants and served by only one (1) water line and one (1) water meter may be considered as one (1) customer, provided however, the provisions of Section 705.040 hereof shall continue to apply to the owner and occupants thereof.
[Ord. No. 65 §11, 2-8-1965]
If, after February 8, 1965, two (2) or more individual residential premises are being served through a single water meter, the gallonage used shall be divided by the number of such premises being served and the charges computed on each of the separate premises being served. If the total gallonage per separate premises is less than the minimum charge as set out in Section 700.040, there shall be charged, nevertheless, a minimum charge for each of such premises being so served.
[Ord. No. 65 §12, 2-8-1965]
A.
Water
service shall be supplied only through water meters installed and
meeting the City's specifications, and only one (1) connection shall
be permitted to each water meter, except as otherwise provided for
herein.
B.
No
free water service shall be furnished to any premises, or to the owner
or occupant thereof, except to the City itself, provided however,
the City shall furnish water to Jackson County Central Fire District
for firefighting purposes within the City limits of Lake Tapawingo
without cost to the Fire District.
[Ord. No. 65 §13, 2-8-1965]
All customers shall be considered residential or commercial
users unless otherwise classified by the Board of Aldermen and shall
not use water furnished by the City for other than residential or
commercial purposes, nor except as otherwise provided herein, shall
they supply water in any way to persons not customers of the City
without a written permit from the City, nor shall they permit others
to make connections to their hoses or other water connections on their
premises.
[Ord. No. 65 §14, 2-8-1965]
Each meter installed on a separate service line shall be considered
as a separate customer and shall be billed as a separate customer,
unless such additional meter installation is required by the City
for its own convenience in measuring the amount taken.
[Ord. No. 65 §15, 2-8-1965; Ord. No. 846 §1, 2-2-2006; Ord.
No. 900 §5, 8-18-2010]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper with any water main, change any water meter, make any connection to the waterworks without written permission from the City of Lake Tapawingo to reconnect the service when it has been disconnected for non-payment of a bill for services until such bill has been paid in full, including the cutoff and reconnection fee. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the general penalty provisions contained in Section 100.040.
