[R.O. 2012 §705.050; CC 1992 §24-27; Ord. No. 742 §4, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 1493 §5, 1-17-1977]
Application for water service to premises never before connected with the City's water system shall be made to the City Clerk or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the owner or the occupant of the property to be served, and upon the purchase of a water permit the owner or the occupant may connect with the City's waterworks system, the cost of such connection to be paid by the person making the application. Section 705.060, Rule 2, must be complied with where applicable.
[R.O. 2012 §705.060; CC 1992 §24-17; Rev. Ords.
1926 Ch. XIV Art. II §3; Ord. No. 1493 §1, 1-17-1977; Ord. No. 1581 §1, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 1616 §1, 8-9-1982; Ord. No. 1715 §1, 12-9-1985; Ord. No. 1790 §§1 — 5, 9-9-1987; Ord. No. 2034, 2-10-1992; Ord. No. 2628 §1, 3-12-2001; Ord. No. 2684 §1, 11-13-2001; Ord. No. 2881 §3, 2-9-2004; Ord. No. 4430, 3-8-2021]
The following rules and regulations shall govern and be enforced
by the Board of Aldermen against all persons using water furnished
by the City water plant:
Rule 1. Water shall be furnished to consumers
through meters only, which shall be installed immediately upon the
tapping of the City water main.
Rule 2. All persons desiring to take water
from the City must make application for water service at the office
of the City Collector, signing a register setting forth all purposes
for which the water may be used upon their premises, whereupon the
City Collector shall issue a permit to the applicant. A deposit of
one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be made with such application;
this sum is to be retained by the City to ensure payment of all water,
sewer and trash bills. When service to the customer is discontinued
permanently, this deposit, less any amount then due the City for water,
sewer and trash service, shall be refunded without interest. Where
an applicant is the owner of the premises to be served, no such deposit
shall be required. Such refund, if any, shall be made by the City
Collector within fifteen (15) days after the close of the month in
which the service was permanently discontinued.
Rule 3. Meter connections with the water system,
when made, shall be made under the supervision of the Director of
Public Works according to the design and specifications required by
the Board of Aldermen and shall be at the cost of the consumer. The
meters shall be read and inspected monthly by the Director of Public
Works or such City employee as the Director of Public Works may designate.
No style meter not approved by the City shall be installed, and all
meters shall be kept in repair by the consumer at the consumer's expense,
if the repair is necessary due to the fault of the consumer.
Rule 4. The City reserves the right to make
all taps and to install all meters. The cost of the labor and the
material necessary for making a tap and installing a meter is to be
paid by the consumer.
Rule 5. Meters are to be tested and repaired
from time to time as may be necessary, at the request of and at the
expense of the consumer using the meter, and repairs, when necessary,
must be made promptly.
Rule 6. The City reserves the right to test
any water meter at any time without request. Such test shall be made
without expense to the consumer if the meter is thereby found to be
in good order and correct; otherwise a charge will be made for such
test.
Rule 7. The City reserves the right at any
time to shut off the water in its mains for the purpose of making
repairs or extensions, or for other purposes, and persons having boilers
within their premises not supplied with tanks or cisterns are hereby
cautioned against collapse. Risk of damage in such case is hereby
assumed by the consumer.
Rule 8. The City reserves the right to shut
off the supply of water to any consumer at any time when and so long
as the service pipe through which such consumer may be supplied, or
any meter or other part of such pipe, may be out of order for the
proper supply of water through the pipe or meter.
Rule 9. All meter rates shall be payable on
the first (1st) day of each month for the preceding month at the office
of the City Collector in the City Hall. All bills are delinquent after
the fifteenth (15th) day of each month. Upon failure or delay to pay
such rate upon demand, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public
Works or such City employee as the Director of Public Works may designate
to cut off the supply of water to the delinquent customer, and he/she
shall not resume the water service until the delinquency is settled
in full. The City reserves the right of civil action to recover all
claims for water rates.
Rule 10. The Director of Public Works shall
have the right and it shall be his/her duty to inspect meters and
all other fixtures and appliances for the use of water, whenever deemed
necessary by him/her or the City, for the purpose of regulating such
use, keeping an accurate account thereof, and preventing waste, leakage
or other violation of the rules and regulations. For such purpose
it shall be the duty of the water consumers to allow the Director
of Public Works access to their premises at reasonable times and intervals.
For refusal to allow such access upon order of the City, the water
supply may be cut off and withheld from any person so refusing.
Rule 11. When in any case the supply of water shall, for any fault of the consumer, be subject to the delinquent service fee under Section 700.090, or, shut off under the provisions of any of these rules, the delinquent service fee charge of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be paid, together with any outstanding service bills, applicable late fees, or other damages, if any, prior to turning the water on.
Rule 12. The City demands that any break in
the service pipe be promptly reported to the City. The City will repair
all residential-use water line breaks located in the City right-of-way.
Leaks in service lines on private property will be the responsibility
of the property owner. Failure to repair leak upon notification will
result in termination of water service.
Rule 13. The right is reserved to amend and
add to these rules and regulations as experience may show to be necessary.
Rule 14. It is expressly stipulated by and
between the City waterworks and its consumers that no claim shall
be made against the City by the reason of the bursting of any street
mains or the breaking of any service pipe or cock, or for any accidental
failure on supply of water.
Rule 15. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Section shall, in addition to having his/her supply of water
cut off from the City mains, be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
Rule 16. For any and all property with two
(2) or more separate units with a single water meter, the property
owner will be required to be responsible for payment of all charges.
Rule 17. Reserved for future use.
[R.O. 2012 §705.070; CC 1992 §24-22; Ord. No. 741 §6, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 1493 §2, 1-17-1977; Ord. No. 2056 §1, 7-13-1992; Ord. No. 2881 §4, 2-9-2004; Ord. No. 4430, 3-8-2021]
The owner(s) of rental property receiving utility service, (water,
sewer, solid waste disposal) shall be ultimately responsible for payment
of the services rendered to the residents' apartment or building receiving
those services. The property owner(s) may require that renter(s) apply
for said service, place a deposit as outlined in this Article and
pay monthly charges as billed; however, this does not change the responsibility
of the property owner(s) for charges billed. The City shall notify
property owner(s) whenever a tenant becomes delinquent on said charges
as they occur. The City shall have the power to sue the owner(s) of
such real estate in a civil action to recover any sums due for the
service plus reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court. The
owner(s) of rental property shall not be liable for late fees and/or
delinquent service fees incurred by the tenant, however, the owner(s)
shall be liable for late fees and/or delinquent service fees balances
incurred by owner(s).
[R.O. 2012 §705.080; CC 1992 §24-25; Ord. No. 742 §2, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 1493 §3, 1-17-1977]
All water meters shall be read and bills rendered monthly as
services accrue, and all bills shall be due and payable from and after
the date such bills are rendered, at the office of the City Collector,
during the regular hours of business.
[R.O. 2012 §705.110; CC 1992 §24-31; Ord. No. 1736 §1, 9-17-1986; Ord. No. 2780 §§1 — 2, 10-14-2002]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to establish the
regulations and guidelines for water usage which bypasses and is not
disposed of through the City's sanitary sewer system.
B.
Applicability. This Section shall apply to any resident
of the City who desires to use City water for any legitimate purpose
to include, but not necessarily limited to, the filling of swimming
pools and watering of lawns and gardens when such water used is not
disposed of through the City's sanitary sewer system.
C.
Regulations. As it is necessary to at all times maintain
the integrity of the City's water supply water usage which is the
subject of this Section shall be separated into two (2) categories,
namely usage which includes an installed water sprinkler system and
usage which does not. The regulations pertaining to each are:
1.
Installed water sprinkler systems.
a.
All such systems to be installed by a licensed contractor. The meter
requested must be attached to and used in conjunction with a lawn
watering system which has been designed and installed by a contractor
who is licensed to install lawn sprinkler systems.
b.
Use of meter. The sole purpose of connecting to
the separate meter shall be for use with a lawn sprinkler system.
Use of this meter for any other purpose shall subject the owner thereof
to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and the immediate
removal of the water meter.
c.
Inspection. The hookup of a lawn sprinkler system
to a separate water meter shall be subject to inspection by the Director
of Public Works. No system shall be used until the hookup has been
so approved. The Director of Public Works shall inspect for such items
as properly installed backwash systems and drains.
2.
Usage not involving an in-ground water sprinkler system.
a.
Any person who desires to use City water which does not involve disposal
through the City's sanitary sewer system and who does not have an
installed water sprinkler system shall be required to purchase and
have installed a separate water meter for such purpose.
b.
Any such separate water meter shall be installed at the user's expense
and in accordance with all rules and regulations of the City of Union.
E.
Exemption From Sewage Disposal Charge. There shall be no charge made pursuant to Section 710.010(D)(1) through (6) for sewage disposal as long as it is determined by the Director of Public Works that water from the sprinkler system is not being drained into the City's sanitary sewer system.
