[Ord. No. 354 §1, 5-7-1979; Ord.
No. 1517-2023, 3-6-2023]
Bills for water and sewerage services shall be rendered monthly
as such services occur. The City Clerk or other officer or representative
of the City designated to prepare and render bills for water and sewerage
services as separate bills for sewer and water, respectively, shall
calculate monthly to each customer separate bills for both such water
and sewerage services. All bills shall be due and payable at the office
of the City Clerk during the regular hours of business from and after
the date of the rendition thereof.
[Ord. No. 354 §§2 —
3, 5-7-1979; Ord. No.
1019-2005 §1, 5-2-2005; Ord. No. 1517-2023, 3-6-2023]
A. If
any bill for water or sewerage service shall remain due and unpaid
after the tenth (10th) of the month next following the date of rendition
thereof, such bill shall become delinquent and an additional charge
of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be added thereto, and an additional
ten percent (10%) shall be added for each additional thirty (30) days
thereafter.
B. If
any bill for water or sewer service shall be unpaid for as long as
thirty (30) days after delinquency, water service to such customer
may be discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all past due
bills are paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00). It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to notify
the Water and Sewer Superintendent, and he/she shall proceed to cause
water service to such customer to be disconnected. When a reconnection
is made after regular business hours at the request of the customer,
an additional twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed as an
overtime charge.
[Ord. No. 354 §4, 5-7-1979; Ord.
No. 1517-2023, 3-6-2023]
In case of failure to obtain the metered measurement of water
delivered to any customer for any reason, the City Clerk may deliver
both the monthly water and sewerage service bill based on the most
recent period of metered consumption. An overage or underage shall
be adjusted at the time of the next metered bill.
[Ord. No. 354 §5, 5-7-1979; Ord. No. 1019-2005 §2, 5-2-2005]
The City Clerk is authorized and directed to require each consumer,
before taking water under the general meter rate, to make a cash deposit
against which the Water Department may charge any unpaid water service,
meter, hydrant or valve resealing, restoration of services or meter
repair bills. The cash deposit shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00)
for all customers. No interest shall be paid on such cash deposit.
When a contract for water service is cancelled, the City Clerk shall
charge the deposit with any unpaid water service, meter, hydrant or
valve sealing and shall refund the remainder of the deposit to the
depositor.
[Ord. No. 1019-2005 §3, 5-2-2005]
In addition to name, address and home phone number of the customer,
the City Clerk is authorized and directed to require other such personal
information as may be deemed necessary to insure the proper collection
of accounts including, but not limited to, Social Security number,
date of birth, employer contact information, driver's license number
and photo identification. Refusal of such information shall be cause
to deny water service.
[Ord. No. 354 §6, 5-7-1979]
The cost of water service connection from the consumer's premises
to the City water mains shall be borne by the owner of the premises,
with the main taps or other means of connection at the main being
made by the Water Department in accordance with the charges for such
work which shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 354 §7, 5-7-1979]
Any employee of the Water Department in the proper exercise
of his/her duties shall have access to any premises served with water
and such access shall be limited to the right to read, remove and
replace meters, to inspect, make or correct meter installations and
to make such inspections or tests as are necessary to determine if
Water Department rules and regulations are being violated, if water
is being wasted or is being used improperly or without permits or
license.
[Ord. No. 354 §8, 5-7-1979]
A. The
City may discontinue service to any water consumer for any one (1)
of the following reasons:
1. Failure to obtain permission from the City to repair or install water
service unless an emergency leak develops and City personnel cannot
be contacted.
2. For any waste or for unnecessary or unlicensed use of water.
3. For unapproved cross-connection of a customer's water facilities
with any other source of water supply.
4. For vacation of the property served without notice to the City.
5. For failure after notice to provide free and non-hazardous access
to the meter for reading, removal, inspection or replacement.
6. For failure to maintain an approved meter setting as directed by
the City.
7. For failure to provide a replacement for a privately owned water
meter condemned by the City as unfit for further service or a City
water meter stolen or destroyed while in service on the customer's
premise.
8. For violation of any of the Water and Sewer Department's rules and
regulations.
[Ord. No. 354 §9, 5-7-1979]
It shall be unlawful for any person to expose or make any attachments
to water meters, hydrants or appurtenances, except with the knowledge
and consent of the City, and no person shall cause access to a fire
hydrant to be obstructed by debris, vehicles, building, material or
other means.
[Ord. No. 354 §10, 5-7-1979]
Any person who shall violate any provisions or fail to comply
with any requirements of this Article shall on conviction thereof,
where no specific penalty is provided, be fined not less than one
dollar ($1.00) and no more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for
each ordinance violation and each day of the continuance of such ordinance
violation shall constitute a separate ordinance violation.