[Ord. No. 4.013 §7, 7-13-1961]
Application for water and sewerage services shall be made to the City Clerk or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the owner or occupant of the property to be served, and upon the approval of such application, such applicant shall have the right to connect with the City's combined waterworks and sewerage system, all costs of such connection to be borne by such applicant. The Board of Aldermen may hereafter prescribe a connection charge to be paid by any such applicant at the time of his/her application.
[Ord. No. 4.013 §4, 7-13-1961]
All water meters shall be read and bills for water and sewerage services shall be rendered monthly as such services accrue. The City Clerk or other officer or representative of the City designated to prepare and render bills for water and sewerage services shall calculate monthly the amount of each bill for water service and shall add thereto the amount of such customer's bill for sewerage service and shall render monthly to each customer a combined bill for such water and sewerage services. All such 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. 4.013 §9, 7-13-1961]
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. No free water service or sewerage service shall be furnished to any premises or the owner or occupant thereof, except to the City itself, and in the event that the revenues derived by the City from its combined waterworks and sewerage system shall at any time prove insufficient to pay the cost of maintenance and operation thereof and to pay the interest on and principal of the combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds of the City issued to construct, extend or improve such system or any part thereof and to establish and maintain reasonable reserves as provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, then the City will thereafter pay a fair and reasonable charge for all water and sewerage services or water service or sewerage service furnished the City or any of its departments by the combined waterworks and sewerage system, and such payments will continue so long as the same may be necessary in order to prevent any default in the payment of the interest on or principal of the combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds of the City or while any such default shall exist.
[Ord. No. 4.013 §10, 7-13-1961]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper with any water main, water meter or sewer line or to make any connection to the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the City without written permission from the City or to reconnect service when service has been discontinued for non-payment of a bill for service until such bill, including the reconnection charge, has been paid in full.
[R.O. 1937 Ch. XXXIII §338; Ord. No. 447, 11-7-1936; Ord. No. 4.005]
Two (2) or more consumers shall not use water from or through the same meter.
[R.O. 1937 Ch. XXXIII §339; Ord. No. 447, 11-7-1936; Ord. No. 4.006]
No water shall be used from the hydrants of the City or City mains other than by way of service lines and meters, nor shall any hydrants be turned on for any purpose without the permission of the Superintendent of Public Works unless same is authorized by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.