[R.O. 1996 § 700.010; Code 1985,
§ 110.010; CC 1990 § 20-1]
The City Administrator shall supervise
all municipal utilities, and shall be empowered himself/herself or
by a designated employee to conduct any meetings or hearings with
users of municipal services pursuant to this Chapter.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.020; Code 1985,
§ 110.020; CC 1990 § 20-2]
The City shall furnish utility service
from any of its utilities to customers only upon the expressed conditions
precedent that the City will not be liable to a consumer or other
person for any inconvenience, delay, injury, loss or damage whatsoever,
occurring by reason of derangements, stoppage, leak, faulty or negligent
construction or operation of any of the utility equipment apparatus,
distribution means, pipes or lines, or by reason of the temporary
shutting off of any utility service to clear or repair the same or
for any other purpose, or by reason of the scarcity or insufficiency
of the particular utility service supply, or the character or condition
of the water or electricity supply, or by reason of the clogging or
freezing of the mains or service pipes, or the disruptions of distribution
due to weather or other acts of God; nor shall the City be liable
for the expense of repair of any service, pipes, mains or lines not
owned by the City. The City reserves the right at any time to restrict
the use of any utility service for any and all purposes. The Mayor
may, if he/she determines it necessary, impose a system of rationing
or otherwise restrict the delivery of any or all utility services
to a consumer.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.030; Code 1985,
§ 110.030; CC 1990 § 20-3; Ord.
No. 925 § 1, 10-6-1994; Ord. No. 1075 § 1, 1-28-1997]
The Utility Clerk shall register
all applications for the supply of any utility service, keep a full
and accurate account of all utility services provided, promptly collect
all utility charges and pay the same to the Treasury of the City.
It is the responsibility of the Utility Clerk to process the readings
and convert to billing within three (3) days of the meter reading
report.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.040; CC 1990 § 20-4; Ord. No. 771 § 1 a, c, 9-23-1991; Ord. No. 951 §§ 1
– 2, 3-13-1995; Ord. No. 953 §§ 1 – 2, 3-13-1995; Ord. No. 1422 § 1, 8-27-2001; Ord. No. 1598 § 2, 10-27-2003; Ord. No. 1634 §§ 1 — 2, 3-22-2004; Ord. No. 1980 §§ 1
– 2, 7-14-2008; Ord. No. 2124 § 2, 12-27-2010; Ord. No. 2273 §§ 1
– 2, 12-10-2012; Ord. No. 2277 §§ 1 – 2, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 2288 § 1, 4-22-2013]
A.
The following schedule of water rates shall
be charged for such services. Such rates may, from time to time, be
adjusted by the Board of Aldermen, based upon a determination of the
requirements to operate the combined water and sewerage system and
pay outstanding indebtedness. The following shall be the schedule
of monthly charges for water services:
1.
Rate Structure — Residential,
Commercial, And Industrial.
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Water Consumption
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Per Thousand Gallons
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|---|---|
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0 – 1,000 (minimum)
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$17.37
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Outside City Limits
0 – 1,000 (minimum)
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$29.87
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Over 1,000
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$5.92
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2.
Rate Structure — Senior Citizens.*
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Water Consumption
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Per Thousand Gallons
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|---|---|
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0 – 1,000 (minimum)
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$13.89
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Over 1,000
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$5.92
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For the purposes of this Subsection,
"senior citizen" is defined as a legal resident of the City of Grain
Valley or his/her spouse whose age is over the age of sixty-five (65)
years.
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*Senior discount not available to
service accounts outside of the City limits.
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3.
Fixed Meter Charge.
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Meter Size
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Fee Per Month
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|---|---|
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3/4-inch meter
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$1.00
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1-inch meter
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$2.15
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1 1/2-inch meter
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$4.40
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2-inch standard meter
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$6.15
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2-inch compound meter
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$17.40
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3-inch compound meter
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$18.59
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4-inch compound meter
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$20.45
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The City retains the right to re-evaluate
these rates when the City's water/sewer comprehensive study is complete
and will continue to monitor and adjust the rates on a regular basis.
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[R.O. 1996 § 700.045; Ord. No. 1258, 4-26-1999; Ord. No. 1371 §§ 1 — 2, 4-9-2001]
The water cost associated with the
charging and testing of new/repaired lines are the responsibility
of the individual installing the new lines or who is responsible for
the damage and repair of an existing line. The water costs are calculated
at the service rate for the residential/business as follows:
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Line Size
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Gallons Per Foot
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|---|---|
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6 inch
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3.30
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8 inch
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5.74
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10 inch
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8.95
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12 inch
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11.19
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16 inch
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22.74
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20 inch
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35.64
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24 inch
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51.70
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These rates are assessed for each
test and all retestings when the system is not approved.
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[R.O. 1996 § 700.050; Code 1985,
§ 110.110; CC 1990 § 20-5; Ord.
No. 1075 § 2, 1-28-1997; Ord. No. 1087 § 1, 3-25-1997; Ord. No. 1962, 3-24-2008; Ord. No.
1980 §§ 1 — 2, 7-14-2008; Ord. No. 2257 § 1, 10-22-2012]
All water meters shall be read and
bills rendered each month in accordance with the table below. All
bills shall be due and payable from and after the date such bills
are rendered at City Hall. Meter reading and billing schedule shall
be on or about:
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Read
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Date
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Penalty Date
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Delinquent Letter
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Shut Off
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cycle 1
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1st business day
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Last day of month
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1st business day of next month
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1st business day of next month
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8th or next business day of next
month
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Cycle 2
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16th or next business day
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15th or next business day of next
month
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16th or next business day after due
date
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16th or next business day after due
date
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23rd or next business day after delinquent
notice
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[R.O. 1996 § 700.060; Code 1985,
§ 110.120; CC 1990 § 20-6; Ord.
No. 1075 § 3, 1-28-1997; Ord. No. 1087 § 2, 3-25-1997; Ord. No. 1962, 3-24-2008; Ord. No.
1980 §§ 1 — 2, 7-14-2008]
If any bill for water service shall
be and remain due and unpaid on the 15th day for Cycle 2 or on the
last business day of the month for Cycle 1 of the next succeeding
month in which service was rendered, an additional charge of ten percent
(10%) per month thereof shall be added thereto.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.070; Code 1985,
§ 110.130; CC 1990 § 20-7; Ord. No. 925 § 4, 10-6-1994; Ord. No. 958 § 1, 4-24-1995; Ord. No. 966 § 1, 6-12-1995; Ord.
No. 1075 §§ 4 — 5, 1-28-1997; Ord. No. 1087 § 3, 3-25-1997; Ord. No. 1263 §§ 1
— 4, 5-24-1999; Ord. No. 1962, 3-24-2008; Ord. No. 1980 §§ 1 — 2, 7-14-2008; Ord. No. 2462, 3-25-2019; Ord. No. 2399, 10-10-2022]
A.
If any bill for water service shall be and remain due and unpaid
in excess of twenty dollars ($20.00) after the delinquent date, service
for Cycle 1 customers shall be disconnected on the 8th and for Cycle
2 customers shall be disconnected the 23rd. Service shall not be reconnected
until all past due bills are paid in full, including a service fee
of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The service fee is for the costs
associated with processing delinquent accounts. It shall be the duty
of the Utility Clerk to notify the Superintendent of the City's
waterworks system, or anyone so designated by the Board of Aldermen,
of such delinquency and such person shall proceed immediately to disconnect
water service.
B.
If any person, including lessees or occupants, shall vacate any premises
wherein there are unpaid charges for water and sewer service, the
owner of such premises shall be held responsible for payment of such
charges, together with all delinquent payment charges, disconnection
and reconnection fees, after first deducting the deposit made thereon.
C.
In the event the owner, occupant or lessee fails to pay all amounts
due and owing thereby forcing the City to place such amounts in the
hands of an attorney for collection, the owner, occupant or lessee
also shall be responsible for payment of a reasonable attorney's
fee and court costs.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.080; Code 1985,
§ 110.140; CC 1990 § 20-8; Ord.
No. 690, § 1, 1-8-1990; Ord. No. 925 § 5, 10-6-1994; Ord. No. 1029 § 1, 6-10-1996; Ord. No. 1075 § 6, 1-28-1997; Ord. No. 1087 § 4, 3-25-1997; Ord. No. 1121 § 1, 7-28-1997; Ord.
No. 1122 § 1, 8-11-1997; Ord. No. 1251 § 1, 4-12-1999; Ord. No. 1254 § 1, 4-12-1999; Ord. No. 1298 § 1, 11-8-1999; Ord. No. 1626 § 1, 2-23-2004; Ord. No. 1880 §§ 1 – 3, 2-12-2007]
A.
In addition to the charges for water service as provided in Section 700.070, the following regulations and rates governing initial connection fees and deposits for water service turn on shall be in force and effect:
1.
All applications for water service,
including new service, shall be made to the Utility Clerk, and the
Utility Clerk shall receive all deposits and fees provided for in
this Chapter.
2.
"Utility Hook-Up Fee" shall be defined as that charge the applicant must pay for the cost of the installation, connection, maintenance and expansion of the water and/or sewer service. Any application for water and/or sewer service to a residence within the City limits where water and/or sewer service has heretofore not been rendered and where a water main and/or sewer line are readily accessible, shall be accompanied by a utility hook-up charge as set forth in Section 140.050 for each five-eighths (5/8) inch by three-fourths (3/4) inch water meter placed and/or sewer service connection. Services larger than five-eighths (5/8) inch by three-fourths (3/4) inch shall be charged fees according to Section 140.050. Such fee for the water/sewer connection shall not be refundable once the work towards placement of the meter or connection has begun.
3.
Connection depository fees and deposit
fees for water turn on for a building or otherwise outside the City
limits shall be governed by special agreement with the Board of Aldermen.
4.
All owners of residences within the
City limits or new owners thereof shall make an initial deposit of
fifty dollars ($50.00) for water connection, or they may be given
the choice to pay a master deposit of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
A fifty dollar ($50.00) deposit shall be returnable to the owner should
the residence or building be sold or leased, after deductions of any
unpaid charges for water service and upon application to the Utility
Clerk for the same. The City reserves the right based upon problem
"collection accounts" to require the initial fifty dollar ($50.00)
per water connection in lieu of the master deposit.
5.
All lessees or occupants of residential
property in the City who may hereafter apply for and receive the initial
connection to the water system of the City, and who are not the owners
of such residential property occupied by such occupants, shall be
required, upon making application for water service, to deposit with
the Utility Clerk of the City the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00),
to be held by the Utility Clerk as a guarantee of payment of all charges
for water service incurred by any such occupant making the deposit.
Upon any occupant removing from the premises occupied by him/her without
paying all charges for water service incurred by such occupant, the
Utility Clerk shall first deduct, insofar as may be done, such unpaid
charges upon receipt from the superintendent of the Water Department
of the City, or anyone so designated by the Board of Aldermen, of
a final reading of the water meter, with any balance of such deposit
being due and payable to the occupant so removing and discontinuing
water service. If any such occupant shall have removed from the property
occupied by him/her and shall not have claimed the refund of the deposit,
and the Utility Clerk shall not have located such occupant, either
by registered mail notice or by personal notice, such deposit shall
be deemed to have been abandoned, and shall be transferred, under
the direction of the Board of Aldermen, to the general funds of the
Water Department, after holding same for six (6) months after the
last date of such notification or attempted notification.
6.
All lessees, owners or occupants
(hereinafter, occupant) of commercial and/or industrial property within
the City who may hereafter apply for and receive the connection to
the water system of the City, shall be required, upon making application
for water service, to deposit with the Utility Clerk of the City the
sum in accordance with the following table, to be held by the Utility
Clerk as a guarantee of payment of all charges for water service incurred
by any such occupant making the deposit. Upon any discontinuation
of service, the Utility Clerk shall deduct from said deposit all amounts
due City, including final meter reading. Any remaining balance due
occupant shall be paid to same. If any such occupant shall have moved
from the property occupied by him/her and shall not have claimed the
refund of the deposit, and the Utility Clerk shall not have located
such occupant, either by registered mail notice or by personal notice,
such deposit shall be deemed to have been abandoned, and shall be
transferred, under the direction of the Board of Aldermen, to the
general funds of the Water Department, after holding same for three
(3) months after the last date of such notification or attempted notification.
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Table Of Deposits Required
By Commercial And/Or Industrial Customers
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Meter Size
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Deposit Amount
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3/4 inch
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$100.00
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1 – 1 1/2 inches
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$150.00
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2 inches
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$300.00
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3 – 4 inches
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$450.00
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Hydrant Meter Size
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Deposit Amount
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|---|---|
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3/4 inch
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$100.00
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2 1/2 inches
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$900.00
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7.
In the event a resident of the City
of Grain Valley has maintained a prompt payment history for a period
of two (2) years in the City of Grain Valley prior to application
for transfer of water service, there shall not be charged any additional
deposit for the new service. In addition, refund of said water deposit
shall be made to said customer. In addition, in the event any resident
of the City of Grain Valley maintains a prompt payment history for
a period of two (2) years after initial deposit, that customer may,
upon application, be entitled to a refund of the entire deposit. All
provisions of this Section in conflict with the above provisions are
hereby repealed. "Resident" is hereby defined as a homeowner and excludes
tenants and businesses.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.090; Code 1985,
§ 110.150; CC 1990 § 20-9; Ord.
No. 925 §§ 6 — 8, 10-6-1994; Ord. No. 1121 § 2, 7-28-1997; Ord. No. 1251 § 2, 4-12-1999; Ord. No. 1298 §§ 2 — 3, 11-8-1999; Ord. No. 1540, 2-24-2003; Ord. No. 1626 § 2, 2-23-2004; Ord. No. 1880 §§ 1 — 3, 2-12-2007]
A.
The following rules and regulations shall
be applicable to multiple-unit dwellings, businesses and trailer courts:
1.
If water service is desired by an
owner of a multiple-unit residence, such multiple-unit residence being
herein defined as a dwelling unit housing more than one (1) family,
and such definition shall include duplexes, triplexes, four-plexes,
apartments and all similar structures and residences, then the owner
shall be required to acquire a water meter for each unit, or in the
alternative, to enter into a special written agreement with the City
whereby all units of such residence are served by one (1) water meter
and providing that the total gallons used during each billing period,
as determined by the rate schedule of the City, by such multiple-unit
residence shall be divided by the number of units in residence and
the water user shall be charged for each individual unit within the
multiple-unit residence on a pro rata basis, as though such amount
of water was used for such billing period by an individual user and
each water user in such unit shall pay the water rates as set forth
in the rate schedule, including the minimum charge of the City for
such water user's proportionate share of the water as though such
water user were an individual user in a one-family residence; provided,
further, that, the owner of the property shall be responsible for
payment of all such bills of all units contained within any multiple-unit
residence. The Superintendent of the City's Waterworks, or anyone
so designated by the Board of Aldermen, shall be the sole judge and
shall have full authority to determine how many units are contained
in a residence and such determination shall be final and binding upon
the owner of any such residence and upon any water user therein, subject
only to review by the Board of Aldermen upon request duly filed.
2.
If a trailer court (also known as
a "mobile home court") desires service, then the owner shall be required
to acquire a water meter for each trailer space, or in the alternative,
to enter into a special agreement with the City whereby all units
of such trailer courts are served by one (1) water meter, but the
total gallons used during each billing period by the trailer court
shall be divided by the number of units using water during such billing.
The water used shall be charged to each individual unit on a pro rata
basis, as though such amount of water was used for such billing period
by an individual user, in a one-family residence, including minimum
charges per unit, and the owner of the trailer court shall pay as
a bill for such billing period the total of such bills computed as
above set forth. The number of trailers using water during each billing
period shall be the number of trailer locations actually served during
such time and the Superintendent of the City's Waterworks, or anyone
so designated by the Board of Aldermen, shall determine how many such
units are served, and such determination shall be final and binding
upon the owner of the trailer court, subject only to review by the
Board of Aldermen upon request duly filed.
3.
If service is desired by the owner
of a new commercial or industrial building with multiple tenants but
remains under one (1) ownership, the required domestic water service
size will be dictated by the adopted Plumbing Code sizing requirements
for connection to the water main. The owners shall be responsible
for paying the new user fee for the sized tap, meter deposit and water
usage fees generated from said building.
4.
The amount of water use deposits for multiple-unit residences, mobile home courts or business buildings as set out in Subsection (A)(1), (2) and (3) of this Section, where there are not individual water meters for such users, shall be determined by the Utility Clerk, who shall be, and is hereby, instructed to use the following guidelines:
a.
Minimum in all instances: $50.00.
b.
Minimum where it is anticipated monthly
bill for water and sewer service will be between $50.00 and $100.00:
$100.00.
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The water use deposits shall be returnable
to the depositee upon discontinuance of the use of City water, or
upon sale or lease of the multiple-unit dwelling, business or trailer
deposit. Return of the deposit shall be made upon application to the
Utility Clerk for same and from the amount on deposit there shall
be deducted any unpaid charges for water service provided by the City.
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5.
The owners or general holders of interest of any such multiple-unit residences, mobile home courts or business buildings as set out in Subsection (A)(1), (2) and (3) of this Section, where there are not individual water meters for such user, shall receive each month water bills figured on a pro rata basis with a minimum rate, for all water users in their buildings or mobile home courts. The owners or general interest holders of the property are responsible for the payment of each and all such bills subject to their having their water service discontinued as set out in Section 700.070 of this Chapter for the non-payment of all or any one bill. The City shall not be responsible for any damages to the owners, interest holders, tenants or lessees caused by the disconnection of any water service under the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.100; Code 1985,
§ 110.160; CC 1990 § 20-10]
It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with any water main, or change any water meter, or to make any connection to the waterworks without written permission from the City, or to reconnect service, when it has been disconnected for nonpayment of a bill for service, until such bill has been paid in full, including the cut-off and reconnection fee. Upon conviction, a person shall be subject to punishment as provided in Section 100.110 of this Code.
[R.O. 1996 § 700.110; Code 1985,
§ 110.180; CC 1990 § 20-12]
The Mayor and the various persons
employed by him/her in the line of duty shall at all reasonable hours
have free access to all parts of any building, dwelling house or premises
of any kind to which service is furnished for the purpose of installing,
examining or repairing or removing any meters or other material or
appliances belonging to the City; to read meters; turn on or cut off
service; or for any other purpose that may be deemed essential for
the preservation of such property, prevention of waste or collection
of revenue.
