[R.O. 2012 §700.010; CC 1992 §24-1; Rev. Ords.
1926 Ch. XIV Art. I]
The City, being the sole and exclusive owner of the entire water
and sewer system, reserves the right to and does hereby prescribe
the conditions upon which it will permit or grant to any person the
privilege to tap any of its water or sewer pipes or mains and use
the water, or withhold such privileges if need be, and, in case any
act shall be wrongfully committed or thing done by any person holding
a grant of such privilege, in violation of any of its ordinances relating
to its system of water and sewer works, then such privileges may at
the option of the City be suspended, abridged or revoked. All water
and sewer privileges extended to any person shall be by ordinance
duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and approved by the Mayor, and
all rights and privileges not so conferred are hereby withheld.
[R.O. 2012 § 700.020; CC 1992 §24-2; Ord. No. 719 §§1 — 2, 6-6-1955]
The waterworks and the sewer system of the City, and all future
improvements and extensions thereto, shall be combined and operated
and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewer system.
[R.O. 2012 §700.030; CC 1992 §24-3; Ord. No. 796 §1, 4-1-1957]
It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit rainwater to
be discharged into the sanitary sewer system of the City by means
of downspouts or by any other method or means.
[R.O. 2012 §700.050 ; CC 1992 §24-5; Ord. No. 225 §2, 12-9-1935]
Any person connecting a private sewer to any of the public sewers
of the City without first having obtained a permit from the City Clerk
so to do shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 §700.060; CC 1992 §24-6; Ord. No. 743 §§2 — 3, 11-15-1955]
A.
Any
owner of property upon which there is located any building for human
habitation or occupancy shall be required to make connection with
the sewer system of the City for the disposal of all human and other
sewage, provided sewer service is available to the property.
B.
Permits
for the construction or repair of any building shall be granted only
on evidence that the applicant has complied with the provisions of
this Section.
[R.O. 2012 §700.070; CC 1992 §24-7; Ord. No. 1752 §§1 — 4, 12-15-1986]
A.
It
shall be unlawful to place any type of obstruction or construct any
type of building on permanent utility easements that lawfully belong
to the City, unless prior written approval is obtained from the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen.
B.
Violation
of this Section will result in the City removing the obstruction at
the owner's expense, and a fine of not less than one hundred dollars
($100.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be
imposed by the Municipal Court.
C.
Nothing
in this Section shall be construed to change the common law of the
State as it relates to the responsibilities of the parties as to construction
upon and over an existing utility easement.
D.
The
provisions, regulations and criminal penalties of this Section shall
not apply to those individuals who have placed obstructions or buildings
upon easements on or before the date this Section becomes effective.
[R.O. 2012 §700.080; CC 1992 §24-19; Rev. Ords.
1926 Ch. XIV Art. II §5]
Any person who shall, without lawful authority from the City,
open or hitch any animal to any hydrant, service pipe, stopcock or
valve belonging to or connected with the system of waterworks, or
who shall injure, deface, obstruct or impair the waterworks or sewer
system or any part thereof at and within the City or at any point
along the line of the mains and pipes outside of the limits and within
the lawful jurisdiction of the City, in any manner, or by any means
whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 §705.090; CC 1992 §24-23; Ord. No. 740 §2, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 2881 §1, 2-9-2004; Ord. No. 4430, 3-8-2021]
All bills for water and/or sewer service shall be due and payable
from and after the date such bills are rendered on the first (1st)
day of each month, at the office of the City Collector or other place
designated by the Board of Aldermen, during regular hours of business.
Bills paid after the fifteenth (15th) of the month are subject to
a ten percent (10%) late fee. Bills which are not paid by the last
business day of the month in which they are due are subject to a delinquent
service fee assessed by the City in the amount of thirty dollars ($30.00)
and added to the customer's bill.
[R.O. 2012 §705.100, 710.050(B); CC 1992 §§24-26,
24-40; Ord. No. 741 §5, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 742 §3, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 1493 §§4, 7, 1-17-1977; Ord. No. 2034, 2-10-1992; Ord. No. 2056 §1, 7-13-1992; Ord. No. 2881 §2, 2-9-2004; Ord. No. 3630 §1, 2-14-2011]
A.
Any
bills for water and/or sewer service shall incur the delinquent service
fee if they are thirty (30) days past due and unpaid and shall be
subject to this fee and disconnection of service after the first Tuesday
of the month. Service to such customer shall be disconnected and the
occupants of the property shall be notified. Service shall not be
reconnected until all past due bills are paid in full, together with
applicable late fees and the delinquent service fee of thirty dollars
($30.00). It shall be the duty of the City Collector to notify the
Director of Public Works of such delinquency who shall then cause
such City employee as the Director of Public Works delegates, to proceed
to disconnect water service.
[Ord. No. 4430, 3-8-2021]
B.
In
those instances where the customer is a sewer and trash customer only
and does not have a connection available to the City water service,
the following applies to delinquent bills:
1.
If any bill for sewer services shall be and remain past due and unpaid
for as long as thirty (30) days, the City may install a valve at the
lateral connection to the main and sewer service shall be disconnected
or, if a valve has already been installed for the property, then sewer
service shall be disconnected.
2.
Prior to the installation of the valve and/or disconnection of sewer
services, the City shall provide the delinquent customer a fifteen
(15) day written notice of the valve installation and/or service disconnection.
If the account remains past due and unpaid at the end of the fifteen
(15) day notice period, the City shall install the sewer valve and/or
disconnect the sewer service.
3.
Sewer services shall not be reconnected until all past due bills
for both sewer and trash are paid in full, together with a reconnection
charge of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
4.
Once a sewer connection valve has been installed by the City, subsequent
reconnection charges shall be thirty dollars ($30.00).
5.
Upon any customer receiving two (2) fifteen (15) day notices within
any six (6) month period and paying prior to the end of the fifteen
(15) day notice period and prior to the valve installation, the City
may elect to install a valve with a charge of two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) to be taxed as follows: The City Clerk shall cause a special
tax bill therefor against the property to be prepared and to be collected
by the Collector with other taxes assessed against the property; and
the tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be a first (1st)
lien on the property until paid and shall be prima facie evidence
of the recitals therein and of its validity, and no mere clerical
error or informality in the same, or in the proceedings leading up
to the issuance, shall be a defense thereto. Each special tax bill
shall be issued by the City Clerk and delivered to the Collector on
or before the first (1st) day of June of each year. Such tax bills
if not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent
(8%) per annum.
6.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to notify the Director of
Public Works of the combined waterworks and sewer system of any delinquency
in the payment of a sewer bill, and the Director of Public Works or
such City employee as the Director of Public Works may designate shall
proceed as outlined above to install the valve and disconnect the
sewer service to the premises.
