[Code 1991, § 18-22]
It shall be unlawful for any person to have a bathtub or other tub, water closet, pond or fountain, or any other thing or device on his premises, and use City water therein, for which a special charge for the use thereof is made, without reporting such thing or device to the City Manager.
[Code 1991, § 18-23]
It shall be unlawful for any person to let his hydrant, faucet, hose bibb, or water closet, or other device for drawing water, leak and waste water without making a prompt report to the City Manager.
[Code 1991, § 18-24]
It shall be unlawful for anyone other than a person authorized by the City to make any connection with a water main of the City water system.
[Code 1991, § 18-25]
No person or his agent, except employees of the City under the supervision of the City Manager, shall cut off or turn on the water at any City curb cock, or remove, disconnect or tamper in any way with any water meter, water connection, curb cock or curb box, or any part thereof, or any other equipment installed by the department of building and development services in connection with the City water system, without prior written permission from the department of building and development services.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Per the City's request, references to "Department of Code Compliance" have been replaced with "Department of Building and Development Services."
[Code 1991, § 18-27]
It shall be unlawful for anyone to install in any building an air conditioner, refrigerating device, or device of any kind which uses City water for cooling purposes or to replace any such existing air conditioner, refrigerating or other device unless such air conditioner, refrigerating or other device is used in conjunction with a recirculating mechanism which is designed to reuse not less than 90% of the water used for cooling, except that in any building one air conditioner, one refrigerating mechanism or one other such device using City water and having a capacity of three tons or less may be installed without such recirculating mechanism.
[Code 1991, § 18-30]
A. 
All water service connections for uses other than fire suppression shall be metered. Fire suppression uses shall include fire hydrants, fire sprinkler systems, and similar fire suppression systems. Water service connections serving both fire suppression systems and other uses shall have metering facilities for measuring such other uses. The location, design and maintenance responsibilities for water meters shall be specified in the water and wastewater rules and regulations, as promulgated by the Director of Public Works.
B. 
No new unmetered or flat rate water service connections shall be installed. Existing unmetered or flat rate service connections shall be converted to metered services, and no out-of-service unmetered services shall be reactivated until the conversion to metered service is complete. The responsibility for paying the cost of installing such metering facilities for existing unmetered connections and the schedule for completing such connections shall be specified in the water and wastewater rates and charges, as promulgated by the Director of Public Works and approved by the City Council.
[Code 1991, § 18-31]
Water meters shall be located in the ground as near to water mains as is practical, unless, in the opinion of the City Manager, the best interests of the City would be served by locating a meter elsewhere.
[Code 1991, § 18-32]
The amount of water used by a customer shall be determined by direct metering of the water passing through the customer's service line, and the department of public works shall not be required to remeter any water for the purpose of determining the amount of water consumed through any branch line.
[Code 1991, § 18-33; Ord. No. 12-10,[1] 5-8-2012]
A. 
All provisions of this section shall be applicable to water service both within and outside the City.
B. 
Should any customer request temporary removal of a water meter for one or more billing cycle, there shall be a removal charge equal in amount to the service charge for one billing cycle for the size of such meter; provided, however, that when a meter is permanently removed there shall be no removal charge; and provided further that the temporary or permanent removal of a meter shall not alter, defer, or discharge the customer's liability to the City for any unpaid accounts.
C. 
In those cases where more than one meter is installed for a customer at one location or place of business, each meter shall be read and billed separately.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that shall become effective 1-1-2012 and be applied beginning with the first billing cycle in July.
[Code 1991, § 18-34]
A. 
The City Council shall, from time to time, establish water service initiation fees by resolution or ordinance. Such initiation fees shall be duly published by the Director of Public Works in the water and wastewater rates and charges.
B. 
Requests for new or altered water service shall only be accepted and processed by the department of building and development services when filed in conjunction with building permit applications.
C. 
Any person applying for a building permit to construct, enlarge, alter, renovate or remodel any structure shall make application for new or altered water service with the Director of Building and Development Services on a form to be supplied by the City Manager.
D. 
Based upon the information supplied by the applicant and the initiation fees set forth in the water and wastewater rates and charges, the Director of Building and Development Services shall determine what water service initiation fees are due for the premises. Such fees shall be paid by the applicant to the City Treasurer upon application for a building permit.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Per the City's request, references to "Department of Code Compliance" have been replaced with "Department of Building and Development Services."
A. 
The City Council shall, from time to time, establish water rates and charges by resolution or ordinance. Such rates and charges shall be duly published by the Director of Public Works in the water and wastewater rates and charges.
B. 
The City Manager or his designee shall periodically issue bills to all persons receiving water service. Such bills shall be issued in accordance with the rates and charges established by the City Council and published in the water and wastewater rates and charges.
[Code 1991, § 18-36]
A. 
The owner of a property shall be responsible for the payment of water and sewer service bills in every instance where more than one tenant of the property uses water through one meter.
B. 
Where a property is occupied by only one owner or only one tenant, the bills for water and sewer service shall be rendered to the property owner, who shall be responsible for the payment, except that in the case of occupancy by a tenant, the property owner shall not be responsible for the payment of the bills if the property owner so notifies the City Manager in writing.
C. 
The City Manager is authorized to require a deposit to be made by anyone responsible for the payment of utility service in the City. The amount of such deposit shall be not less than $10 nor more than the charge for water and sewer service for six months, as estimated by the City Manager. The City Manager is authorized to change the amount of the deposit required of a given user. No interest shall be paid on the deposits.