[Ord. No. 317 §2, 3-19-1998; Ord. No. 761 §§1 — 2, 9-17-2012]
A. 
Every user of water from the municipal water system of the City of Rogersville, Missouri, shall use said water only after it has been metered in a water meter to be furnished, installed, regulated and controlled by said City and the application for each meter, or someone for him/her or her, shall pay for said water used at the following monthly rate:
1. 
For the first one thousand (1,000) gallons used in each month, the rate shall be nine dollars ($9.00) for all users within the City limits of Rogersville. For each and every additional gallon, the rate shall be $0.0050 per gallon.
2. 
Water metered and/or sold outside the City limits will be one and one-half (1½) times the above rates, namely thirteen dollars fifty cents ($13.50) for the first one thousand (1,000) gallons used in each month. For each and every additional gallon, the rate shall be $0.0075 per gallon.
[Ord. No. 317 §3, 3-19-1998; Ord. No. 761 §3, 9-17-2012]
In the event less than one thousand (1,000) gallons is used in any one (1) month, the minimum rate of nine dollars ($9.00) shall be charged and paid for users inside the City limits and thirteen dollars fifty cents ($13.50) for users outside the City limits.
[Ord. No. 189 §9, 11-18-1986; Ord. No. 317 §§4 — 5, 3-19-1998; Ord. No. 496 §§1 — 2, 9-6-2005]
A. 
All meters shall be read by the City on the fifteenth (15th) and sixteenth (16th) of each month or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible and an accurate record of all readings shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk. At the discretion of the Mayor and/or Board of Aldermen, water meter readings may be estimated during severe weather conditions.
B. 
After the meters have been read as herein, the City Clerk shall as soon after as reasonably possible after the end of each month send to each user a written statement stating the amount of water used and the charge therefore. Thereafter, all bills shall be payable at the office of the City Clerk on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the use of the services. All bills which are not paid by 8:00 A.M. on the twenty-fifth (25th) date of the month are considered delinquent and subject to disconnection by the City.
[Ord. No. 317 §6, 3-19-1998]
Each new user where there has not previously been a water meter installed shall pay to the City Collector before a meter is installed a fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for residential and two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for commercial plus the cost of the meter, which fees shall not be refunded.
[Ord. No. 317 §7, 3-19-1998; Ord. No. 572 §3, 8-20-2007; Ord. No. 712 §1, 3-21-2011; Ord. No. 958, 9-5-2019]
A. 
Before being connected to City water and sewer utilities, each user shall pay to the City Clerk or their designee a utility deposit.
1. 
Residentially zoned property users shall pay to the City Clerk or their designee eighty-six dollars fifty cents ($86.50). This fee shall be called a utility deposit. The utility deposit shall be refunded to the user subject to the exceptions contained herein upon voluntary disconnection.
2. 
Non-residentially zoned property users shall pay to the City Clerk or their designee two hundred dollars ($200.00). If services accounts become delinquent for non-payment, the deposit amount will be increased one hundred dollars ($100.00) each time the service account becomes delinquent. The additional deposit amount shall be due with the account delinquent fee and outstanding charges prior to reconnection of services The utility deposit shall be refunded to the user subject to the exceptions contained herein upon voluntary disconnection.
3. 
Apartment (as defined in Section 405.080) users where one (1) meter provides services to a dwelling group (as defined in Section 405.080) shall pay to the City Clerk or their designee two hundred dollars ($200.00). If service accounts become delinquent for non-payment, the deposit amount will be increased one hundred dollars ($100.00) each time the service account becomes delinquent Any additional deposit amount shall be due with the account delinquent fee and outstanding charges prior to reconnection of services. The utility deposit shall be refunded to the user subject to the exceptions contained herein upon voluntary disconnection.
[Ord. No. 317 §§8 — 10, 3-19-1998]
A. 
Upon any user being disconnected for any reason, the City may apply such of the meter deposit provided for in Section 705.040 as may be necessary to pay any delinquent bills of said user.
B. 
It is hereby declared an unlawful offense for any person or persons to knowingly use water from the said municipal system unless said water is metered as provided herein.
C. 
All water meters installed as herein provided are hereby declared to be and to remain the exclusive property of the City of Rogersville, Missouri, and it is hereby declared and unlawful and an offense for any person or persons to damage, destroy, steal or tamper in any manner whatsoever with any water meter or with any other part of said water system.
[Ord. No. 358 §2, 10-4-2001; Ord. No. 496 §3, 9-6-2005; Ord. No. 959, 9-5-2019]
A. 
In the event any water and sewer user fails to pay his or her bill for monthly water and sewer charge after the same becomes due and payable, the user will be assessed a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of such unpaid bill.
B. 
In the event any water and sewer account shall become considered delinquent in accordance with Section 705.030 hereof, water service shall be disconnected on the first (1st) business day of the month following the date of delinquency set forth in Section 705.030, except that in the event the first (1st) business day of such month shall be a Friday, then such services shall be disconnected on the second (2nd) business day of such month.
C. 
A delinquent account fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be charged at the time of late payment and before water service is restored to a user whose water services have become delinquent as of 10:00 a.m. the first business day of the month that is not a Friday pursuant to this Section. Said account delinquent fee shall be in addition to any outstanding balances and shall not be applied to any outstanding water or sewer service balance.
D. 
A water meter installation fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be charged, in addition to any reconnection fee, before reinstallation of a water meter of a user whose water meter has been removed due to delinquency of an account.
E. 
All fees, penalties and charges set forth herein shall be cumulative, but may be waived by the Board of Aldermen for good cause shown.
[Ord. No. 317 §§11 — 12, 3-19-1998]
A. 
Each family unit and each business of any kind whatsoever shall have a separate and individual meter; provided however, that whenever any person has a business which he/she is actually, continuously and personally operating and a residence for his/her family in which he/she is actually, continuously and personally using as his/her chief place of dwelling and said business and said dwelling is immediately adjacent to each other, one (1) meter shall be sufficient for both the business and the dwelling.
B. 
The term "family unit", as herein used, shall have the same meaning as that commonly applied to the word "family" and shall mean any number of persons more than one (1), living together under the same roof with someone of their number as head who controls the affairs of the household, and upon whom the others or some of them are dependent by reason of some legal or moral obligation.
[Ord. No. 317 §§13 — 14, 3-19-1998]
A. 
The paying of the fees and charges provided for in Section 705.030 hereof or the use of water supplied through said municipal system shall constitute a consent that any officer, servant or employee of said City may come on the premises and enter buildings on said premises for which water is being supplied for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter or any other ordinance relating to said water system or for any cause reasonably necessary to the efficient and proper operation of said water systems.
B. 
Any complaints about reading of water meters or computation of water bills shall be made to the Board of Aldermen and shall be made in writing signed by the user and state the nature of the complaint.
[Ord. No. 317 §§15 — 16, 3-19-1998]
A. 
Punishment for the violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter or for the commission of any act declared herein to be unlawful and to be an offense shall, upon conviction, be a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, with costs, or by imprisonment up to but not more than thirty (30) days, or both by such fine and imprisonment. Costs to include court costs, as well as the costs to repair or replace property that was stolen, damaged, destroyed or tampered with. Also, whenever in the opinion of the Board of Aldermen as shown by its records any person in not complying with or is violating any of the provisions of this Chapter, the meter to such person shall be disconnected and that person denied the further use of water from said system until there has been compliance with all provisions of this Chapter.
B. 
Every residence inside the City limits of Rogersville, Missouri, shall have installed and be connected to its own individual water meter to allow proper rates and charges for water and sewer.