[R.O. 2006 §705.010; CC 1986 §69.200]
No water shall be furnished except through a service installed
by the Water Department of the City. Such service installation shall
include excavation, tapping the main, service line to the meter installation,
but not beyond the property line, meter tile, meter tile cover, five-eighths
(⅝) inch through three-fourths (¾) inch meter and meter
connecting fittings and backfilling the installation. The cost of
this installation shall be in lieu of any other main connecting fees
and shall be such a fee and not a transaction in which the materials
are purchased. The ownership of such service line and other appurtenances
installed by the Water Department of the City shall remain with the
water system of the City. The responsibility for maintenance and repairs
to service lines installed as above will be that of the Water Department.
The maintenance for any meter which is over five-eighths (⅝)
inch through three-fourths (¾) inch in size shall remain the
responsibility of the property owner. If the service line is replaced
by the Water Department and if the owner executes an assignment of
such service line to the Water Department, then such service line
shall be the property of the Water Department and shall be maintained
by such Department.
[R.O. 2006 §705.020; Ord. No. 1077 §II(69.210), 8-14-1989; Ord. No. 1216 §§3, 7, 9-8-1997; Ord. No. 1393, 10-12-2006; Ord. No. 1608, 12-18-2023]
A.
The
applicant for water shall pay all costs of tapping the main and tapping
shall be subject to inspection and approval of the Mayor or other
designated City employee.
B.
The
cost of tapping such main shall be one thousand two hundred dollars
($1,200.00) for service lines of three-fourths (3/4) inch or less.
For all service lines in excess of three-fourths (3/4) inches the
landowner shall pay the actual cost to the City for labor and materials.
[R.O. 2006 §705.030; CC 1986 §69.220]
In tapping, a main stopcock shall be inserted at the top and
shall be known as the corporation cock and it will lay at a depth
of three (3) feet or more below the surface of the ground. The service
pipe to the meter and such service pipe shall conform to AWWA standards.
[Ord. No. 1441, 9-21-2009]
A.
No
main smaller than six (6) inches in diameter shall be installed for
residential service. Minimum main size for commercial service shall
be dependent on water demand and be in accordance with NFPA standards
and subject to approval by the Water Department of the City or the
City Administrator. All main extensions shall be extended to adjacent
property lines for future extension and looping. Flushing assemblies
shall be provided on these line extensions.
B.
Piping
utilized for water mains shall be either ductile iron pipe (DIP) or
polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC pipe shall be Class 200 with a SDR 21
rating.
[R.O. 2006 §705.040; CC 1986 §69.230]
A suitable brass stopcock with round waterway must be placed
in the service pipe, so that the T head will stand parallel with the
curb when the water is off, to allow the City to control the flow
of water through any such pipe, located inside the curbstone and as
near thereto as practicable, with iron stop box of such pattern as
may be approved by the City Administrator. Should it become necessary
to dig the box out for the purpose of turning the water on or off,
it shall be at the expense of the water taker. No person other than
the City Administrator or one duly authorized by him/her shall turn
on the water at any stopcock or meter or in any other manner take
water from the water mains.
[R.O. 2006 §705.050; CC 1986 §69.240]
Along streets where water mains are laid, service pipes shall
not be allowed to run across lots, that is, from one lot to another,
but must be taken from the mains in front of the premises or some
point in the street adjacent to the same, except by special permit
of the City Administrator; provided, that one (1) service pipe may
be used to supply all the parties taking water within sixty (60) feet
on either side of such service pipe, in which case such branch service
must have a curb stop and box. Not more than one (1) house shall be
supplied from one (1) tap except by special permit of the City Administrator.
[R.O. 2006 §705.060; CC 1986 §69.250]
No corporation cock shall be inserted for any premises where
one has been previously inserted for water conveyed, for the purpose
of giving an increased supply, except in pursuance of a new application
and permit. Nor shall any attachment be made to any premises previously
supplied with water, until the corporation cock previously used shall
be drawn and the opening securely stopped with a brass plug at the
expense of the owners of the premises. Nor shall any two (2) corporation
cocks be inserted into any street main within less than ten (10) inches
of one another.
[R.O. 2006 §705.070; CC 1986 §69.260]
No cross-connection or connection between any pipe carrying
water from the waterworks of the City and water from any other source
of supply shall be made and no pipe or orifice or opening of any kind
shall be installed or permitted in any pipe or conductor of water
from such waterworks in any tank, vessel, reservoir or container of
any kind below the water level or possible water level.
[R.O. 2006 §705.080; CC 1986 §69.270]
All persons using City water for steam engines or heating or
refrigerating plants shall provide suitable tanks of capacity sufficient
to afford a supply for at least ten (10) hours in case the water should
be shut off.
[R.O. 2006 §705.090; CC 1986 §69.280]
All water supplied by the waterworks shall be charged and paid
for by meter measurement and no water will be supplied without such
meter. Nothing in this Chapter shall be so construed as to mean that
more than one (1) meter will be furnished for any one (1) building
or premises, but where two (2) or more dwellings are located on one
(1) lot, each of its dwellings or the occupant or owner thereof shall
pay at the regular rates for the water used in each house or dwelling.
[R.O. 2006 §705.100; CC 1986 §69.290]
All water meters measuring water furnished by the waterworks
of the City shall be installed in an approved meter box, provided
with inside lugs or bolts by which is secured an approved cast-iron
meter box cover with lid that can be locked or sealed and the dial
of the meter shall be not less than eight (8) inches or more than
fourteen (14) inches from the lid of the box and the lid shall not
be lower than the surface of the ground nor more than one (1) inch
above the level of the ground, shall be provided with an approved
fastening that can be securely locked or sealed and all such water
meter boxes shall be installed at the expense of the owner of the
building or premises in a location provided by such owner or approved
by the City Administrator and to be at all times easily accessible
to City employees duly authorized by the City Administrator to read,
inspect or repair the meter and shall insofar as shall be found possible
or practical be located as near as possible to the line dividing the
street or alley from the lot or in the space between the street pavement
and the sidewalk and where such meter box is not installed in such
accessible location, such meter box may be installed under the direction
and supervision of the City Administrator and the owner of the building,
premises or lot shall be charged for the labor and material required;
provided that where water meters are now installed in buildings or
basements in locations safe from frost and accessible at all times
to City employees and where at the same time no other more suitable
location can be found for such meter, there may be installed around
such meter by the direction and supervision of the City Administrator
an approved metal box or enclosure that can be securely locked or
sealed. No person other than one duly authorized by the City Administrator
shall open any meter box or lock or break any seal. The owner or water
user shall keep safe from molestation meter boxes, locks and seals
and where boxes or locks are found open or seals broken, it shall
be considered prima facie evidence that it has been done by the water
user. Whenever water meters are furnished by the City, approved connections
or yoke shall be furnished by the owner or water user.
[R.O. 2006 §705.110; CC 1986 §69.300]
When a connection is made to supply water for building purposes,
the service pipe shall be carried at the expense of the party building
to the inside of the curbstone line where a proper curb stop shall
be placed with a pipe leading to the surface, the faucet of which
shall be kept secured and locked when not in use. When the building
is completed, the faucet and pipe shall be taken up and the water
shut off at the curb stop.
[R.O. 2006 §705.120; CC 1986 §69.310]
Whenever extensions are desired or new connections are to be
made in place of old ones to the City water supply, permits must be
obtained in the usual manner. It shall be the duty of all plumbers
to make return in writing to the office of the City Administrator
before the water will be turned on, of all connections made by them
giving a description of the premises, location of the corporation
cock, length of service pipe, number of feet from the northerly or
easterly line of the lot or premises to the place where the tap in
the main is located, together with the names of the occupants and
the owner of the premises and it shall be the duty of all plumbers
to produce a special permit before making any change in any connections
that have been made with the water mains.
[R.O. 2006 §705.130; CC 1986 §69.320]
No consumer or other person whose water service shall have been
turned off for any reason shall turn on the water or reopen the service
or permit the same to be done by any person, except by order of the
City Administrator.
[Ord. No. 1606, 12-18-2023]
The water service charge rates shall increase three percent
(3%) per year for three (3) years, which shall be applied under this
Chapter and shall be as follows:
|
2024
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|---|---|
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0 — 1,000 gallons
|
$15.14
|
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1,001— 3,500 gallons
|
$0.006302
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3,501 — 15,000 gallons
|
$0.003317
|
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Over 15,000 gallons
|
$0.002055
|
|
2025
| |
|---|---|
|
0 — 1,000 gallons
|
$15.60
|
|
1,001— 3,500 gallons
|
$0.006491
|
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3,501 — 15,000 gallons
|
$0.003416
|
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Over 15,000 gallons
|
$0.002116
|
|
2026
| |
|---|---|
|
0 — 1,000 gallons
|
$16.06
|
|
1,001— 3,500 gallons
|
$0.006685
|
|
3,501 — 15,000 gallons
|
$0.003519
|
|
Over 15,000 gallons
|
$0.002180
|
[R.O. 2006 §705.170; Ord. No. 1134 §§1 — 5, 1-11-1993; Ord. No. 1330 §1, 10-13-2003]
A.
A primacy
fee shall be imposed and added to the water bill of all consumers
as follows:
1.
For those consumers having a water meter not exceeding one (1) inch
inside, such fee shall be the sum of: $3.00 per year.
2.
Those consumers having water meters greater than one (1) inch but
less than or equal to two (2) inches inside: $7.44 per year.
3.
For those consumers having meters greater than two (2) inches but
less than or equal to four (4) inches inside: $25.00.
4.
For consumers having meters greater than four (4) inches inside:
$50.00
5.
Consumers served by multiple connection shall pay an annual user
fee based upon the above rates for each connection except no single
facility served by multiple connection shall pay more than: $500.00
per year.
B.
Such
fees shall be billed on the July utility bill so that such annual
fees shall be totally collected by September first (1st).
C.
Primary
fee is a State fee and the City Clerk shall remit the entire amount
of such fee to the State of Missouri quarterly or at such intervals
as established by the State, less two percent (2%) to be retained
by the City for reimbursement of its expense for billing and collection
of such fees.
D.
The
City Clerk shall cause to have the utility bills revised in order
to enumerate the primacy fee separate from all other charges.
E.
The
fees imposed by this Section shall expire September 1, 1997, unless
otherwise extended by law.
