[Ord. No. 2007-06 §1, 3-20-2007; Ord. No. 2014-08 §1, 4-8-2014; Ord. No. 2015-06 §1, 5-19-2015; Ord. No. 2025-24, 11-20-2025]
Fees for services provided by the City of Reeds Spring shall be charged as set forth on the fee schedule, which is incorporated herein by reference and on file in the City Clerk's office.
[Ord. No. 2007-06 §5, 3-20-2007; Ord. No. 2015-06 §3, 5-19-2015; Ord. No. 2025-24, 11-20-2025]
On behalf of the City, the City Clerk and any other City employees authorized by the Board of Aldermen, is hereby authorized to collect water and sewer charges and fees imposed in accordance with this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 2007-06 §5, 3-20-2007]
This Chapter 700 prescribes the regulations governing the City water system, which shall be referenced in accordance with this rate ordinance.
[Ord. No. 2007-06 §6, 3-20-2007; Ord. No. 2014-08 §2, 4-8-2014; Ord. No. 2015-06 §4, 5-19-2015; Ord. No. 2020-02, 7-7-2020; Ord. No. 2025-24, 11-20-2025]
A. 
Applicants for water and/or sewer service, or water service only, are required to make a deposit of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00) and to complete and sign an application for water and sewer service, or water service only (if outside the City limits). The security deposit shall remain on deposit with the City for the duration of the applicant's water service, unless applied to the applicant's delinquent account.
B. 
After disconnection of a water and sewer account for non-payment, as a condition of reconnection, the security deposit shall be the higher of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00) or twice the highest monthly water and sewer bill in the past twelve (12) months for the address at which reconnection is sought.
[Ord. No. 2007-06 §7, 3-20-2007; Ord. No. 2015-06 §5, 5-19-2015; Ord. No. 2020-03, 8-11-2020; Ord. No. 2023-15, 1-11-2024; Ord. No. 2025-24, 11-20-2025]
If any bill for water and/or sewer service, or water service only, shall remain due and unpaid after the 20th day of the calendar month following the month of the prior billing period, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) of the amount due shall be added as a late fee. If any bill for water and/or sewer service shall be and remain past due and unpaid for fourteen (14) days following the end of the month of the last billing period, service to the delinquent customer's bill shall be disconnected and not reconnected until all past due charges have been paid in full, the security deposit replenished if necessary in accordance with Section 700.230(B) and a reconnection charge shall be assessed in the amount as specified by the City's most recently adopted fee schedule pursuant to Section 700.190.
[Ord. No. 2015-06 §8, 5-19-2015]
A. 
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper with any water main, water meter, or water line, or to make any connection to the water system of the City without permission of the City, or to reconnect service when service has been disconnected by the City. Tampering includes adding soil or other fill in excess of one (1) additional foot over a City water line or covering a manhole cover, valve vault or meter box.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this Section 700.245 shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) per occurrence, a jail sentence not to exceed sixty (60) days, or both fine and jail sentence.
[Ord. No. 2007-06 §10, 3-20-2007; Ord. No. 2015-06 §9, 5-19-2015]
A. 
The City may provide water to customers outside the City limits according to the provisions of this Article. Connection to the City's water system must be made according to standards established by the Missouri Department of Resources, the City's engineer and this minimum standard for service lines, which shall consist of Series 40-240 PVC pipe with proper bedding consisting of sand or gravel [smaller than three-quarters (3/4) inch] laid in a ditch with a minimum depth of twenty-four (24) inches. After connection of the water line, the ditch must be left open for a pressure test witnessed and approved by the City's designated representative.
B. 
Variance from the requirements of this Section may be granted only upon application to the Board of Aldermen, subject to the review at the applicant's expense, by the City's engineer.
[Ord. No. 2007-08 §§1 — 5, 3-20-2007]
A. 
A water impact fee is hereby established and imposed upon all new construction within the City. The water impact fee shall be charged in accordance with a schedule of fees established by the Board of Aldermen and maintained at the office of the City Clerk. The water impact fee schedule shall be based upon the anticipated cost of future improvements and expansions demanded by additional capacity requirements. The water impact fee schedule shall be review by the Board of Aldermen annually.
B. 
Water impact fees must be paid to the City in conjunction with and as a condition of the issuance of a building permit.
C. 
Any use not specifically listed will be placed in the most appropriate category. Any dispute will be settled by obtaining a daily usage from the first (1st) quarter of the first (1st) year available. During this time the required fee will be held by the City until average daily figures of actual usage is available.
D. 
Impact fees shall be collected only for new construction; expansions, additions and renovations are exempted.
E. 
Eighty percent (80%) of all water impact fees collected by the City shall be segregated and deposited in the Water Impact Fund and shall be used solely for the purpose of improvements or expansion to the City water system.