It shall be unlawful for any person to use water from the water
department without an application or permit, or turn on the city water
for the use on his or her premises after the same has been, for any
reason, cut off, or before the same has been turned on by the city,
without first having secured a permit from the water department to
turn on the water at such place.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.1500)
(a) The water department shall install and maintain all service connections in the streets, alleys or easements within the corporate limits of the city, and shall charge for the installation and maintenance of all such service connections in accordance with the schedule of rates in section A20.06.002 of the fee schedule in appendix
A to this code to be collected by the utility office.
(b) Should the final cost of the work exceed the fee, a statement showing
the amount of the excess will be immediately furnished to the party
having paid the fee, and a copy of the same, constituting notice that
the excess amount is due, shall be furnished the contractor or owner
of the property to which service is being extended. Upon failure to
receive payment of the excess amount due on such estimates, the utility
administration manager, at his or her option, may refuse or discontinue
water service to the property until full payment has been made for
the work performed. In the event, upon completion of the work for
which a fee has been paid, final cost is less than the amount of the
estimate or fee, a refund of the amount of overpayment will be made
to the party from whom the fee was received.
(c) The foregoing flat rate charges, and the estimates of cost of all
service connections larger than two inches (2") in diameter, shall
include all costs incident to making the installation of the service
connection required, including the said service connection. Upon notification
by the utility office, the public works department shall make the
necessary pavement repairs, the cost of same to be included in the
cost figures as herein enumerated.
(d) The city will maintain, at its own expense, and at their original
sizes, all services from the main to the meter, or from the main to
the property line, whichever is the shorter distance, so long as the
consumer continues the use thereof. Whenever use of a service is abandoned
by the consumer, this obligation to maintain the service shall cease.
(e) In no event shall the city be required, where payment of the estimated
cost is made, to make any surveys, street grading or staking off on
the ground of the applicant’s subdivision for the purpose of
making his installation, but all of such work shall be done by the
developer at his own cost and expense and shall be done to the satisfaction
of the director of public works.
(f) It shall be unlawful to service or connect any lot, tract or plat
of land, or any part thereof, or for the use of the owner or purchaser
of said land, or any part thereof, with a water connection unless
and until such plan, plot or replat of such lot or tract of land shall
conform to the platting requirements of the city and has been approved
by the planning and zoning commission of the city.
(g) For all such water service connections installed and maintained outside the corporate limits of the city by the water department, the sum as provided in section A20.06.002 of the fee schedule in appendix
A to this code shall be charged in addition to the charges hereinabove prescribed.
(h) On all commercial water service connections larger than two inches (2") in diameter and for all fire protection service connections, an inspection fee shall be charged as provided in section A20.06.002 of the fee schedule in appendix
A to this code.
(i) Water meter relocation fees and charges shall be the actual cost
of labor and material at the time of relocation.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.1700; Ordinance
adopting Code)
(a) The water rates as provided for in section A20.06.003 of the fee schedule in appendix
A to this code shall be collected for water services furnished by the city through the facilities of the city water system.
(b) The water rates shall remain in force except as provided otherwise
by the city council under special contracts.
(c) Greenville Electric Utility System.
A rate as provided in section A20.06.003 of the fee schedule in appendix
A to this code shall be charged for providing raw water from the city reservoirs to GEUS. This rate will be reviewed annually using the formulas in the appendix attached to Ordinance 13-094 (adopted 12/10/13) as a guide to account for inflation and other factors. This rate is subject to change in any given year, to allow for any increases in the Sabine River Authority charges.
(d) Organizations sponsoring beautification effort.
The water usage rate for organizations sponsoring a beautification effort approved by Clean Greenville shall be as provided in section A20.06.003 of the fee schedule in appendix
A to this code. The monthly minimum shall be waived. Billing will be based on consumption only.
Editor’s note–Ordinance 06-060, sec.
1, adopted 6/13/06 repealed and deleted the subsection which pertained to convenience fees.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.400; 1990 Code,
sec. 8.3202; Ordinance 13-094, sec.
2, adopted 12/10/13)
The city council shall, upon request, establish a rate per one
thousand (1,000) gallons to be charged consumers of raw or untreated
water from the city waterworks system whether residing inside the
city limits or outside the city limits.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.2501)
In addition to the rate per one thousand (1,000) gallons prescribed under section
20.06.041, a consumer of raw water shall pay to the city the power bill that is incurred in the pumping of said raw or untreated water. No pumping equipment shall be installed by any consumer, unless such consumer shall first have obtained written permission to do so from the council.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.2502)
No raw or untreated water shall be furnished to any applicant
or consumer, unless the supply of the city is adequate for that purpose.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.2503)
Each consumer of raw water shall apply to the city through its
utility office department, upon forms prescribed by the department,
for such service, upon such conditions and terms as may be prescribed
by the utility office manager in cooperation with the city manager;
provided, before raw or untreated water is turned on for such consumer,
in connection with his or her application, he or she will make a cash
deposit or bond which, in the opinion of the office manager, will
be sufficient to cover the monthly bills to be rendered in that connection,
and if a bond is given, the same shall be an approved surety company
doing business in the state, with a resident agent in the city. The
nonpayment of bills promptly, as rendered by the utility office monthly,
shall be sufficient reason to cut off such service, but this provision
shall not be construed to prevent the city from cutting off such service
for any other good and sufficient reason, which, in the opinion of
the office manager, may warrant such action.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.2504)