The provisions of this article shall apply to all persons provided
utility and sanitation collection services by the municipality.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.001)
Except where other arrangements are specifically provided, it
shall be the duty of the director of public works or his or her authorized
agent to enforce the provisions of this article.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.002)
(a)
(1)
Written application shall be made for water and sewer service to be furnished by the city. The application shall be filed at the same time as an application for a building permit is filed with the city for the building or living unit for which service is requested, and applicable tap fees paid, pursuant to section 13.03.051, as amended. In the event the building or living unit is located in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, the application shall be filed after the city’s approval of a final plat for the subject property as well as the applicable tap fees paid, pursuant to section 13.03.051, as amended. All applications for service shall state the name and address of the applicant, the type of utility service desired, the building or living unit which the utility will serve and other information the city may request. The application shall remain valid for one (1) year after the date of application and if construction has not commenced by that date, the application will be voided and any water or sewer tap fees shall be forfeited.
(2)
The application may be denied or service withdrawn if a customer
is indebted to the city for water or sewage service charges incurred
in the past or if code or ordinance requirements are not met.
(b)
If any customer shall change his or her place of residence or business,
he or she shall, within 48 hours after the change, give notice of
the change to the municipality.
(c)
(1)
Where an application is accepted for water or sewer service, it shall
be considered the bona fide residence or place of business of the
applicant.
(2)
Should water or sewer be disconnected for the nonpayment of bills
or for other violations of this article, no new application will be
accepted from the owner, agent or any other person to continue service
in that place or any other place under any other name, so long as
the place or any other place is occupied by the original applicant
as the bona fide residence or place of business of same, until after
all bills and penalties, damages to waterworks equipment, or other
service charges have been paid in full or some form of agreement has
been reached.
(d)
Should any person move into any premises supplied with water from
the municipal mains without making an application in the manner provided
for by the municipality, that person shall become responsible for
all water used from the date of the last payment made on the account
previous to his or her occupying the premises, and the failure to
pay same shall be cause for disconnecting the service until the amount
due is paid.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.003; Ordinance 576 adopted 1/15/19)
(a)
If any person shall make false statements in the application for
water or sewer service, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b)
Any consumer who discontinues his or her place of business or moves
from his or her residence and leaves a bill for water service or any
other services due the municipality and makes application for service
at some other address, either under his or her own name or under a
different name, without stating to the municipality the old address
and name under which water or sewer services were used at the address
where there is a bill due, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.004)
(a)
(1)
Where there are different consumers liable for water or sewer charges,
and where one or more consumers so liable leave the premises, the
consumers so leaving shall not be supplied with water at the new premises
occupied by them until all accounts due by those persons shall have
been paid.
(2)
Where any consumer is liable to the municipality for the charges
at one place and is thereafter located using water at some other place,
the water shall be turned off at the new location until all valid
accounts past due are paid.
(b)
Where 2 or more families or unrelated individuals occupy the same
house or apartment, and the water or sewer account is in the name
of one family or unrelated individual, if the one in whose name the
account stands moves away, the remaining family or unrelated individual
is also responsible for the unpaid water or sewer bills.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.005)
No service shall be furnished to any person who is delinquent
in the payment of any bill for water or sewer furnished on the premises
to which water or sewer service is desired or to any other premises
in the municipality.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.006)
(a)
A duly authorized representative or agent of the municipality, bearing
proper credentials and identification, shall have the right at all
reasonable times to go upon privately owned property for the purpose
of inspection of water service lines or mains and sewer connections
and drains and all other related lines or equipment.
(b)
Upon refusal of the right to make those inspections, any duly authorized
representative or agent of the municipality shall have the right to
disconnect from the privately owned property all municipal sewer and
water connections.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.007)
Any person who shall tamper with, alter, change, bypass, divert
or connect to any water or sewer mains or service lines owned by the
municipality without first obtaining permission or consent of the
municipality shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.008)
All sewer and water taps will be made by municipal personnel,
after all permits and application forms have been completed and required
fees paid.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.009)
(a)
Consumers are not guaranteed a specific amount of water nor is any
specific water pressure guaranteed. The city shall not be liable for
any damages, nor for sewer stoppages nor sewer backups, except, in
case of a city sewer backup into a dwelling, the city will bear the
expense on a deductible in a homeowner policy up to a maximum of $250.00
per occurrence.
(b)
In the event of sewer line stoppages, blockages or line damage, the
city’s responsibility only rests with the main sewer lines and
any portion of said sewer lines that are located on city property
or in an existing city or utility easement. Consumers are responsible
for their sewer service lines from their residence to the point that
the sewer line enters onto city property or into an existing city
or utility easement. The consumer is responsible for any repairs of
or maintenance for the sewer tap that the consumer purchased from
the city.
(c)
In the event of water line stoppages, blockages or line damage, the
city’s responsibility only rests with the main water lines,
any portion of said water lines that are located on city property
or in an existing city or utility easement, and the water meter. Consumers
are responsible for their water lines from their residence to the
point that the water line enters onto city property or into an existing
city or utility easement. The consumer is responsible for any repairs
of or maintenance for the water tap that the consumer purchased from
the city.
(d)
In no event shall city employees be retained by any consumer to repair
water or sewer line stoppages, blockages or line damage where the
responsibility for such repair lies with the consumer. Further, city
employees are hereby prohibited from performing such repairs for consumers.
(Ordinance 575 adopted 12/18/18)
(a)
The municipality is not required to furnish water or sewer services
to consumers beyond the corporate limits, or to continue to supply,
once begun, those services.
(b)
The municipality reserves the right to provide services to the consumers
it deems advisable and to, at any time, wholly or partially, discontinue
the water and sewer services to any consumers located outside the
corporate limits of the municipality.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.010)
(a)
A restricted zone of 200 feet radius surrounding the public raw water
intake system is hereby established.
(b)
All recreational activities and trespassing are prohibited in this
area.
(1997 Code, sec. 51.011)
