(a) 
Findings.
(1) 
The city operates a water and wastewater system (“system”) to serve residents within its approved service area.
(2) 
The city accounts for said system through a separate fund known as the water/wastewater enterprise fund (“fund”), which is independent of the general fund.
(3) 
The city grants the system an exclusive right, privilege, and franchise to erect, maintain, operate, and remove water and wastewater lines and pertinent facilities over, under, across, upon, and along the streets, alleys, and other public property upon easements on public rights-of-way.
(4) 
The system shall be imposed a fee of eight percent of gross receipts of the sale of water and wastewater for such right payable to the general fund.
(b) 
Purpose.
This franchise is granted for the purpose of providing water and wastewater service within the city’s service area.
(c) 
Procedure for collection.
Said fee shall be collected from the system and paid over to the general fund according to the following procedures:
(1) 
Each month a report shall be completed detailing the total revenue collected by the system for providing water and wastewater services.
(2) 
The fee shall be calculated at a rate of eight percent of the total revenue as outlined above.
(3) 
Before the tenth day of the following month, the system shall cause to be paid said fee to the general fund.
(d) 
Water and wastewater rates.
The water and wastewater rates charged by the system to its customers shall not be increased solely for the purpose of offsetting said fee.
(Ordinance 446-10 adopted 9/21/10)
(a) 
The city does hereby elect to have the public utility commission of the state exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over electric utility rates, operations, and services within the existing and future incorporated limits of the city.
(b) 
The city hereby expressly retains the exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations, and services of water and sewer utilities within the existing and future incorporated limits of the city.
(Ordinance 100 adopted 9/2/80)
(a) 
Prohibited.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any public utility, or any officer or employee of any public utility, to assess or charge for services any rate other than the rate duly fixed by the city council by ordinance.
(b) 
Penalty.
Any violation of this section by any public utility, or by any officer, agent or employee of any public utility, shall be a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, subject the offender to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code, and each day of such violation shall be a separate offense, and each charge made shall be a separate offense.
(c) 
Definition.
A public utility, as set forth in this section, means any individual, person, firm or corporation engaged in regularly supplying the public within the corporate limits of the city with some commodity or service which is of special consequence and need, such as the electricity, gas, transportation and telephone service.
(Ordinance 39-60 adopted 6/7/60)
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, or their agents, servants or employees, exercising or enjoying any public franchise or privilege under or in the city, to charge or collect for the local service rendered by them to the public in the city any higher rate than is now fixed and/or in existence or being charged therefor, without first filing an application for such increase and securing the approval thereof by the city council.
(Ordinance 31D-52, sec. 12, adopted 4/9/52)
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, institution, association of persons or government unit, other than the city, to sell, distribute, offer for sale, or provide any water, light, electric, or sewer service or services within the corporate limits of the city without special written permission or franchise from the city council; and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, institution, association of persons or governmental unit, other than the city, to go across, above, or under the city limits with any electric power lines, conduit, or water main or pipes, or sewer main or pipes, without special permission from said council.
(Ordinance 31D-52, sec. 14, adopted 4/9/52)
(a) 
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, corporation, association of persons, private institution, state institution, state or county to construct, place, build, buy or maintain any pipe, poles, wire, cable, conduits, or other devices for the purpose of conducting electricity, water, sewage, or gas along, upon, across, above, or underneath any street, alley, thoroughfare, highway, or other public property of the city without first obtaining a franchise from the city for whatever purpose or purposes said pipe, poles, wire, conduits, cable or other devices are to be used.
(b) 
Such franchise shall be for a definite time and purpose, and in accordance with the law and the ordinances of the city.
(Ordinance 31D-52, sec. 15, adopted 4/9/52)