(a) 
The water rates for the city are as set forth in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code.
(b) 
All previously enacted ready for service fees for customers whose water service is outside the city limits shall remain in force and shall be in addition to those rates listed above.
(Ordinance 457-12 adopted 9/20/12; Editorially supplied)
(a) 
The sewer rates for the city are as set forth in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code.
(b) 
All previously enacted ready for service fees for customers whose sewer service is outside the city limits shall remain in force and shall be in addition to those rates listed above.
(Ordinance 461-12 adopted –/–/12; Editorially supplied)
Written application shall be made to the city upon forms furnished therefor for water, sewer, garbage collection, or any other utility service which may be furnished by the city. Such application shall state the name and the address of the applicant, the type of utility service desired, the purposes for which the application is made and such other information as the city may require.
(Ordinance 471-14 adopted 1/16/14; Ordinance 473-14 adopted 2/13/14)
(a) 
Along with the application for water service, the applicant shall pay to the city a deposit in the amount of $61.00 for residential and $101.00 for commercial; any future fees shall be set by the city council and shall be set or changed by resolution and shall not require an amendment to this section.
(b) 
In the event of discontinuance of service for nonpayment on two consecutive months, an additional deposit of $61.00 shall be made by residential customers and an additional deposit of $101.00 shall be made by commercial customers for future water services from the waterworks system.
(Ordinance 471-14 adopted 1/16/14; Ordinance 473-14 adopted 2/13/14)
Any deposit made to the city by any applicant shall be held by the city until such applicant’s utility service for which the deposit was made shall be terminated. Upon termination of said service, the applicant shall be entitled to a refund of said deposit, less any amount which is due and owing to the city.
(Ordinance 471-14 adopted 1/16/14; Ordinance 473-14 adopted 2/13/14)
A fee as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code shall be collected for a water tap fee for connecting a residence or commercial venture to the city water system and a fee as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code shall be collected for a sewer tap to tie a residence or commercial venture on to the city sewer system, and when the property owner fully understands his septic tank cannot be repaired and when trouble of said septic tank develops he will be required to pay the full fee as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code and tie on to the city sewer system immediately if city sewer service is available. Providing sewer service is unavailable to a residence, the city will grant permission for cleaning and/or repairing of said septic tank.
(Ordinance 471-14 adopted 1/16/14; Ordinance 473-14 adopted 2/13/14)
(a) 
Reconnection fee.
In the event of discontinuance of service, an additional sum as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code shall be charged for reconnection to the system.
(b) 
Due date; late charge.
All unpaid balances will receive $10.00 penalty after the 15th day of each month. (Unless the 15th falls on a weekend, a holiday or an inclement weather day, as declared by the city administrator, a one-day grace period will apply and the $10.00 penalty will be assessed on the next business day.)
(Ordinance 471-14 adopted 1/16/14; Ordinance 473-14 adopted 2/13/14)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, owner or agent of any premises located within the corporate limits of the city, whether occupied or unoccupied, to suffer or permit the nonpayment of a monthly water-sewage-garbage statement issued by the city for any residence and/or business establishment located within the city limits.
(Ordinance 131, sec. I, adopted 3/13/69)
(a) 
Prohibition.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to receive from the city any free water from the water system now owned and controlled by the city, or for any person, firm or corporation to receive any rate other than the regular rate charged or to be hereafter charged for said water furnished them.
(b) 
Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the terms or provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of same shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00.
(Ordinance 64 adopted 4/17/58; Ordinance 246 adopted 1/28/88)
(a) 
The superintendent of water and sewer shall require a deposit as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A to this code, to be known as “sewer deposit,” from any sewer customer who is not also a water customer.
(b) 
Such deposit shall be held in escrow by the city as security for the payment of the depositor’s sewer charges.
(Ordinance 95 adopted 8/31/61)
Each residential sewer customer of the city who has had water service at his current residence for the December of the preceding year and for January and February of the current year shall pay monthly beginning October 1st of each year an amount equal to the current sewer rate for the monthly average number of thousand gallons (or any fractional part thereof) consumed during the preceding December, January, and February.
(Ordinance 203 adopted 9/22/83; Ordinance adopting Code)