The city manager or designee shall have the authority to make adjustments to water bills if he or she deems an adjustment is appropriate. He or she shall make a thorough investigation of any complaints of unusually high bills and the circumstances therefor, make the adjustment, if appropriate, and notify the customer and the collector.
(Ord. 1536 § 12, 1989; Ord. 2048 § 4, 2020; Ord. 2049 § 4, 2020)
All accounts which have not been paid by the close of business on the sixtieth day following date of the bill are subject to disconnection. A penalty shall be added to the bill equal to ten percent of the bill. The director of public works may cut off the water from all such delinquent services if not paid within sixty days of date of the bill, and the same shall not be connected until all charges as provided in this chapter have been paid to the city.
(Ord. 1536 § 12, 1989; Ord. 2048 § 5, 2020; Ord. 2049 § 5, 2020)
The city council may, by ordinance, require that improvements installed by the subdivider for the benefit of the subdivision contain supplemental size, capacity, number, or length for the benefit of property not within the subdivision, and that those improvements be dedicated to the public. Upon the installation of the supplemental improvements, the city shall enter into an agreement with the subdivider to reimburse the subdivider for the cost, including interest, of constructing the supplemental improvements.
(Ord. 1536 § 12, 1989)
In the event it is necessary for a private party or developer other than a subdivider to construct a water line of greater size than required to serve the development in order to serve other areas of the city's water distribution system, or it is necessary to install a water line which will provide direct benefit to adjacent undeveloped property, the cost thereof shall be advanced by the developer and the city at its option and upon written request may enter into an agreement to refund, based on benefit, the additional cost or differential in cost so advanced by him or her, without interest, but in no case shall the total refund exceed the amount so advanced.
(Ord. 1536 § 12, 1989)
(a) 
Refunds shall not be made on any mains eight inches in diameter or smaller.
(b) 
Refunds shall not exceed one-third of the gross revenue from water sold to consumers supplied within the subdivision or development during the life of the agreement.
(c) 
Refunds shall not be made after the expiration of ten years from the date of the agreement or contract.
(d) 
Refunds shall be made from a special water fund provided therefor and shall not constitute a claim on the general funds of the city.
(e) 
Undeveloped property benefit fees shall first be collected by the city at time of development from benefited property and then refunded in the manner and at the rate specified in the reimbursement contract.
(Ord. 1536 § 12, 1989)
All water used other than through a service connection and meter shall be through a fire hydrant meter. Rates shall be established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 1873 § 6, 2007; Ord. 2079, 12/23/2023)
This is a fire service readiness to serve charge for all installations which are specifically installed for fire protection only, not including fire hydrants. The rate shall be established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 1784 § 18, 2003; Ord. 2079, 12/23/2023)
Deposits shall be required from applicants for water service as follows: if the applicant is the owner of the real property to be served, the deposit will not be required on proof of ownership established to the satisfaction of the water division. All other applicants shall deposit with the water division the amount established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 1784 § 19, 2003; Ord. 2079, 12/23/2023)
On application made for an extension of the water distributing system of the water division or for water service, the applicant shall pay an additional charge based upon the cost of the supply main distributing line or transmission line serving the territory in which the applicant's property is located. The public works director or their designee shall determine the ratio which the applicant's property bears to the total area to be served by the area of such system and such main distributing line or transmission line, and shall determine the charge in direct relationship to such ratio as it bears to the cost of installation of such main distributing line or transmission line. The public works director or their designee shall recommend to the city council that the charge as calculated by him or her be imposed upon the applicant as a condition precedent to receiving the requested service. The city council shall determine the fees to be charged to the applicant upon consideration of the public works director or their designee. The charge imposed by this section is denominated as service acreage fee.
(Ord. 1784 § 20, 2003; Ord. 2079, 12/23/2023)
There shall be imposed a charge established by resolution of the city council for each parcel of land proposed to be developed or redeveloped and to be served with water from an existing city water main expressly covered under a reimbursement contract, to be paid by the owner of the property.
(Ord. 1784 § 21, 2003; Ord. 2079, 12/23/2023)
Whenever water is to be supplied to a new development or subdivision in which water mains are not installed, or are installed but which must increase in size to adequately supply water to such subdivision or development or to conform to required capacities to serve other areas of the city's water distribution system, the developer or subdivider is required to pay one hundred percent of the cost. Any new pipelines and appurtenances shall be installed by him or her in accordance with plans and specifications approved by, under the supervision of, and to the satisfaction of the director of public works.
(Ord. 1784 § 22, 2003)