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(A) There shall be a service surcharge as set by resolution for all insufficient funds received from any consumer by the city.
(B) Upon such time that the consumer requests the remote reading device be relocated, for reasons such as remodeling, the city shall charge a sum as set by resolution for the removal and replacement of the remote reading device. The city will not be held responsible for the working condition of the remote reading device if the consumer does not make request upon the city to do the work of relocation. The city reserves the right to discontinue water or sewer service to said property for nonpayment of the above-mentioned fees.
(Prior Code, § 52.125) (Ord. 91-16, passed 4-1-1991; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
The Director of Public Works shall have the authority to issue permits for the use of water for building and construction purposes. The regular charge shall be paid as though the water was taken by regular customer service.
(Prior Code, § 52.126) (Ord. 98-20, passed 6-1-1998; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
(A) Applicants for water shall be charged for expenses of tapping and for all service pipe and trenching from the main to which such applicant’s connection is to be made.
(B) If the connection is to be made to any water main(s), which have been laid and constructed in a water district or water extension district of the city, wherein special assessments have been levied upon the property in said district to pay all or any part of the cost of construction thereof, and the property to which said connection is made has not been assessed in said district, or if the connection is made to any water main(s) hereafter laid or constructed by the city without the levying of any special assessments for the construction thereof, the person desiring said connection shall pay the city a special connection charge as set by resolution. The aforesaid fees and charges shall be in addition to the other fees and charges provided for in this chapter. The special connection charge shall be paid only once with respect to said property; the lot facing the water main to which the person wishes to connect. Such connection charge shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.
(Prior Code, § 52.127) (Ord. 2696, passed 3-3-1980; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
(A) A special connection charge as set by resolution shall be paid to the city before any person or party shall make a connection to the public water system of the city outside the corporate limits of the city. This special connection charge shall be in addition to any other fees and charges provided for in this chapter and shall be applicable to each and every connection to the water system of the city outside the corporate limits of the city.
(B) Applicants for water shall be charged for expenses of tapping and for all service pipe and trenching from the main to which the applicant’s connection is to be made.
(C) (1) If the connection is to be made to any water main or mains which have been laid and constructed in a water district or water extension district of the city wherein special assessments have been levied upon the property in the district to pay all or any part of the cost of construction, and the property to which the connection is made has not been assessed in the district, or if the connection is to be made to any water main or mains or laid or constructed by the city without the levying of any special assessments for the construction thereof, the person desiring the connection shall pay the city a special connection charge as set by resolution. The fees and charges shall be in addition to the other fees and charges provided for in this chapter. The special connection charge shall be paid only once with respect to the property.
(2) For the purposes of this section, FRONT FOOTAGE OF THE LOT is determined as the portion of the lot facing the water main to which the person wishes to connect. The connection charge shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.
(Prior Code, § 52.128) (Ord. 94-50, passed 9-6-1994; Ord. 03-40, passed 11-17-2003)
WATER WELLS
(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to meet the requirements of § 1428 of the 1986 amendments to the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq., as adopted and implemented by Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-5301 through 71-5313, which shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act and by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Rules and Regulations, Title 179, Ch. 22-005, Item 5, which require the city to identify risks of contamination potentially impacting city wells, to reduce or eliminate those risks and develop an enforceable means to prevent encroachment to the water system and its components.
(B) Drilling and operation of wells without well registration. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or other legal entity to drill or operate a well within the zoning limits of the city without providing a copy of the proper water well registration form from the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources to the Director of Public Works.
(C) Procedure to register wells. In order to properly register the operation of any well, the owner of the property on which the proposed well is to be located or the Nebraska-licensed well driller performing the service must provide a copy of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources water well registration form to the Director of Public Works, when filed with the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, but no later than 30 days following activation.
(D) Drilling or installation of water wells within designated distance from municipal water sources, prohibited. Under no circumstances shall any person, corporation or legal entity drill, install or operate a well within the regulated set back requirements from any city municipal water well, in accordance with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Title 179 NAC 7.
Category | Distance |
Category | Distance |
Absorption or disposal field for waste | 500 feet |
Cesspool | 500 feet |
Chemical or petroleum product storage | 500 feet |
Corral | 500 feet |
Dump | 500 feet |
Feedlot or feedlot runoff | 500 feet |
Non-potable water well | 1,000 feet |
Pit toilet | 500 feet |
Sanitary landfill | 500 feet |
Sanitary sewer connection | 100 feet |
Sanitary sewer line | 50 feet |
Sanitary sewer line (permanently watertight) | 10 feet |
Sanitary sewer manhole | 100 feet |
Septic tank | 500 feet |
Sewage treatment plant | 500 feet |
Sewage lagoon | 1,000 feet |
Sewage wet well | 500 feet |
(E) Abatement procedure and penalties. In the event any well is drilled, installed or operated without providing the well registration form to the city when filed with the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, or within the designated set back requirements from any municipal water supply well, then such facilities shall be deemed a nuisance and the governing body shall abate such facility as a public nuisance. Any person violating any of the terms of this section is hereby subject to the procedures and penalties of Chapter 92 of this code of ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 52.130) (Ord. 10-04, passed 3-1-2010; Ord. 10-15, passed 6-21-2010) Penalty, see § 52.999
INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL AREA
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