(a) Availability. The Residential Rate is available for domestic water service to individual residences and multiple dwelling units such as apartments, trailers, etc., used for strictly residential purposes. Where service is supplied for commercial, business, professional or for other similar nonresidential purposes, such service shall be considered Commercial in character and the applicable Commercial Schedule shall apply.
(b) Rates Per Service or Dwelling Unit Per Month or Part Thereof.
(1) Effective for Bills Rendered on or About January 1, 2021:
Gallons of Water Used | Inside Corporation Limits | Outside Corporation Limits |
Service Charge: (Per Month) | $13.97 | $20.96 |
Usage Charge: (Per 1000 Gallons) | ||
First 5,000 gal. per 1,000 gal. | $3.75 | $5.63 |
Next 5,000 gal. per 1,000 ga. | $3.06 | $4.59 |
Next 5,000 gal. per 1,000 gal. | $2.79 | $4.19 |
Next 10,000 gal. per 1,000 gal. | $2.48 | $3.72 |
Over 25,000 gal. per 1,000 gal. | $2.22 | $3.33 |
Effective for bills rendered on or about January 1, 2022, the rates and charges set forth above shall be increased by 3.5%, and said rates and charges shall be increased by 3.5% each year thereafter effective for bills rendered on or about January 1.
(c) Multiple Dwelling Units. Where more than one dwelling unit (such as an apartment house, duplex, trailer court, etc.) is served through a single meter, the Monthly Service Charge shall be the number of dwelling units times the applicable Service Charge set forth above. The Village reserves the right to require that all future individual dwelling units be individually metered and plumbed before water service is established.
(d) Minimum Charge Per Month or Part Thereof. The Minimum Charge shall be not less than the applicable Service Charge set forth above.
(e) Terms of Payment. The rates set forth above are Net and apply only in the event all accounts for water service are paid within ten days from date of bill. If not so paid, the Gross Rates, which are the above Net Rates plus twenty percent (20%) shall apply.
(f) Billing.
(1) All billing will be on an approximately thirty day basis and will be billed to the nearest 100 gallons as registered on the meter. All rates shall be applicable for any fractional part of a billing month.
(2) The Village reserves the right to bill on a quarterly basis, in which event the gallons in each rate block and the Minimum Charge as set forth above will be multiplied by three.
(g) Other Provisions and Conditions. Other provisions and conditions pertaining to application and furnishing of service, deposits, the making of water taps, system capacity and other charges, the disconnection, reconnection and transfer of service, responsibility for payment of bills and other conditions are provided for in the Village’s General Rules, Terms and Conditions, which are part of this section, the same as if herein written.
(Ord. 1060. Passed 11-2-20.)