(A) The city will provide separate water meters for customers who desire a supply of water that will not be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. This includes lawn and garden sprinkling, industrial use, commercial bottling of beverages and ice rinks.
(B) The city will charge the customers for the full cost of the meter and fittings to be paid in advance. The customers shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the meters.
(C) The lawn and garden meters shall be read in May and October and credited to the November billing. Meters using over 100,000 gallons shall be read with the quarterly bill and credited quarterly.
(D) Water and/or sewage bills can be adjusted for catastrophic water use with the following criteria:
(1) The customer requesting the adjustment must have a written request, and to be eligible the amount of water used must be at least three times the monthly water used by the customer averaged over the most recent 12-month period. The customer must verify that the leak or water use event has been resolved. The adjustment is limited to a one-month period and only to one adjustment per dwelling unit is allowed during a ten-year period.
(2) The customer will be charged the current established rate for water and sewer on the newly revised (average) monthly bill times three. The remaining gallons exceeding the revised bill will be calculated at the city wholesale water and sewer rate established annually by the City Council.
(3) This adjustment does not apply to winter let runs, which is covered by a council policy and the city can make adjustments for, meter reading errors by the city, water quality let runs deemed necessary by the city or where sewer use is verified not to have occurred.
(Ord. 174, passed 5-7-86; Am. Ord. 257, passed 11-20-04)