(A) Sewer customers of the city shall be subject to the following fees for services.
(1) Disconnection for non-payment of sewer charges. The Safety and Service Director or designee will determine when and how to disconnect a property from sewer service when sewer charges are delinquent. The utility billing office will notify the property owner and any lessee of the property of the delinquency at least 15 days before disconnection. The reconnect fee for sewer will be the amount owed, plus a $30 service charge and any additional charges incurred by the city for the reconnection as determined by the Safety and Service Director.
(2) All lessees of real property who are requesting water and/or sewer services shall pay a $150 deposit, which shall be used to cover any unpaid balance due for water and sewer services when the lessee or property owner terminates the service.
(3) If payment is made by a check that is dishonored, the check shall be forwarded to the Police Department for investigation if it is not covered by the customer upon notification by the utility billing office. An additional charge of $30 shall be assessed upon the customer for costs associated with the processing of the bad check.
(B) No contractor shall commence work on any sewerage or water lines in the city unless such contractor shall have purchased a current Water and Sewer Specification Book from the utility billing office (cost to be set by the Safety and Service Director). The utility billing office shall keep a current list of all persons having previously purchased the said specifications book and give notice to those persons at the last known address in the event of any changes to the book.
(C) In the event a single-family residential dwelling is purchased to be divided into apartments for more than one residential dwelling, or into one or more dwellings and businesses, the following are required.
(1) The owner must ensure that all existing service lines are adequate, and, in the event they are insufficient, new taps must be purchased.
(2) Each unit must have a separate accessible shutoff valve to which readers must have 24-hour access.
(D) In all multiple-apartment dwellings contained within the same building with one curb shutoff and no accessible individual shutoffs, the customer account shall be carried solely in the name of the landlord record title owner of the property, who shall be responsible for the delinquent accounts of individual tenants.
(1982 Code, § 50.04) (Ord. 2004-23, passed 11-1-2004; Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-11-2013)