A. Where the applicant for water service is not the owner of the premises sought to be furnished with water service, a deposit of one hundred fifty dollars shall be made to the city water collector to secure the payment of future billing. Senior citizen with no garbage service will require a deposit of seventy-five dollars. This deposit may be applied at the discretion of the water collector to delinquent bills over thirty days. The legal owners of a property including rental property shall be responsible for all bills due on water and sewer usage at that property even if incurred in the name of a lessee.
B. There shall be charged a five-dollar fee for meter removal or turnoff at request of the consumer.
C. There shall be an initial connection fee of eight hundred dollars where a new service is connected to the city service.
D. There shall be a twenty-dollar reconnection fee during regular business hours for any water service disconnected due to non-payment.
E. There shall be a fifty dollar reconnection fee during regular business hours for any water service disconnected due to non-payment.
(Ord. 2023-5, 2022; Ord. 2013-3, 2012; Ord. 2004-5, 2003; Ord. 79-10 § 3, 1978).