(a) Each premises shall have its own tap or service connection and meter except as otherwise provided by the Governing Body; provided, however, that if the Governing Body shall or has authorized more than one premises to be connected to one meter, the person responsible for payment for gas or water delivered through the meter shall obtain further authority from the Governing Body prior to connecting any other premises to the meter, and further provided that this provision will not require the readjustment of any service now installed on any premises, except on being reconstructed.
(b) Where any building is owned by two or more persons, each owning separate parts of the same, each part shall be considered for the purpose of this chapter to be a separate premises.
(c) A premises may consist of one or more buildings if they are located on connecting lots and are under one ownership.
(d) In premises occupied or to be occupied by more than one tenant or occupant which are under one ownership, water service may be measured either through one head meter and charged to the owner or person in control of the same or through multiple meters and charged to the tenants as the City Superintendent of Utilities and Public Services may decide.
(e) (1) Whenever water or gas service is furnished to more than one tenant through one meter, the person responsible for payment for the water or gas provided shall pay, in addition to all other charges as provided for in this article, a service charge for each additional person or address to which such water or gas is furnished as follows:
Commencing: | April 2017 Billing Statement | April 2018 Billing Statement | April 2019 Billing Statement |
(a) Customers inside the city limits: | |||
(1) For water: | $13.53 | $13.94 | $14.36 |
(2) For gas: | $7.25 | ||
(b) Customers outside the city limits: | |||
(1) For water: | $16.16 | $16.81 | $17.48 |
(2) For gas: | $8.25 |
(2) This section shall not apply to situations where the city has entered into a contract to provide water to an organized rural water district.
(Prior Code, § 15-233) (Ord. 1349, passed 8-20-2001; Ord. 1368, passed 11-10-2003; Ord. 1504, passed 2-13-2017)