Unless otherwise excepted as hereinafter provided, every applicant for utility service or sanitary sewerage service shall be required to make a meter deposit as a condition to receiving service in the following amounts, for the type of services applied for:
Customer Type | Electric | Gas | Water | Sewer |
Residential - cash deposit | $100 | $100 | $50 | $75 |
Non-residential - cash, certificate of deposit, or surety bond | 15% of the charges for the previous active 12 months, including taxes, (rounded to the nearest $100) at the service address for each service. If the service is new at the address, the 12-month charges will be estimated, based upon the type and size of the customer as compared to similar types and sized customers. Deposits are subject to periodic review, after which the deposit may be adjusted to more accurately reflect the 15% requirement. Minimum deposits shall be equal to the residential deposits for the type of service as stated above. | |||
(`90 Code, § 13.02.010) (Ord. 880, passed - -; Am. Ord. 86-10, passed - -; Am. Ord. 95-20, passed
- -; Am. Ord. 2013-05, passed 1-24-2013)