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(a) Establishing Utility Service.
(1) Where service is being established for a new utility user who utilizes water and rubbish service, a deposit of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be collected by the Director of Finance. The deposit shall be held in trust until such time as the account is finalized.
(2) Where service is being established for a new utility user who utilizes rubbish only, a deposit equal to a three-month bill, not less than $200, shall be collected by the Director of Finance. The deposit shall be held in trust until such time as the account is finalized.
(b) Disconnection; Reconnection Charges; Deposits.
(1) Water service shall be discontinued temporarily by order of the Director of Finance or an authorized agent for failure to pay for water service or for any suspected violation of rules, regulations, rulings or authorizations hereinabove set forth. Council may permanently revoke a water service license, by resolution, upon a showing to its satisfaction that any rule, regulation or order as hereinabove set forth or as may hereafter be adopted has been or is being violated by any person using water service with or without consent of the owner of the real property being served.
(2) Water service disconnections shall be suspended from March 15, 2020 to July 31, 2020 due to economic disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused the Governor of the State of Ohio to declare an emergency. Water users will continue to be billed at the normal rate for water usage during the time period named hereinafter, which shall include charges for interest and penalties.
(3) A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be charged to users who have been certified for temporary disconnection.
(4) Where service has been certified for temporary discontinuation on a residential utility account for failure to pay utility services, a deposit equal but not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be collected by the Director of Finance before service shall be restored. The deposit shall be held in trust until such time as the discontinued account is finalized.
(5) Where service has been certified for temporary discontinuation on a commercial account for failure to pay for utility services, a deposit equal to a three-month bill and no less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be estimated and collected by the Director of Finance before service shall be restored. The deposit shall be held in trust until such time as the discontinued account is finalized.
(6) When two or more meters have been provided to a property which has a single service line and one or more of the users has been certified for temporary discontinuation of service, the City shall offer the owner one of the following four options:
A. The landowner may receive the bill for the single service, including the current delinquency, in his or her name.
B. The landowner may provide a service line to each one of the meters at the property, thus providing separate billings and separate collection on each.
C. The landowner may take responsibility for the tenant's bill in the event of nonpayment.
D. The City shall discontinue utility services.
(Ord. 149-23. Passed 9-25-23.)
The rates and rents for water furnished and supplied by the Utilities Department, Water Division of the City shall be as follows:
(a) Customers whose meters are read monthly:
Bill Rendered 7/1/2021 (3.5714% Increase) | Bills Rendered 1/1/2024 (2.22% Increase) | Bills Rendered 1/1/2025 (2.22% Increase) |
1st 100 cu. ft. or less | 15.98 | 16.33 | 16.69 |
next 3,400 cu. ft. (per 100 cu. ft.) | 3.38 | 3.45 | 3.53 |
over 3,500 cu. ft. (per 100 cu. ft.) | 2.79 | 2.85 | 2.91 |
(Ord. 159-23. Passed 10-10-23.)
(b) Customers Outside City Limits. An additional forty-five (45%) of the above rate schedule shall be charged to all customers outside the corporation limits of the City.
(c) The City shall determine the reading schedule for its customers.
(Ord. 125-18. Passed 9-10-18.)
(d) Bulk Water Rates. For bulk water customers, in any month in which there is usage, the minimum quantity billed shall be 4,000 gallons at $18.00. The rate charged for bulk water sales over 4,000 gallons shall be $4.50 per 1,000 gallons. A deposit of $50.00 per key will be required in order to establish a bulk water account. This deposit shall be refunded when the account is closed and all related equipment is returned to the Water Department.
(Ord. 33-19. Passed 2-25-19.)
(a) Any unpaid final water utility bill will be certified to the property through the Medina County Auditor’s office who shall place the sum on the tax duplicate with interest and penalties allowed by law and be collected as other municipal taxes are collected. Annually, the Director of Finance shall qualify the previous calendar year’s delinquent accounts to be submitted to the County Auditor prior to the end of the following calendar year as per the County Auditor’s timetable. The City shall have the right in the event of nonpayment as aforesaid to discontinue water service to the premises until the unpaid water charges have been fully paid.
(b) If the holder of the delinquent account has more than one account with the City of Medina, the delinquent accounts may be consolidated and the full amount owed billed to the current account. (Ord. 149-23. Passed 9-25-23.)
(a) A ten percent (10%) penalty shall be added to the outstanding balance of any utility bill not paid on time. The penalty shall be assessed to the outstanding balance of any account not paid by month-end due date. Month-end due date shall be determined by the Director of Finance. (Ord. 56-96. Passed 3-25-96.)
(b) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (b) enacted by Ordinance 133-20, was repealed by Ordinance 221-20, passed December 14, 2020.)
The minimum size of an ordinary street water line within the City in the various zones within the City shall be as follows:
Residential and commercial zones - 8 inches in diameter
Industrial zones - 12 inches in diameter
The cost of the above minimum sizes of an ordinary street water line shall be the basis of assessment against benefited properties. (Ord. 27-66. Passed 3-14-66.)
All meters will be read on a schedule to be established by the Director of Public Service and which schedule may be amended from time to time. No charge will be made for any measured water flow resulting from the use of water for fire fighting or fire inspection purposes, when such fire has been reported to the City Fire Department or when a request in advance has been made to the Water Department to test or inspect the lines and equipment. When a reported fire necessitates the use of an undetermined quantity of water for fire fighting, the charge to be made for normal usage will be the average of the monthly charges for the two months immediately preceding the month in which the fire occurred.
(Ord. 89-66. Passed 8-7-67.)
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