(A) Any user of the services of the waterworks system shall pay therefor a monthly charge or rate as indicated by the appropriate category of this section.
(B) Residential accounts:
Rates | Monthly Basis |
3/4-inch 4,000 gallons | $30.97 excess $2.68 per 1,000 gallons |
1-inch 6,000 gallons | $50.38 excess $2.68 per 1,000 gallons |
Hydrant usage | $2.68 per 1,000 gallons |
(C) Duplex dwelling or multi-family dwelling (MDS) on the same building site serviced by one service connection, prior to the passage of this chapter, shall pay the minimum charge of $30.97 for the first unit and $30.97 per additional unit in the dwelling. The base allowance, however, will be 4,000 gallons for each unit in the dwelling. All usage per unit exceeding 4,000 gallons will be charged at the rate of $2.68 per 1,000 gallons.
(D) Commercial accounts:
Rates | Monthly Basis |
1-inch 6,000 gallons | $50.28 excess $2.68 per 1,000 gallons |
2-inch 12,000 gallons | $96.12 excess $2.68 per 1,000 gallons |
3-inch 18,000 gallons | $137.69 excess $2,68 per 1,000 gallons |
4-inch 24,000 gallons | $184.58 excess $2.68 per 1,000 gallons |
(E) Connection fees:
3/4-inch tap $316, or actual cost (whichever is greater) |
1-inch tap $448, or actual cost (whichever is greater) |
2-inch and over tap $885 or actual cost (whichever is greater) |
In addition to tap fees, backflow preventers will be installed on all new connections |
(F) Impact fee: $2,125 per ERC. See § 52.36(E) to determine impact fee(s).
(G) The city reserves the right to enter into contracts with large users of water for the purpose of setting and determining a monthly charge or rate for the use of such service, which monthly rate or charge may be computed upon a different basis than set forth in division (F) above. Such contracts shall be entered into by means of a resolution duly adopted by the City Council.
(H) Customers may pay in advance for new installations and valves for new meters and such new installations will be sealed or locked until the customer requests service. Reconnection fees will not be charged.
(I) The meter reading of a new installation between the fifteenth and thirty-first of the month will not be entered into the computer until the meter reading in the following month, at which time one month’s minimum plus charges for total consumption will be charged.
(J) The Water Department will move a meter from one location to another within the same lot for a property owner for the cost of labor and parts, except cases which would benefit the city and/or correct previous installation errors. This section does not and is not intended to waive in any manner required water/sewer impact fees. The City Administrator/Public Works Director is authorized to have Water Department personnel correct such exceptions without cost to the property owner.
(K) Commercial buildings serviced by a three-fourths-inch meter prior to the passage of this chapter shall pay the minimum charge of $50.28. All usage over 6,000 gallons will be charged at $2.68 per 1,000 gallons.
(L) All other commercial buildings requiring water service must be supplied by a one-inch meter or larger. The following current situations are unique and require special consideration as follows.
(1) Any existing business complex serviced by a three-fourths-inch or larger meter will be charged the business rate times the number of business units in the complex.
(2) Any existing combination of business and residential units serviced by a three-fourths-inch or larger meter will be charged the basic commercial rate times the number of businesses plus the basic residential rate times the number of residential units.
(3) If there is more than one business within a business facility and they have the same owner, the business will be charged the single basic commercial rate.
(4) If one or more of the businesses in a business complex is seasonal, it will be charged the basic commercial rate only while the business is in operation. It will be the responsibility of the owner or lessor of the complex to notify the City Water Department when the seasonal business begins and ends.
(M) A property owner possessing a water meter or sewer system shall be responsible for any and all water and sewer usage on such property including unauthorized water or sewer usage through a meter or account that has been inactivated.
(Ord. 471, passed 4-13-2004)