909.01 City owned utilities free to City.
909.02 Assessment of delinquent utility bills.
909.03 City installation of utility lines; connections and cost recovery.
909.04 Annexation prior to tapping-in.
909.05 Security deposit for utility service.
909.06 Mutual aid agreement for repairs.
909.07 City to be sole provider for all new customers.
909.08 Water consumed through leaks or line break; charges.
CROSS REFERENCES
Water Division - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 911
Light and Power Department - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 913
Wastewater Division - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 915
(a) The City shall assess a delinquent rate of 10% of the total monthly utility bill for those bills paid after the due date. In addition, the City shall assess a delinquent rate of one percent per month of the total monthly utility bill for those bills outstanding thirty days beyond the due date.
(b) From time to time during each calendar year, the Finance Director shall present to the Law Director for collection, utility accounts that have become delinquent for four months, or more, or which are otherwise deemed to be uncollectable. Such amounts, together with the delinquency rates prescribed under section (a) hereof, may be certified to the County Auditor, by the Law Director, or his or her designee, for collection the same as other taxes and assessments are collected.
(c) All charges for water usage, as provided in Chapter 911, all sewer charges, as provided in Chapter 915, all electric charges, as provided in Chapter 913, and all charges for sanitation services, are assessed against the property to which the service is rendered and are a lien against said property, collectible the same as other liens and taxes, in accordance with subsection (b). Transfer of ownership of property connected to the public water system and sanitary sewer system, shall not relieve the property owner of responsibility for charges assessed against the property.
(d) Any City utility account established and maintained in the name of the tenant, lessee or other person or party for services provided to the premises shall not relieve the property or the owner of the property for liability for such charges.
(e) No person, agent, firm or corporation shall sell, convey, exchange or otherwise transfer any ownership interest in any real property located within the corporate limits of the City, which is supplied with water, sanitary sewer, electric and/or sanitation services by the City, without first furnishing to the transferee duly assigned escrow agent proof of payment of the final bill for such services. If such final bill has not been paid or proof of payment is not readily available, three hundred dollars ($300.00) shall be held in escrow until such proof of payment has been furnished to the escrow agent.
(f) Any party to a sale, exchange, conveyance or transfer of property, or any such party's agent, may request the Division of Utilities to read the meter(s) at that property. As soon as reasonably possible thereafter, the City will read the meter(s) and render a final bill for all outstanding water, sanitary sewer, electric and sanitation charges.
(g) No person, agent, firm or corporation acting in the capacity of escrow agent in any real estate transaction involving the sale of any real property or interest therein located within the corporate limits of the City, which is serviced or supplied with water, sanitary sewer, electric and/or sanitation services by the City, shall disburse any funds until the provisions of subsection (e) hereof have been met.
(h) Upon good cause shown, the City may waive the assessment described in subsection (a) hereof.
(Ord. 14-14AC CMS. Passed 4-7-14.)
(Ord. 14-14AC CMS. Passed 4-7-14.)
(a) In the event the City installs water, sewer and/or sanitary sewer lines in areas not heretofore served with such facilities, or has installed such lines in areas previously, or caused the same to the installed by another agency in any area of the City or within three miles thereof, excluding subdivisions wherein the procedure for installing such utility lines is established by Chapters 1307 to 1319 of the Planning and Zoning Code, the following procedure will govern:
(1) All such installations shall have the plans and specifications approved by the City Engineer.
(2) The abutting property owners and other users abutting the property will not be required to pay for a sanitary sewer larger than eight inches in diameter, a storm sewer larger than twelve inches in diameter, or a water line more than six inches in diameter.
(3) The City will pay for any capacity above the diameters set forth in subparagraph (a)(2) hereof, which are considered normal capacities.
(Ord. 846AC CMS. Passed 4-3-72.)
(4) All property owners within the City or hereinafter annexed to the City where these facilities have been installed, shall within twelve months of the installation or within twelve months of annexation, connect to the sanitary sewer, water line and/or storm sewer. In the case at sanitary sewer lines, Council may extend the twelve month tap-in deadline if a newly annexed property has a County Health Department approved septic tank. However, when the septic tank ceases to function adequately, a tap-in to the City sanitary sewer line must be made.
(Ord. 1306 AC CMS. Passed 9-6-77.)
(5) The charge for connecting shall be in such amount as provided by ordinance.
(6) From the collection charges so collected by the City, the City shall first recover its cost of any oversize capacity and lift stations and then shall, upon demand, pay moneys collected from connection fees up to an amount equal to the original investment in the improvement to the original installer of the line or his/her assignees. If no demand is made on the City for the money within a period of twenty years from the date of acceptance of such sewer by the City, the money becomes the property of the City and shall be deposited in the appropriate fund.
(b) The Finance Director shall establish a record of the original cost of the oversize capacity paid by the City, the cost for the regular size line, the related sewer or water capacity as determined by the Engineer, and the dates and amounts of the connection fees collected and disbursals to the original installer or his/her assignees.
(c) If any person who has made a connection to a sanitary sewer or a storm sewer under this section, exceeds the capacity allotted to him/her, he/she shall pay another connection fee based upon usage as determined after he/she has exceeded the original capacity allotted to him/her.
(d) All installations and extensions to the City utilities, such as storm sewer, sanitary sewer, and/or water line immediately become the property of the City upon completion subject to the repayment provisions under this section.
(Ord. 846AC CMS. Passed 4-3-72.)
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