Section
General Provisions
51.01 Definitions
51.02 New connection water and sewer permits
51.03 New connection storm sewer permit
51.04 Turning on existing service
51.05 Cross connections
51.06 Connection of sanitary or waste sewers to storm water drainage systems and prohibition of storm water to sanitary sewer
51.07 Establishment of a combined waterworks and sewerage system
Connection Fees
51.20 Residential user water connection fee
51.21 Governmental user water connection fee
51.22 Commercial, industrial and institutional user water connection fee
51.23 Residential user sanitary sewer connection fee
51.24 Governmental user sanitary sewer connection fee
51.25 Commercial user, industrial user and institutional user sanitary sewer connection fee
51.26 Special sanitary sewer connection fee
51.27 Kurtz Addition sanitary sewer connection fee
51.28 Storm sewer connection fee
51.29 Schuldt Second Subdivision and Third Subdivision sanitary sewer connection fee
Service; Regulations
51.40 Extension of sanitary sewer mains, storm sewers and water mains
51.41 Installation
51.42 Main and pipes plans approved
51.43 Repairs
51.44 Place of installation
51.45 Tunneling
51.46 Abandoned connection
51.47 Title
51.48 Injury or damage
51.49 Unlawful connection
51.50 Shut-off boxes
51.51 Water meters
51.52 Water resale
51.53 Larceny
51.54 Access to premises
Waterworks and Sewerage System Rates
51.65 Definitions
51.66 Rates for service
51.67 Billing of charges
51.68 Special charges
51.69 Billing procedure
51.70 Effective date
51.71 Accounts
51.72 Annual rate increase
51.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose or use as involves the provision of services or sale of goods in finished form.
GOVERNMENTAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose as involves the provision of services and supported principally by taxes.
INDUSTRIAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose as involving the making, manufacture, fabrication or assembly of goods.
INSTITUTIONAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose:
(1) As involves industrial users that do not discharge process waste; or
(2) User classified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under Division I - Services, Major Group 80.
RESIDENTIAL USER. Any user of the waterworks and sewage facilities for such purpose or use as involves habitation and living therein of individual persons.
SANITARY SEWER MAINS. Those mains of the city used for the collection, transmission and disposal of sanitary sewerage which are a part of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city.
SERVICE PIPES. Those pipes which transport sewage, storm water or potable water of a single building into the common sanitary sewer main or storm sewer or water main.
SEWAGE SLUDGE. The solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. SEWAGE SLUDGE includes, but is not limited to, domestic septage, scum, and solids removed during primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment processes. The definition of SEWAGE SLUDGE also includes a material derived from sewage sludge (i.e., sewage sludge whose quality is changed either through further treatment or through mixing with other materials).
STORM SEWERS. Sewer mains, pipes or outlets of the city used for the discharge of storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage or other matter not commonly discharged into sewers used for sanitary purposes, as established by Ordinance 63-7, passed and adopted on March 25, 1963.
WATER MAINS. Those mains of the city used for the collection, transmission, distribution and sale of potable water for all purposes for which water may be used and are a part of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city as established by Ordinance 63-7, passed and adopted on March 25, 1963.
(Ord. 94-39, passed 11-14-94; Am. Ord. 08-39, passed 11-10-08)
No new connection with a water main of the city and no new connection with a sanitary sewer main of the city shall be made without a permit being issued and 24 hours' notice having been given to the Superintendent of Waterworks. All such connections shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent of Waterworks, and no connection shall be covered until the work has been inspected by the Superintendent of Waterworks. Application for permits to make such connections must be made in writing to the City Clerk and the appropriate fee paid for the connection.
(Ord. 94-39, passed 11-14-94; Am. Ord. 03-02, passed 1-13-03)
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