(A) Treated and filtered water. The net rate charged for treated and filtered water to consumers within the limits of the city shall be the sum of the readiness-to-serve charge and the commodity charge.
(1) Readiness-to-serve monthly charge. Readiness-to-serve monthly charge, based on the size of the water meter shall be by City Council and available in the Engineering Office.
(2) Commodity charge. Commodity charge, based upon the amount of water used shall be approved by City Council and available in the Engineering Office.
(B) Unmetered fire connections.
(1) The net rate charged per month for unmetered fire connections shall be a demand charge, based upon the size of the connection pipe shall be approved by City Council and available in the Engineering Office.
(2) The above charges shall include only water used to extinguish fires. No water shall be used from a fire connection for any purpose other than the extinguishment of fires unless such water is metered and paid for as follows.
(a) Water used to maintain pressure on a privately-owned fire line system at a pressure above the normal pressure maintained in the city water mains shall be charged at the standard commodity charge.
(b) Water used for any purpose other than division (B)(2)(a) above shall be metered separately and charged at the rate approved by City Council and available in the Engineering Office.
(3) The unauthorized use of unmetered water from a fire connection shall, upon notice by the Director of Finance, terminate the customer’s privilege of having an unmetered fire connection.
(Prior Code, § 52.33) (Ord. D-304, passed 4-7-1953, effective 6-21-1953; Ord. D-1726, passed 1-1-1995, effective 1-1-1995; Ord. D-1781, passed 10-14-1996, effective 1-1-1997; Ord. D-1829, passed 9-14-1998, effective 10-1-1998; Ord. O-18, passed 4-19-2004, effective 4-29-2004; Ord. O-36, passed 6-20-2005, effective 6-30-2005; Ord. O-53, passed 10-9-2006, effective 10-19-2006; Ord. O-64, passed 8-27-2007, effective 9-6-2007; Ord. O-80, passed 4-20-2009, effective 4-30-2009; Ord. O-167, passed 8-24-2015, effective 9-3-2015)