(A) Any person applying on or after October 15, 2004 for solid waste collection service, sewer service, water service, or any one or more of such services, shall pay to the city a deposit in the sum of $100. If such person is the owner of the premises for which such service or services is requested, each such deposit will entitle such person to service at up to four locations. The requirement of a deposit shall be waived when one of following conditions is met:
(1) The customer produces a letter from another utility indicating a credit history which is satisfactory to the City Manager or the designee of the City Manager; or
(2) An on-line credit check indicates credit history which is satisfactory to the City Manager or the designee of the City Manager. If the applicant desires an on-line credit check, he or she will pay the city the actual cost of conducting the credit check. A deposit in the amount of $25 will be paid to the city for this purpose. If the actual cost of the credit check is less than $25, the city will refund the difference.
(B) Any person who applied for service before July 1, 1997, and whose service thereafter is terminated for non-payment of the charges for such service shall, as a condition of the resumption of such service, make the deposit previously described. The exceptions to the deposit requirement described in division (A) above will not be available to such person.
(C) Interest shall not be paid upon the sums held by the city as deposits.
(D) If a person who has paid a deposit fails to timely pay for such service or services, the deposit will be applied against the unpaid charges, the service for which payment was not timely made will be terminated, and such service will not be resumed until the charges have been paid in full and an additional sum has been paid sufficient to restore the deposit to $100. The exceptions to the deposit requirement described in division (A) above will not be available to such person.
(E) If a person who has paid a deposit as required in this section applies for the service or services described in this section at a different location, such person will be required to pay the $100 for the different location, subject to the exceptions as noted in division (A) above.
(F) Upon final termination of service and payment of all charges, the deposit will be returned to the person who paid it or his or her successor in interest.
(Ord. 3808, passed - -2004)