A. Applicability. This section applies only to customers served directly by sewage disposal plants operated by the city, except where special rates are provided in acquisition of other utilities. Charges and deposits for other customers are governed by the special rate schedules in effect in their area.
B. Billing periods; due date. Bills for sewage disposal service will be rendered monthly in connection with water bills.
C. Sewer charges. Each bill for sewage disposal service rendered to the customers on the sewer system of the city shall be based upon a user charge as per current fees adopted by the city. The volume of sewage flow and the charges shall be as determined by § 12-5-12.
D. Guarantee deposits.
1. Upon opening an account, a minimum guarantee deposit as set forth in § 13-1-1 shall be paid by each residential user at the time of making application for service.
2. Any new user having sewage disposal service available to three or more dwelling units or for operation of a place of business shall pay a deposit, which shall be equal to approximately one and one-third times the actual billing, with a minimum of $10.
3. Governmental agencies, churches, synagogues, and recognized charitable agencies and public utilities having reciprocal agreements with the city are not required to pay guarantee deposits.
4. The guarantee deposit is required as security for payment of the customer's sewer bill. It is refundable to the customer upon termination of service.
E. Delinquent bills.
1. Bills are due and late penalties assessed as set forth in § 13-1-1. Upon termination of service, the guarantee deposit shall be applied to the outstanding bill for that customer and a final statement shall be rendered showing the balance due.
2. Service shall not be reinstituted until the final statement is paid in full and the user makes application for service and pays the guarantee deposit at the then established rate, as provided hereinabove.
3. A user's water service shall be discontinued and no new application shall be accepted at any new location when there remains an outstanding final statement for unpaid sewer service at any previous location.
4. Sewer service, as such, will not be discontinued under any normal circumstances. However, in cases where discontinuance is required for any reason, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, the city shall instead discontinue the water service.
(Ord. 121, passed 12-4-1979)