The following deposit schedule is established for water users of the Village of South Amherst, Ohio, whether commercial or residential:
(a) Tenants shall deposit the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) with the Village before water services will be granted to said tenant. The Village shall retain the deposit so long as the tenant remains within the Village as a tenant.
(b) New owners shall deposit the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) with the Village before water service will be granted, and the Village shall retain the deposit for twelve months. After the end of twelve consecutive months, the deposit shall be credited to the existing water account. If an owner moved from one location to another within the Village after twelve months, this section shall not apply.
(c) If an owner moves out of their home, and enters into a tenant rental situation, the owner shall be required to maintain a one hundred dollar ($100.00) security deposit on file unless that tenant has the water bill put in their name along with a one hundred dollar ($100.00) security deposit. (See 921.01(a) for tenant security deposit rules).
(d) New Commercial customers shall deposit the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) with the Village before water service will be granted to said applicant. The Village shall retain the deposit for twelve months. After the end of twelve consecutive months, the deposit shall be credited to the existing water account.
(e) Leased/Rented Commercial businesses shall deposit the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) with the Village before water service will be granted to said applicant. The Village shall retain the deposit while the lessee is leasing/renting the business.
(f) Any account for a service address which is delinquent in payment sixty days shall have water service terminated according to guidelines established by the Village of South Amherst. Said water service shall not be restored until the delinquent bill is paid in full, and a deposit of two hundred dollars ($200.00) placed with the Village to be returned only upon the termination of the tenancy, in the case of a tenant; and twenty-four months in the case of an owner. See Section 921.05 TURN-ON FEE.
(g) A habitual delinquent account which is delinquent in payment forty-five days shall have water service terminated according to guidelines established by the Village of South Amherst. Said water service shall not be restored until the delinquent bill is paid in full, and a deposit of two hundred dollars ($200.00) placed with the Village to be returned only upon the termination of the tenancy, in the case of a tenant; and twenty-four months in the case of an owner. For purposes of this chapter, an account is deemed a habitual delinquent account when one or more times in the preceding twelve months said account has been sixty or more days delinquent in payment. See Section 921.05 TURN-ON FEE.
(h) The owner of the premises receiving water service from the Village of South Amherst and the premises is occupied by a tenant or other occupant who has registered with the Village to be billed for water usage, the owner of the premises may request to receive copies of all billings to the occupant or tenant of the premises. A fee is fixed at twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per calendar quarter for such services.
(i) The Village may apply the deposit against any outstanding delinquencies of the tenant/owner. Failure of the tenant/owner to keep the deposit at a level consistent with this section shall be cause for termination of water service according to guidelines established by the Village of South Amherst.
(Ord. 1786-23. Passed 11-13-23.)