(A) Required deposits. The billing office of the Water and Sanitary Sewage Utilities shall collect a deposit from all water and/or sewerage customers or from the owner of the real estate at which such service is provided. The deposit amount shall be $50.
(B) Refund of deposit. Utility deposits shall be credited to the regular bill after 12 months of timely payments. If the deposit has not been refunded, the deposit will be applied to the final utility bill. If the deposit has been refunded due to timely payment and the customer moves to a different location, no deposit will be charged at the new location. The credit or refund is issued to the person who made the original deposit.
(C) Application for service. All new or moving water and/or sewer customers applying for water and/or sewer service shall do so at the billing office for the utilities located in City Hall and shall complete an "Application for Utilities Service" and shall comply with all deposit requirements as specified herein, all before any utility service will be rendered. If a dwelling or building is owned or occupied by more than one person, all owners are required to sign the deposit agreement. All owners or occupants shall be jointly and severally liable for the service charges.
(D) Application and/or return of deposit. At the conclusion of the customer's utility service received from the city, or upon a delinquency in the charges therefore being incurred by the customer, all deposits shall be applied to the customer's account, and the balance, if any, refunded to the customer.
(E) Connection fee. All water utility customers shall be required to pay a re-connection fee at the re-connection of water service in the event the same has been disconnected for non-payment of bill in the following amount: $30 for re-connections. All re-connection fees shall be paid prior to the water service being re-connected.
(Ord. 1151, passed 2-4-2019)