(A) Meters required.
(1) No free service shall be allowed or permitted from the facilities of the combined municipal water and sewer system of the city. No connections to the water system shall be permitted or made except on a fully metered basis. Each and every user of water service shall have a separate meter, except that more than one user in the same building may be on the same meter.
(2) In the event a lot, parcel of land, building or premises discharging water or other liquid wastes uses water supplied on other than a metered basis from either a private or a public water supply, then in each case the owner or occupant may be required to cause a water meter or other measuring device to be installed, acceptable to the City Council, and the quantity of water used as measured by the meter shall determine the sewer rate, rental or charge and pending installation of the meter or measuring device, rates, rentals and charges shall be based upon an estimated quantity of water used.
(3) All water customers in the city shall pay a monthly water meter rental fee. The fee will be determined by the size of the meter that each customer is using. Meter rental fees will be billed on the customer’s monthly water bill and shall be as follows.
Tap/Meter Size | Rental Fee |
5/8-inch by 3/4-inch meter | $3/month |
1 inch by 1 inch meter | $5/month |
2 inch by 2 inch meter | $10/month |
(B) Water meter deposits.
(1) The deposit for property owners shall be $50.
(2) The deposit for persons renting any property shall be $125.
(3) The deposit for a person buying property will be returned in one year; if renting any property, the deposit shall be kept until that person has moved from that property.
(Prior Code, § 50.44) (Ord. 2018-11, passed 8-13-2018)