§ 30-35. Charges required.
(a)
Deposits . Along with the application for utility service, the applicant therefor shall be required to pay to the city a deposit in an amount as follows:
(1)
If the applicant is requesting utility service, other than garbage-only service, for residential use and the applicant is:
a.
The owner of the property to be serviced, then the utility deposit shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00);
b.
Renting the property to be serviced, the utility deposit shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(2)
If the applicant is requesting garbage-only utility service for residential use and the applicant is
a.
The owner of the property to be serviced, then the utility deposit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
b.
Renting the property to be serviced, the utility deposit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00);
(3)
If the applicant is requesting utility service for a business or other commercial entity, the utility deposit shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00), unless the applicant requests:
a.
Connection to a fire hydrant, in which case the utility deposit shall be a sum equal to the actual cost of the hydrant meter and any other necessary equipment; or
b.
Garbage only utility service, in which case the utility deposit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
(b)
Fees.
(1)
In the event utility service is disconnected for nonpayment of the bill, the consumer thereof shall have the right to have the same reconnected only upon the payment of the amount due, and in addition thereto, a reconnection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be charged for reconnection performed during regular business hours. A reconnection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be charged for reconnection performed after business hours.
(2)
The tapping charges for connection with city water mains and laterals and with the city sanitary sewer system shall be the actual cost of installation plus the meter cost, provided, however, that the tapping charges shall not be less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Where water is sold to building or construction firms from fire hydrants, a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee shall be charged for each trip by city personnel to facilitate such water connection.
(3)
All inspections of water meters after the initial inspection shall incur a reinspection fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each trip by City personnel to carry out said reinspections. Said reinspections shall take place as soon as the inspector's schedule permits, but shall not be given preference over inspections already scheduled.
(4)
All applicants for utility service shall be charged an account initiation fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
(5)
Any person responsible for discharging into an interceptor or a grease, grit, lint, oil or similar trap shall incur a one hundred dollar ($100.00) annual application/inspection fee.
(Ord. No. 220, § 4, 8-9-71; Ord. No. 220-6, § 1, 4-26-99; Ord. No. 301-2, § 1, 11-22-04; Ord. No. 220-9, § 1, 9-19-05; Ord. No. 870-4, § 1, 9-18-06)