CHAPTER 31.
| § 1. |
Application for service; deposits; making connections and installing
meters; temporary connections. |
| § 2. |
Rates. |
| § 3. |
Charge when meter fails to register. |
| § 4. |
When bills payable. |
| § 5. |
Cutting off service for nonpayment of bills. |
| § 6. |
Charge for connecting after water cut off for nonpayment. |
| § 7. |
Consumers outside city; connecting charge; contract. |
| § 8. |
Unauthorized persons turning on and off water, etc. |
| § 9. |
Steam boilers taking water directly from service pipe. |
| § 10. |
Classification of premises; separate connections for each consumer. |
| § 11. |
Obstruction of meters. |
| § 12. |
Taps on raw water line. |
| § 13. |
Wrongful connections. |
| § 14. |
Fraudulent use. |
| § 15. |
Defacing or injuring waterworks; obstructing fixtures; wasting
water, etc. |
| § 16. |
Access to premises supplied with water. |
| § 17. |
Pipe lines laid by property owners. |
| § 18. |
Penalty. |
Sec. 1. Application for service; deposits; making connections
and installing meters; temporary
connections.
Whenever any person, owning or leasing property along the
line of any water main, shall desire the introduction of water into
his premises, he shall make written application therefor to the director
of finance on forms prescribed by him and approved by the
city manager, which shall set forth the name of the applicant, the
location and description of the property into which the water is
to be introduced and the purpose for which the water is to be used.
For domestic consumers such application shall be accompanied by
a deposit of three dollars, if the water is furnished within the city
limits and five dollars if the water is furnished outside the city
limits. For commercial consumers the deposit shall be based upon
the estimated consumption but shall not exceed twenty-five dollars.
The city manager shall thereupon cause to be constructed, at the
expense of the city, a service pipe leading from the said water
main to the curb and install a water meter thereon unless the connection
has been previously made. There shall be a charge of ten
dollars payable in advance for all temporary connections. (Code
1932, § 336; Ords. Oct. 16, 1933, Sept. 4, 1934, Apr. 5, 1937, Feb.
21, 1944.)
Sec. 2. Rates.
Water rates shall be as follows:
| Domestic Rates. |
per 1000
cu. ft. |
| Minimum charge per month or fractional part thereof |
$1.00 |
| First 1,000 cu. ft. |
2.62½ |
| Next 1,000 cu. ft. to 2,000 cu. ft. |
2.25 |
| Next 1,000 cu. ft. to 3,000 cu. ft. |
1.50 |
| Next 1,000 cu. ft. to 4,000 cu. ft. |
1.12½ |
| Next 6,000 cu. ft. to 10,000 cu. ft. |
.90 |
| Next 20,000 cu. ft. to 30,000 cu. ft. |
.82½ |
| All over 30,000 cu. ft. |
.60 |
| Factory Rates. |
per 1000
cu. ft. |
| Minimum charge per month or fractional part thereof |
$1.00 |
| First 1,000 cu. ft. |
2.62½ |
| Next 1,000 cu. ft. to 2,000 cu. ft. |
2.25 |
| Next 1,000 cu. ft. to 3,000 cu. ft. |
1.50 |
| Next 1,000 cu. ft. to 4,000 cu. ft. |
1.12½ |
| Next 6,000 cu. ft. to 10,000 cu. ft. |
.90 |
| Next 20,000 cu. ft. to 30,000 cu. ft. |
.82½ |
| All over 30,000 cu. ft. |
.60 |
Consumers outside city.
The rates for consumers outside of the corporate limits shall be
one hundred per cent in addition to the above-named rates.
Special contracts.
This section shall not apply to special contracts for the consumption
of water which have been authorized by the council. (Code
1932, § 344; Ords. Oct. 16, 1933, Jan. 3, 1939, Sept. 2, 1941, Feb.
21, 1944.)
Sec. 3. Charge when meter fails to register.
If any water meter shall fail to register, the charge shall be the
average reading for the three preceding months. (Id.)
Sec. 4. When bills payable.
All water accounts shall be due and payable monthly on or before
the fifteenth day after a statement is rendered. (Id.)
Sec. 5. Cutting off service for nonpayment of bills.
The director of finance shall have the right to disconnect and
cease furnishing water to any consumer who is delinquent in the
payment of his or her account after the fifteenth day subsequent
to the rendering of a statement. (Id.)
Sec. 6. Charge for connecting after water cut off for
nonpayment.
For turning water on again after it has been cut off for nonpayment
of bill, there shall be a charge of one dollar payable in
advance. (Code 1932, § 336; Ords. Oct. 16, 1933, Sept. 4, 1934,
April 5, 1937, Feb. 21, 1944.)
Sec. 7. Consumers outside city; connecting charge; contract.
No city water shall be furnished to any person outside of the
city limits other than those now being supplied, unless the same
shall be authorized by the council.
Each new consumer outside the corporate limits shall pay a connection
charge of one hundred dollars in advance and shall execute
such water contract as may be required by the city manager.
(Code 1932, §§ 344, 348; Ords. Oct. 16, 1933, Jan. 3, 1939, Sept.
2, 1941, Feb. 21, 1944.)
Sec. 8. Unauthorized persons turning on and off water,
etc.
No person shall turn off or cause to be turned off or on the city
water at the curb stopcock box, or meter box; or remove or replace
a water meter or make any connection connecting the city water
with the house service after a meter has been removed; or make
any connection around a meter or otherwise change any portion of
the city's water system; other than a regular licensed plumber or
his authorized agent acting under authority of the plumbing code,
or one of the city's authorized personnel while acting in his official
capacity.
Any person violating any provision of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be
fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars. (Code 1932, § 341.)
Sec. 9. Steam boilers taking water directly from service
pipe.
Steam boilers, taking a supply of water directly from the service
pipe, depending upon the hydraulic or hydrostatic pressure in
the pipe system in the waterworks for supplying such boilers under
pressure, are required to have tanks erected that will contain an
ample supply of water for supplying such boilers for at least ten
hours, in case the water is cut off for necessary repairs or extensions,
and the city shall not be responsible for any accidents or
damages resulting from such necessary discontinuance of water
supply. (Id., § 343.)
Sec. 10. Classification of premises; separate connections
for each consumer.
For the purpose of supplying city water, each premises shall
be placed in one or more of the following classes:
First. A building under one roof and occupied as one residence,
business or manufacture.
Second. A combination of buildings in one common inclosure
and occupied by one family, business or manufacture.
Third. Every division of a double or tenement house having a
partition wall and using separate hall or entrance.
Fourth. A building of one or more apartments using in common
one hall or entrance.
Fifth. A building of one or more apartments or offices or both,
using in common one hall or entrance.
Sixth. A vacant lot or tract of land.
The owner of premises within each such class shall constitute
a water consumer for which a minimum charge will be made.
One connection and one meter will be allowed for one consumer
as described above and only one water consumer can be supplied
through one connection or meter. (Id., § 345.)
Sec. 11. Obstruction of meters.
No person shall in any manner obstruct the free access to any
water meter. Any person violating this section shall be punished
by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars for
each offense. (Id., § 347.)
Sec. 12. Taps on raw water line.
No taps shall be made on the raw water line for consumers.
(Id., § 348.)
Sec. 13. Wrongful connections.
Any person who shall introduce, from the city waterworks,
water upon any premises except as provided in this chapter shall
be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars. (Id., § 338.)
Sec. 14. Fraudulent use.
Any occupant of premises, upon which water has been introduced,
who shall permit water to be used, taken or received by
any person other than the said occupant or members or visitors
of his family, except as provided in this chapter, shall be fined
five dollars for each offense, and the person so using, carrying or
receiving the water from said premises shall be fined a like sum;
provided, that this shall not be construed so as to prevent any
person who has contracted for water on his own premises and
whose fixtures are out of order, from obtaining water from some
other person, with the consent of the person occupying said premises.
(Id., § 339.)
Sec. 15. Defacing or injuring waterworks; obstructing
fixtures; wasting water, etc.
No person shall deface or injure any fixtures connected with or
pertaining to the waterworks, or place any building material, rubbish
or other matter upon the stopcock of any street main or service
pipe, obstruct access to any fixture connected with the waterworks,
or open any pipe, fire hydrant, or cock, so as to waste
water, nor shall any person use city water for a purpose for which
he has neither paid nor obtained a license. Any person who shall
violate this section shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. (Id.,
§ 342; Ord. July 3, 1933.)
Sec. 16. Access to premises supplied with water.
Every person occupying any lot or tenement into which water
is conveyed under this chapter shall permit any authorized agent
of the city to enter such lot or tenement, at reasonable hours, to
inspect the works therein or to see if the provisions of the law
have been violated. Any person refusing to do so shall, for each
refusal, pay a fine of five dollars. (Code 1932, § 340.)
Sec. 17. Pipe lines laid by property owners.
Before the city furnishes water through pipe lines laid by property
owners, said private lines including the size, location and construction
must have been inspected and approved by the city manager,
or his authorized representative. Whenever the city furnishes
water through any privately laid pipe lines, the city shall
maintain such lines so long as it furnishes water through them.
In consideration of such maintenance, the city shall have the right
to connect with and furnish water to such additional consumers
through said lines as the city may determine, without any charge
being made by the owners of the lines to the city or to the owners
of any property connected therewith. (Id., § 346.)
Sec. 18. Penalty.
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the
foregoing rules or regulations of this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five
dollars for each offense unless otherwise expressly provided. Id.,
§ 349.)
