§ 13.04.030. Conditions of service.

The following statements are set forth to govern the conditions under which water is to be furnished by the city to consumers:

A.

Service Connections.

1.

Before water shall be supplied to any premises, or property, application by the consumer shall be made in writing to the finance department for the proper service and stating the official building number and street to be served and any other information that is required.

2.

Before a building permit and/or a certificate of occupancy is issued for a building or structure requiring a water service connection, the applicant shall pay any and all connection fees, charges, impact fees, and/or other fees or charges as required.

3.

A service connection shall be made at the nearest distribution main by the water division only after all the charges or fees herein provided have been paid.

4.

Minimum size of pipes used for water service connections shall be one inch. City may continue to maintain existing three-fourths-inch size connections.

5.

When a water meter is required, the size of the meter to be installed shall be determined by the department.

Number of Units	Minimum Meter Size
1 to 3	1 inch
3 to 7	1½ inch
8 to 15	2 inch

 

6.

The consumer at his own expense, shall install all fixed work as required by the department.

7.

The materials furnished by the consumer in construction of the fixed work downstream of the meter, shall at all times be and remain the sole property of the consumer and when necessary, shall be maintained and repaired by the consumer at his own expense.

8.

If and when, in the opinion of the city engineer, the safety and protection of the water system requires the installation of a backflow prevention device and/or any other safety measure, the consumer shall install such devices at his expense within thirty days of notification by the city. If such devices are not installed, city may terminate service to the property or premises following the city's process and procedures established for termination of service.

9.

Before a service connection is made to a special water line, a permit therefore must be secured from the department. The department may issue a permit to make such a service connection if unit costs have been determined by a prior agreement.

B.

Water Charges.

1.

Prorating of Charges for Water. There shall be no prorating of charges for water except for new services or closing an old account which shall be prorated as follows: A charge of one-half month for services after the fifteenth of the month, otherwise a full months' charge shall be made. The full rate shall be charged against any and all property or premises so long as herein specified, until the finance department has been notified by the owner or consumer to shut off the water therefrom.

2.

Vacant Dwellings. For each dwelling unit in which service charges are being assessed, if said premises becomes vacant, the service charge shall continue to be charged until the finance department has been notified by the owner or consumer to shut off the water.

C.

Multiple Hook-Up. Property owners who have more than one unit on one connection otherwise known as multiple hook-ups, shall be required to comply with one of the following conditions:

1.

Monthly bill for water service charges for all units involved shall be guaranteed in writing by the property owner and the charges may be added to his personal bill in the event they are not paid.

2.

Owner shall agree in writing to pay for the installation of separate connections for each unit, including the regular connection fee as established in this chapter.

D.

Restoration of Service. No person, other than an authorized city employee, shall tap, open or connect to, or cause, permit or allow to be turned on, in any way, any water after the same has been turned off by the water division. After all service charges and deposits are paid to the finance department, the water division shall, upon notification from the finance department, restore the services. Any person who shall cause or allow any connection or flexible coupling to be extended from one property with water service to another where water service has been terminated by the finance department, either for nonpayment of delinquent water bills or for any other reason, shall immediately become jointly and severally liable with the water consumer for the unpaid utility charges on the property or premises. Such person shall either immediately pay the charges or see that they are paid or his services shall be subject to termination.

E.

Subdivisions.

1.

Consumers of water during the construction of a building or subdivision in the city, shall file an application for water service with the finance department, and pay such charges for water as set forth in this chapter. Charges shall be in effect until need for water for construction purposes is no longer required. Water division shall shut off water to individual houses until occupied when ordered closed by order of contractor or owner. (See Section 13.04.072 D.)

2.

The subdivider shall install at his own expense, a potable water system that must extend to the far edge of the property for future development and pay all applicable fees, charges, or impact fees as prescribed by this chapter, the subdivision standards, ordinances, and/or resolutions of the city.

3.

Subdividers who are required to install a water main within a subdivision larger than the minimum eight-inch line, shall be allowed construction credits at a lineal foot cost amounting to the difference in cost between the size of line installed and a twelve inch line for water mains and appurtenances where such mains are required to serve existent or future property owners, outside of such subdivision.

4.

Subdividers of residential or commercial developments who are able to connect to existing water mains in the public right-of-way which have been provided by the city without direct expense to the property owner or developer, shall pay any and all fees, charges, impact fees or any other fees or charges as required.

5.

In addition to any other fees or charges required in this chapter, subdividers who are able to connect to existing water mains in the public right-of-way which have been provided by consumers who were required to install a special water line without direct expense to the property owners or developers who are otherwise benefitted, shall pay a charge which has been set forth in prior reimbursement agreements, the cost equal to the benefits to be received by the property owner or developer which is to be determined by the city engineer.

6.

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the city council from entering into a contract of the payment of such charges and fees, whereby such charges or fees may be secured by lien and whereby payment thereof is deferred.

(Ord. 1046 § 1 (Exh. A(part)), 2000).