§ 28-186. Deposits—Schedule; exemptions.

The city, through its appropriate department, shall collect a deposit from any person securing water services with the city water system which shall include new services as well as turn-ons of old connections. This deposit shall be in addition to any other deposit paid to the city. Political subdivisions and religious organizations are exempted from the payment of such water meter deposit providing their service has not been disconnected due to nonpayment. The schedule of deposits as provided herein shall be as follows:

(a)

For residential utility accounts:

Water Meter Size
In City Accounts First Unit	5/8 ″	¾″	1″	1½″	2″	Each Additional Unit
Main house meter	$40.00	$45.00	$80.00	$150.00	$210.00	$32.00
Sprinkler meter	70.00	85.00	140.00	300.00	775.00	N/A
Sanitary sewer service	70.00	75.00	120.00	205.00	260.00	55.00

 

Water Meter Size
Out of City Accounts First Unit	5/8 ″	¾″	1″	1½″	2″	Each Additional Unit
Main house meter	$50.00	$55.00	$100.00	$190.00	$260.00	$ 40.00
Sprinkler meter	85.00	105.00	170.00	370.00	970.00	N/A
Sanitary sewer service	85.00	90.00	150.00	255.00	325.00	65.00

 

(b)

Special residential deposits. When a customer fails to pay in a timely fashion resulting in termination of services due to nonpayment, a new deposit at the current deposit rate shall be paid. For every termination of service for nonpayment thereafter, an additional special deposit of ten dollars ($10.00) per account and service prior to the re-establishment of a terminated account shall be paid. However, a special deposit shall never exceed an amount of approximately three (3) months of averaged billings for service. This special deposit may be reduced, after six (6) consecutive months of timely payments, to a deposit as provided in section (a) above upon request of the customer, or the deposit may be applied as a payment to the city or refunded in accordance with section 28-187 of this Code. Timely payment shall mean payments to accounts by or prior to the due date of the utility bill but in no event later than twenty-five (25) days from the date billed. For purposes of this definition, payments will be considered timely if a partial payment approximating an average bill for the account is made when a portion of a bill is in dispute due to an unusual billing or payment circumstance as approved by authorized utility billing personnel.

(c)

Commercial and all other nonresidential deposits. The deposit for each account established and for each service rendered shall be based upon estimated total charges for a period of three (3) months as determined by utility billing personnel. Utility billing personnel shall base the deposit on data available from previous users of the premises being served, comparable uses to the proposed use and other factors available to them to determine a deposit that is fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory.

(Code 1953, § 45-9; Ord. No. C-77-92, § 1, 7-19-77; Ord. No. C-78-74, § 1, 6-27-78; Ord. No. C-79-96, § 2, 1-8-80; Ord. No. C-82-129, § 1, 12-21-82; Ord. No. C-97-9, § 7, 3-18-97; Ord. No. C-05-19, § 8, 9-7-05 )