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14.13 - 1 CHAPTER 14.13 CHARGES SECTION: 14.13.010: New Service Connection Charges 14.13.020: Basis of User Rates 14.13.030: Residential Water Rates - Inside the City Limits 14.13.040: Residential Water Rates - Outside the City Limits 14.13.050: Multi-Family, Commercial and Industrial Water Rates 14.13.080: Street Department - Fire Districts 14.13.090: Miscellaneous Water Rates 14.13.100: Indexing Fees and Charges 14.13.010: New Service Connection Charges: Applicants will be required to provide the trenching and backfill for water services. For 3” or larger services, the applicant will be required to supply and set meter vault assemblies. All work for water services shall be per City standards. The applicant will be responsible for backfilling trenches within forty-eight (48) hours after service lines have been installed. Prior to installation of service lines by the Water Department, the developer shall be required to schedule the work with the Director of Public Works or his/her authorized representative. The following amounts for labor, overhead, and materials shall be full payment for original installation and maintenance for property within the City limits: SIZE OF PIPE SERVICE CHARGE FRONTAGE CHARGE $/LIN FT AREA CHARGE $/SQ FT ¾” $ 600.00 $9.00 $0.015 1” 700.00 9.00 0.015 1½” 1,600.00 9.00 0.015 2” 1,900.00 9.00 0.015 3” 5,400.00 9.00 0.015 4” 7,100.00 9.00 0.015 6” 8,800.00 9.00 0.015 For new service lines located outside the City limits, the following amounts for labor, overhead, and materials shall be full payment for original installation and maintenance: SIZE OF PIPE SERVICE CHARGE FRONTAGE CHARGE $/LIN FT AREA CHARGE $/SQ FT ¾” $ 800.00 $9.00 $0.015 ---PAGE BREAK--- 14.13 - 2 1” 900.00 9.00 0.015 1½” 1,800.00 9.00 0.015 2” 2,100.00 9.00 0.015 3” 5,600.00 9.00 0.015 4” 7,300.00 9.00 0.015 6” 9,000.00 9.00 0.015 All charges set forth in this Section shall be paid in accordance with Chapter 14.03 of this Title. Maximum charges for a single-family residence shall be a one hundred feet (100') front foot charge and twenty thousand (20,000) square feet area charge. This single-family residence limit shall only apply if the service installed is one inch in size or less. This limit of charge shall apply only to that area of the applicant's property set forth by the limit and further development of his property will require payment of additional frontage and area charges in accordance with Chapter 14.03 Commercial establishments shall pay an area charge for the gross square footage associated with the property which has not been dedicated to the public. Frontage shall be the lineal foot of property running parallel to the water main or mains which will service the property. (Ord. 5628 Sec. 1, 2015: Ord. 5465 Sec. 1, 2012: Ord. 3619 Sec. 4, 1995: Ord. 2888 Sec. 2 (part), 1985: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980: Ord. 1870 Sec. 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 1793 Sec. 3, 1974: Ord. 1650 Sec. 1, 1972: Ord. 1537 Sec 1 (part), 1972; Ord 843 Sec. 8, 1955) 14.13.020: Basis of User Rates: All rate schedules are based on service to one customer at one point for each class of service, and will not apply for purposes of resale. Each individual house or each building shall have an independent meter. Duplexes may be served by one three-fourths inch meter as provided in Section 14.12.120. A "household" is defined as a family unit wherein are carried on the usual family functions of living, sleeping and preparation of meals. Where existing meters are servicing two or more houses or buildings, the commercial user rate shall apply; combined meter service shall be eliminated whenever practical and no new combined meter service shall be allowed. A building housing two or more families or households shall be considered an apartment house, and the water may be served through one meter under the commercial rate or may be served under the residential rate with a meter for each separate apartment, family or household. If a separate meter is set for irrigation for the entire premises, consumption shall be at residential rates. A dwelling designed and built for a single-family residence shall be classed as residential if the rooms have not been altered to provide for the functions of more than one household, and separate households are maintained. It is the intent of this rule that a dwelling is not to be classed as commercial if one or more rooms are rented to a person or persons who may sleep, but not prepare meals in the rooms. A private boarding house may be served under the residential rates; provided the proprietor of the house lives in the house and those who take meals at his house are regular boarders or roomers; and provided that the house does not maintain two or more households. (Ord. 2888 Sec. 2 (part), 1985: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980: Ord. 843 Sec. 4, 1955) ---PAGE BREAK--- 14.13 - 3 14.13.030: Residential Water Rates - Inside the City Limits: This schedule applies to all residences and individual apartment houses within the City limits where service is furnished through a separate meter for each such individual apartment: Effective January 1, 2017, the service fee for a billing period will be $21.19 plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. Effective January 1, 2018, the service fee for a billing period will be increased by an additional 3.15%, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. Effective January 1, 2017, all water use during the billing period will be charged at $1.204 per 100 cubic feet of water metered, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. Effective January 1, 2018, the charge for water use during the billing period will be increased by an additional 3.15%, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. (Ord. 5677 Sec. 1, 2016: Ord. 3619 Sec. 5, 1995: Ord. 3121 Sec. 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 3084 Sec. 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 2973 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: Ord. 2910 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: Ord. 2888 Sec. 3 (part), 1985: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.13.040: Residential Water Rates - Outside the City Limits: This schedule applies to all residences, and the individual apartments in apartment houses outside the City limits where service is furnished through a separate meter for each such individual apartment: Effective January 1, 2017, the service fee for a billing period will be $46.61, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. Effective January 1, 2018, the service fee for a billing period will be increased by an additional 3.15%, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. Effective January 1, 2017, all water use during the billing period will be charged at $2.648 per 100 cubic feet of water metered, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. Effective January 1, 2018, the charge for water use during the billing period will be increased by an additional 3.15%, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. (Ord. 5677 Sec. 2, 2016: Ord. 3619 Sec. 6, 1995: Ord. 3121 Sec. 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 3084 Sec. 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 2973 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: Ord. 2910 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: Ord. 2888 Sec. 3 (part), 1985: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.13.050: Multi-family, Commercial and Industrial Water Rates: Effective January 1, 2017, the following schedule plus $1.204 per 100 cubic feet of water, plus any modification to these rates authorized under Section 14.13.100, applies to all nonresidential water users within the City limits: METER SIZE RATE FOR 2 MOS. ¾" $ 40.96 1" 61.26 1½" 108.95 2" 143.13 3" 218.05 4" 320.24 6" 483.80 Effective January 1, 2018, rates authorized under this section shall be increased by an additional 3.15%, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. ---PAGE BREAK--- 14.13 - 4 Effective January 1, 2017, the following schedule, plus $2.648 per 100 cubic feet of water, plus any modification to these rates authorized under Section 14.13.100, applies to all nonresidential water users outside the City limits: METER SIZE RATE FOR 2 MOS. ¾" $ 90.11 1" 134.78 1½" 239.68 2" 314.89 3" 479.71 4" 704.52 6" 1,064.37 Effective January 1, 2018, rates authorized under this section shall be increased by an additional 3.15%, plus any modification authorized under Section 14.13.100. (Ord. 5677 Sec. 3, 2016: Ord. 3619 Sec. 7, 1995: Ord. 3121 Sec. 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 3084 Sec. 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 2973 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: Ord. 2910 Sec. 1 (part), 1985: 2888 Sec. 3 (part), 1985: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.13.080: Street Department - Fire Districts: Charges for the street department and fire districts shall be as follows: At cost. (Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980: Ord. 1465 Sec. 5, 1969) 14.13.090: Miscellaneous Water Rates: Water shall be available from the City to miscellaneous water users by two alternate methods. Bulk or Hauled Water Rates: Water shall be available at such points as determined by the City for loading tank trucks or other such conveyances. This water shall be sold based on the current per one hundred (100) cubic feet rate for inside City residential. Hydrant Meter: Water from the City may be delivered on a temporary basis to a customer through a hydrant meter furnished by the City. Any individual desiring such service shall apply for the meter stating the proposed location of use and period of use. Upon receipt of a four hundred dollar ($400.00) deposit on the meter, a meter reading will be taken, condition of meter noted, and contractor will be advised that he is to report the location of hydrant meter and, if required by the Director, report the readings at regular intervals. The meter may be removed daily by the applicant for safekeeping, but on the last day of use, the meter shall be returned to the Water Department. Upon reading and inspection of the meter, restitution of any damages, and payment of the billing, deposit will be returned to the applicant. The hydrant meter rate shall consist of the following elements: New account service charge equals seventy dollars ($70.00). (Not dependent on use). Hydrant use rate shall be the current per one hundred (100) cubic feet rate for inside City residential. Customer Requested Water Service Shut-Off: When water service to a customer is turned off by the City at the request of the customer, a charge of eighty-five dollars ($85.00) shall be assessed. Meter Box Adjustment: A charge of one hundred and five dollars ($105.00) shall apply when a customer requests the City to adjust a meter box at its current location. This charge will not apply to the first request that is made for an adjustment, or if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City to make the requested adjustment at no charge by the Director of Public Works, or his or her designee. ---PAGE BREAK--- 14.13 - 5 Meter Box Relocation: A charge of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall apply when a customer requests the City to relocate a meter box from its current location to a new location, unless it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City to complete the requested relocation at no charge by the Director of Public Works, or his or her designee. (Ord. 5465 Sec. 2, 2012: Ord. 2888 Sec. 3 (part), 1985: Ord. 2817 Sec. 1, 1983: Ord. 2481 Sec. 2 (part), 1980) 14.13.100: Indexing Fees and Charges: The fees and charges for water services set out in Sections 14.13.010, 14.13.030, 14.13.040, 14.13.050, and 14.13.090 shall be indexed annually by the Treasurer to reflect one hundred percent (100%) of any change from the Consumer Price Index (U.S. Cities - Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers - CPI-W) for October, or other comparable index if not published. The Treasurer shall adjust the fees and publish them each December to take effect on all goods and services delivered or contracted after the beginning of each year and all utility bills mailed after the first of each year. In no event shall the cumulative change in rates be less than zero percent nor more than four percent per year, nor may the change in any given year be less than zero percent nor more than four percent Unit prices for fees and charges set out in Sections 14.13.030, 14.13.040 and 14.13.050 shall be to the nearest one-tenth cent (1/10¢) and all other charges to the nearest cent. Fees and charges set out in Sections 14.13.010 and 14.13.090 will only be adjusted in increments of five dollars ($5.00) and will not be adjusted until such time that the cumulative annual increase based on annual changes to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is at least five dollars (Ord. 5465 Sec. 3, 2012: Ord. 4078 Sec. 1, 2002: Ord. 3619 Sec. 15, 1995)