Item 07 - Sewer System Management Plan 2025 Update

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are rendered necessary by the act, omission, or negligence of the customer or of any person occupying the premises with the consent of the customer, any expense incurred by the city shall be charged against and collected from the customer. If the customer fails to pay such fees, the water may be shut off until such fees are paid. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 5, 8-1-17) Sec. 39-19. Water rates, service charges, fees and costs. (a) Water commodity consumption and service charges. (1) Commodity charges. Quantitative consumption rates shall be charged in the amount which the city council shall establish by resolution and in accordance with applicable law. (2) easicservice charges. Charges shall be made for services rendered to provide and maintain a potable water supply and to provide standby readiness in the amounts established by and for the purposes described in the resolution adopted by the city council and in accordance with applicable law. (3) Multi family per unit charge. Basic service charges shall be applied to developments that meet the definition of multi -family dwelling/accommodation where the individual units are not individually metered by the city. (4) Private fire service protection charge (fire line charge). A charge shall be made for the service rendered to provide readiness to deliver relatively large quantities of water for short periods of time for on -site private fire protection and suppression systems in the amounts established by and for the purposes described in the resolution adopted by the city council and in accordance with applicable law. (b) Fees to establish water service. All applicants, prior to connecting to a water main or prior to an increase in size of an existing water meter or service, shall apply and obtain a permit to do so and pay the following fees in amounts as established by resolution of the city council. (1) New water service application fee — see section 39-17. (2) Water meter cost and installation fee — see section 39-17. (c) City is authorized to charge/levy the following administrative and other fees and deposits in an amount established by resolution of the city council: (1) Meter turn on or meter turn off fee during weekdays for new water turn on services and delinquent accounts — see section 39-20(e). (2) Afterhours turn on or turn off fee during afterhours and holidays for new water turn on services and delinquent accounts when requested by customer — see section 39-20(e). (3) Special investigation/meter reread fee when requested by customer or when meter was inaccessible at the time the routine meter read was attempted by the city — see section 39-20(c). (4) Meter removal fee or meter resetting fee (to re -install meter when meter was removed for non- payment or for violation of this Code) — see section 39-20(e). (5) Meter test fee (when requested by customer) — see section 39-21(a). (6) Temporary construction meter deposit — see section 39-24. (7) Temporary construction meter daily rental fee — see section 39-24. (8) Field collection fee — see section 39-20(j). (9) Return payment service fee — see section 39-20(m). (10) Fire flow test application fee — see section 39-28. (Supp. No. 30) Created: 2025-01-29 11:22:13 [EST] Page 7 of 54