[Ord. No. 586 §1, 11-10-1969; Ord. No. 1191 §1, 9-6-1994; Ord. No. 1632 §1, 10-23-2006]
A. 
No water service shall hereinafter be furnished to any applicant and no water meter shall be installed and connected for any applicant until each such applicant for water service shall have first paid a deposit in one (1) of the following applicable amounts:
1. 
Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for an applicant who shall reside at a dwelling unit owned by such person; or
2. 
Fifty dollars ($50.00) for an applicant who is a renter or a tenant at any rental property.
B. 
The deposit amount shall be retained by the City of Hermann to insure payment of all water bills. If service to such applicant is permanently discontinued, this deposit, less any amount still due the City of Hermann for water service, shall be refunded without interest.
C. 
Renters or property owners that have never paid a deposit and who are in good standing and shall move from one dwelling to another dwelling shall not be subject to this deposit requirement.
D. 
The Collector shall receive all deposits required hereby and shall issue a receipt for such deposit and shall apply and refund such deposit as herein provided.
[Ord. No. 586 §2, 11-10-1969; Ord. No. 1376 §1, 3-11-2002]
In the event water service is terminated because the user is delinquent, service shall not be re-connected until such user or applicant shall have first paid the water service deposit herein provided in Section 705.070 above in addition to a re-connection charge of ten dollars ($10.00), plus payment of any unpaid or delinquent water account. All such sums shall be paid in cash or by a cashier's check, certified check, or money order. No personal checks will be accepted for restoration of service after termination because of delinquency or violation by the user or customer of other rules provided in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 586 §3, 11-10-1969]
In the event any water user discontinues water service and there remains a balance due the City of Hermann for water service, the City Collector shall apply the deposit against such unpaid water account of user and the excess of the deposit sum over the unpaid account, if any, shall be refunded to the water user, subject to the provisions of Section 700.020 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 586 §4, 11-10-1969]
The water service deposit shall remain with the City of Hermann for a period of two (2) years and shall be returned after that time, without interest, to all depositors, provided that they are in good standing and are not considered a delinquent account and make application for refund to the City Collector.
[Ord. No. 748 §1, 9-25-1978; Ord. No. 1628 §1, 10-23-2006]
Application for water services shall be made in writing to the City Collector or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the owner or occupant of the property to be served and upon approval of such application, which shall be accompanied by a minimum charge of four hundred dollars ($400.00), the City shall make the line tap and install and provide the corporation stop and the meter. The person making the application must provide and install all other materials needed to provide the services required. The curb stop must be purchased from the City at the City's cost. The City reserves the right to charge and collect for installations utilizing two (2) inch or larger pipes, up to the actual costs incurred in making such installation.
[Ord. No. 1129 §§1-4, 11-24-1992; Ord. No. 1647 §1, 1-8-2007; Ord. No. 1790 §2, 6-22-2009]
A. 
There is hereby imposed upon each customer of the City of Hermann Waterworks System, an annual fee for each water service connection in the following amounts:
[Ord. No. 2342, 3-13-2023]
1. 
The annual fee per customer service connection for unmetered customers and customers with meters not greater that one (1) inch in size shall be five dollars and twenty-eight cents ($5.28).
2. 
The annual user fee for customers having meters greater than one (1) inch but less than or equal to two (2) inches in size shall be twenty-one dollars ($21.00).
3. 
The annual user fee for customers having meters greater than two (2) inches but less than or equal to four (4) inches in size shall be one hundred two dollars ($102.00).
4. 
The annual user fee for customers having meters greater than four (4) inches in size shall be one hundred ninety-eight dollars ($198.00).
B. 
Customers of the City's waterworks system served by multiple connections shall pay an annual user fee based on the above rates for each water service connection, except that no single facility served by multiple connections shall pay more than a total of seven hundred dollars ($700.00) per year.
C. 
Fees imposed pursuant to this Section and said Statute shall be payable by each customer of the City's waterworks system on or before the due date specified on the utility billing statement issued by the City of Hermann to such customer on June first (1st), or on the business day closest to said date, of each year, and if not paid by such due date, the account shall be deemed delinquent. Said annual fee shall be enumerated separately from all other charges set forth on said monthly utility billing statement. Such fees shall be State fees and shall be transferred to the Director of the Department of Revenue on or before the date provided by State law, less the portion thereof authorized by said Statute to be retained by the City as reimbursement of billing and collection expenses.
D. 
The imposition and collection of the annual fee authorized in this Section shall be suspended or shall expire, as may be applicable, pursuant to the provisions of Subsections 8 and 9 of said Section 640.100, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 555 §§1-3, 7-15-1968]
A. 
All new water installations in the City of Hermann installed after July 15, 1968, shall have a check valve installed on the water main side of the water meter of suitable size and capacity and in conformity with other building ordinances of this City.
B. 
The Water and Sewer Superintendent shall inspect each new installation to find if such valve has been installed as required.
C. 
The Water and Sewer Superintendent shall not turn on the water to the installation until the inspection has been made and the check valve installed.
[Ord. No. 993 §1, 11-10-1986; Ord. No. 1546 §3, 11-28-2005]
A. 
All water mains constructed after November 10, 1986, shall be not less than six (6) inches in diameter and shall be constructed of cast iron, ductile iron, Schedule 160 or Schedule 200 polyvinyl chloride pipe or other materials comparable in strength and durability upon approval by the Board of Aldermen. In the event the Master Water Plan for the City of Hermann, prepared in 1984, as the same may subsequently be amended or superseded, provides for a water main in excess of six (6) inches in diameter such water main shall be constructed by using the minimum diameter of pipe specified in said Master Water Plan. No water main shall be constructed within the City of Hermann except in accordance with plans and specifications approved in advance by the City of Hermann and by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
B. 
All water mains and service lines to the curb stop shall be constructed only within a public street right of way or within a public utility easement of not less than ten (10) feet in width which has been dedicated to the City of Hermann. Curb stops shall be located on the sidewalk side of the curb or future curb line.
C. 
All water main and service line extensions for which pipe, fittings, valves and other components (including fire hydrants on extensions more than two hundred (200) feet in length) not more than six (6) inches in diameter are permissible, as provided herein, shall be made at the expense of the owners of property served by such extension, assessed in proportion to the front foot of each lot or parcel served by such extension and including all such components used in the extension.
D. 
Whenever said Master Water Plan requires the installation of pipe, fittings, valves and fire hydrants or other components in excess of six (6) inches in diameter, the difference in cost between that of the pipe and other components actually used and the cost of six (6) inch diameter pipe and components shall be paid by the City of Hermann.
E. 
The owner or occupant of any lot or parcel or improvement within the City served by the City water system shall be responsible for excavating to expose the sewer main. The City or its water department or any contractor so authorized by the City shall tap the main. The City shall provide a main saddle, curb stop and curb stop box. The owner shall pay the City for these items. The owner shall be responsible for constructing all pipes, components and other fittings from the main to the serviced premises, subject to and under the supervision and inspection of the City's Water and Sewer Superintendent and in compliance with applicable City ordinances. Each such property owner or customer of the City water system shall be responsible for all repairs or expenses incurred because of such person's failure to provide a safe and protected location of the water meter and for injury to the same on account of freezing or other hazard.
F. 
After completion of construction of any such water main or service line extension and after acceptance thereof by the City of Hermann, the City of Hermann will maintain and assume responsibility for all fire hydrants and for all main and service lines to and including the curb stop. The property owner shall be responsible for maintenance of the service line and appurtenances from the curb stop to the premises served.