[CC 1977 §67.010; Ord. No. A-264, 10-14-1996; Ord. No.
A-308, 5-17-1999; Ord. No. A-334 §1, 1-12-2004; Ord. No. A-401 §1, 1-11-2010; Ord. No. A-410 §1, 8-9-2010; Ord.
No. A-539, 5-16-2019; Ord. No. A-613, 5-17-2022]
Charges for monthly water service to residential and commercial
customers shall be in accordance with the following:
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Residential Rates:
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$18.60
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0 — 1,000 gallons
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$2.63
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per 1,000 gallons thereafter
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Plus all applicable sales tax
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Commercial Rates:
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$18.60
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0 — 1,000 gallons
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$ 2.63
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per 1,000 gallons thereafter
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Plus all applicable sales tax
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Charges for monthly water service to rural (outside the City
limits) residential and commercial customers shall be in accordance
with the following:
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Residential Rates:
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$19.33
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0 — 1,000 gallons
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$3.72
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per 1,000 gallons thereafter
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Plus all applicable sales tax
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Commercial Rates:
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$19.33
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0 — 1,000 gallons
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$3.72
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per 1,000 gallons thereafter
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Plus all applicable sales tax
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[CC 1977 §67.020]
Any person, corporation or organization outside the City limits
of the City of Lockwood, Missouri, who receives the services made
available by the Waterworks of the City of Lockwood, Missouri, shall
pay one and one-half (1.5) times the charges and be subject to the
same regulations as the citizens of Lockwood, Missouri.
[CC 1977 §67.030]
All water services shall be furnished upon a metered basis,
and a separate meter shall be installed for each dwelling, business
establishment or property served with water except house trailers
and/or single dwelling apartment houses on the same property may receive
water service providing the monthly minimum charge for each trailer,
dwelling or business is paid by the owner of the property.
[CC 1977 §67.050]
All meters shall be read and bills rendered monthly as services
accrue. All bills shall be due and payable from and after the date
such bills are rendered, at the office of the City Clerk or other
place designated by the Board of Aldermen, during the regular hours
of business.
[CC 1977 §67.060]
If any bill for water service shall be and remain due and unpaid
after the fifteenth (15th) day of the following of the rendition thereof,
an additional charge of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be added thereto.
[Ord. No. A-415 §1, 10-11-2010]
If any bill for water service shall be and remain past due and
unpaid as long as twenty-five (25) days, service to such customer
shall be disconnected and shall not be reconnected until all past
due bills are paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) cash during normal business hours or
fifty dollars ($50.00) cash after normal hours. The Superintendent
of the Water Company shall be notified of such delinquency and shall
proceed immediately to disconnect the water service of the customer
so in arrears.
[CC 1977 §67.080]
Application for water service to premises never before connected
with the City's Water System shall be made to the City Clerk or the
other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the owner or the
occupant of the property to be served, and on payment of the two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00) with such application water service shall
be rendered by the City provided there is a water main readily accessible
to the property. Said fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall
be known as a tapping fee and is to reimburse the Waterworks System
in part for the cost of material and labor used in making the service
connection from the water main to the property line.
[CC 1977 §67.090]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper
with any water main, or change any water meter, or to make any connection
to the Waterworks System without written permission from the City,
or to reconnect service when it has been disconnected for non-payment
of a bill for service, until such bill has been paid in full, including
the cut-off and reconnection fees. Upon conviction, there shall be
a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00).