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Editor's Note — At the City's direction we deleted former Sections 700.010, Water Rates, and 700.020, Water Rates for Customers Outside City Limits, in their entirety. Water rates can be found in Section 715.020, Rate Structure, enacted by Ord. No. 943, adopted June 8, 2009. Former Sections 700.010 — 700.020 derived from CC 1984 §§24.080 — 24.085; Ord. No. 582 §1, 4-8-1991; Ord. No. 649 §1, 1-8-1996; Ord. No. 708 §1, 7-12-1999; Ord. No. 709 §1, 7-12-1999; Ord. No. 744 §1, 7-10-2000; Ord. No. 746 §1, 7-10-2000; Ord. No. 841 §1, 12-13-2005; Ord. No. 842 §1, 12-13-2005; Ord. No. 884 §1, 1-8-2007; Ord. No. 885 §1, 1-8-2007. Former Section 700.030, Additional Charge for Water Meters, as adopted and amended by CC 1984 §24.100; Ord. No. 288 §1, 7-11-1966, was repealed 3-10-2014 by Ord. No. 1069 §3. Section 4 of this ordinance provided an effective date of 5-1-2014. These sections have been reserved for the City's future use.
[Ord. No. 899 §§1 —
4, 6-11-2007; Ord. No. 1326, 7-13-2020; Ord. No. 1368, 6-14-2021; Ord.
No. 1404, 6-13-2022; Ord. No. 1441, 6-12-2023]
Each user connected to the water system of the City of New Haven
shall pay the minimum charge per month as based on Meter Maintenance
Charges by Multiplier with a Minimum Charge Divider of two and one-half
(2.5) as follows:
|
Meter Size
|
Multiplier
|
Minimum Charge
|
Multiplier Charge/Meter
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
5/8" x 3/4"
|
0
|
$11.87
|
$0.00
|
|
1"
|
1.5
|
$11.87
|
$7.12
|
|
1.5"
|
4
|
$11.87
|
$18.99
|
|
2"
|
9
|
$11.87
|
$42.73
|
|
3"
|
21.5
|
$11.87
|
$102.08
|
|
4"
|
49
|
$11.87
|
$232.65
|
[CC 1984 §24.110; Ord. No. 758 §1(24.110), 4-9-2001]
No water service shall hereinafter be furnished 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 of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the City of New Haven, Missouri,
which sum shall be retained by City of New Haven or its successor
to insure payment of all water bills and in the event service to applicant
is permanently discontinued, this deposit less any amount still due
the City of New Haven or its successor shall be refunded without interest.
Exception: Renter or property owners that have never paid a deposit
and that are in good standing and shall move from one dwelling to
another dwelling shall not be subject to deposit.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 891 §1, adopted February
12, 2007, repealed section 700.050 "additional charges — capital
improvements" in its entirety. Former section 700.050 derived from
CC 1984 §24.120; ord. no. 724 §1(24.120), 12-13-1999.
[CC 1984 §24.120.1; Ord. No. 419 §2, 6-13-1977]
In the event water service is terminated because the user is delinquent, service shall not be reconnected until such user or applicant shall have first paid the deposit herein provided in Section 700.040 in addition to a reconnection charge or fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) plus payment of unpaid or delinquent water account.
[CC 1984 §24.130.1; Ord. No. 419 §3, 6-13-1977]
In the event a water user discontinues water service and there
remains a balance due the City of New Haven or its successor for water
service, the said City of New Haven or its successor shall apply the
deposit against such unpaid water account of users and the excess
of the deposit sum over unpaid account, if any, shall be refunded
to the water user.
[CC 1984 §24.140; Ord. No. 419 §4, 6-13-1977]
The deposit shall remain with the City of New Haven or its successor
for a period of at least two (2) years and may be returned after that
time, without interest, to any depositor, providing that they are
in good standing and are not considered a delinquent account and make
application for the refund to City of New Haven or its successor.
[CC 1984 §24.150; Ord. No. 419 §5, 6-13-1977; Ord. No. 546 §1, 4-11-1988]
All accounts shall be considered delinquent as of the twentieth
(20th) day of the month immediately following the billing, unless
the twentieth (20th) day falls upon a Sunday or legal holiday observed
by the said City of New Haven or its successor, then the account shall
become delinquent after the next following business day of said City
of New Haven or its successor.
[CC 1984 §24.160; Ord. No. 419 §6, 6-13-1977; Ord. No. 546 §1, 4-11-1988]
Every person who has promptly paid his/her bill by the twentieth
(20th) day of each month or has not been delinquent for more than
three (3) consecutive billing periods or has not had service terminated
because of delinquent payment during the period of two (2) years prior
to application for refund.
[CC 1984 §24.170; Ord. No. 419 §7, 6-13-1977]
All delinquent accounts will pay a penalty of ten percent (10%)
on the total amount of the delinquent bill and if not paid, penalty
will be added on the following billing. If bill and penalty are not
paid by the thirtieth (30th) of the month after billing, the Collector
shall notify the Board of Aldermen that the account of a user is delinquent.
[CC 1984 §24.180; Ord. No. 419 §8, 6-13-1977]
The Collector of the City of New Haven or its successor shall
receive all deposits required hereby and shall issue a receipt for
such deposit and shall apply and refund such deposit as herein provided.
[CC 1984 §24.190; Ord. No. 415 §1, 1-11-1977]
The City Collector shall within five (5) days of noting a delinquent
account send notice to the customer of the delinquency and if the
statement is not paid in full by the thirtieth (30th) of the month,
water service will be terminated without further notice. That further
if the customer is a renter or lessor, notice shall also be sent to
the owner of the property.
[CC 1984 §24.200; Ord. No. 415 §2, 1-11-1977]
If no payment on a delinquent account is received by the Collector
on or before the thirtieth (30th) day of the month after notice is
timely placed with the United States Postal Service, the Collector
shall notify the Public Works Director of no payment on the particular
account and that under the authority granted by this Article, the
water service shall be discontinued immediately to the delinquent
customer by the Public Works Director.
[CC 1984 §24.210; Ord. No. 415 §3, 1-11-1977]
All owners or landlords of rental properties or units shall
be primarily responsible and obligated for any water service used
by a tenant. The owner or landlord only shall instruct the City to
provide water service for the property. The landlord or owner may
instruct the City to send billings to the tenant for payment, however,
unless so instructed all billings will be mailed to owner or landlord.
When billings for water service are mailed to tenant, owner or landlord
shall remain liable, unless the Collector fails to notify landlord
or owner of a delinquent account, then landlord or owner shall not
be liable for all service rendered after the thirtieth (30th) of the
month following the delinquency.
[CC 1984 §24.230; Ord. No. 415 §5, 1-11-1977; Ord. No. 419 §4, 6-13-1977]
A.
Except
as otherwise provided herein, advance deposits paid for water service
accounts shall be held by the City apart from any other funds and
not be used by the City except as follows:
1.
In the event of the termination of a water service account because
of non-payment where there is an advance deposit with the City, the
Clerk shall withdraw the deposit of the user from the deposit account
and shall first apply it to payment of the delinquent account; and
2.
Upon voluntary termination of the water service by the depositor,
the Clerk shall refund the deposit to the depositor upon full payment
of the water service account accrued.
3.
To settle any other obligation of the user to the City.
