New Franklin Rules and Regulations ordinance (§ 700.030)

Rules and regulations shall be as follows:

1. Hereafter, water shall be supplied by the City to consumers, only under the terms and conditions, rules and regulations prescribed by or authorized by this Chapter.

2. The City shall have the right of civil action to recover all claims for delinquent water rates and fees.

3. The Director of City Services shall read or cause to be read, as near the end of each calendar month as practicable, all meters used by consumers who are being charged for water used by them at meter rates.

4. Persons desiring to be supplied with water from the waterworks system shall pay all the costs for tapping the water main, installing the service pipe, curb cock and any other costs of expense incident to the installation and maintenance of such connection or service pipe except meters.

a. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid for the replacement of a water meter box.

b. A fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) shall be paid for any new installation of water service. This fee shall be for installation of a three-fourths (¾) inch line to the property of a private residence. The fee for installation of a larger line and water meter shall be three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00) plus the cost of additional time and material which may be necessary.

c. Meter deposit for homeowners shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).

Meter deposit for renters shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).

5. Consumers shall be charged for water service from the time the water is turned on at their request and until they give notice to the Director of City Services to discontinue service.

6. When a meter is found to be not correctly registering the quantity of water used by any consumer, the Director of City Services shall estimate the amount of water used by the consumer from the date such meter failed to correctly register the amount of water passing through it and such consumer shall base the same upon the amount of water consumed by the patron during a like period or upon some reasonable basis.

7. If any leak is found in the service pipe, such consumer shall immediately and without notice from the Director of City Services cause such leak to be stopped or repaired and the Director of City Services is authorized to cut off the water supply of any consumer whose service pipe is found to be leaking, until such leak shall have been repaired.

8. Any consumer applying for or using water from the water system of said City shall do so subject to the rights of the City to shut off such water supply at any time for the purpose of making repairs or improvements in its waterworks plant or mains or for any other purpose deemed necessary or advisable by the Director of City Services or by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.

9. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined for the first (1st) offense not less than five dollars ($5.00) and for the subsequent offenses not less than ten dollars ($10.00). The Director of City Services is hereby authorized and directed to shut off the water supply of any consumer found by him/her to be violating any of the provisions of this Section and to refuse to again supply such consumer with water authorized or permitted to do so by resolution of the Board of Aldermen.

10. The City shall furnish, install and maintain one (1) meter for each consumer.

11. No person shall, without authorization from the Director of City Services, the Board of Aldermen or the Mayor, break the seal on any water meter used in or connected with the City water system or belonging to the City or set, regulate or in any way tamper with any meter, water main, pipe or pump belonging to the City or used in or connected with the City water system.

12. No person, firm or corporation shall tap or connect his, her or its premises with the waterworks system of the City without first procuring from the Director of the City Services a permit for such connections and agreeing to abide by such regulations governing such connections as shall be prescribed by the Director of City Services.