§ 24-271. Generally.

For the enforcement of the payment of all of the rates, charges, fees and penalties fixed herein, the following rules, regulations and penalties are established:

(1)

For use or taking water without first having obtained permits from the board, a minimum monthly rate of $25.00 is established for each ERU and in addition, the usual rate for all water used and the amount of water used before the installation of a meter shall be estimated by the board and payment made on such estimate. Such charge commences on the date of the unlicensed connection. If not paid on demand, the board may immediately disconnect the water and/or sewer service.

(2)

Any person who shall connect any sewer lines with any sewer lines of the board, or who shall empty sewage into any line of the board without first having obtained permission from the board, shall pay a monthly sewage disposal charge of $25.00 for each ERU and such charge shall be affixed from the date that such unlicensed connection was made with the lines of the board. If not paid on demand the board may immediately disconnect the water and/or sewer service.

(3)

Anyone within the board's district limits, who desires water service or sewer service, or both, must make a written application to the board, setting forth in detail the location of the property to be served including a map thereof and a survey of the location of the proposed water lines or sewer lines, or both.

(4)

No person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity shall directly or indirectly interfere with, hinder, obstruct, molest or assault any employee, agent, or representative of the board's designated authority, the employees of the water and sewer department, in the performance of their duties or reading, removing, replacing, inspecting, or disconnecting meters or other portions of the water and sewer system, and no person, firm, corporation or other legal entity shall block, obstruct, cover, deface, damage, destroy or impede access to any meter or meter box or any part thereof. No person shall unlawfully tamper with meters and locks of the board. Any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity causing such damage to the board's facilities shall be responsible for the cost of repair and/or replacement.

(5)

Violations of this article shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be prosecuted in the same manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted. Such violations shall be prosecuted in the name of the state in a court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors by the prosecuting attorney thereof and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine per day per violation listed in Appendix A or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 60 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

( Ord. No. 16-16 , § 1, 9-6-16)