Mendota Municipal Code Ch. 13.04 Water and Sewer Service System

All inhabited properties within the city must connect to the city water system within thirty (30) days after the time when a public water line is brought within one hundred (100) feet of said property.

(Prior code § 15.05.001)

Each person desiring water service shall be required to file an application on a form provided by the city clerk or make application by letter showing the date of application, location of premises to be served, mailing address of the applicant, date applicant desires service, owner of premises to be served, mailing address of owner and such other information as may be required. In the event the applicant is not the owner of the premises to be served, the owner shall file with the city clerk a consent to water service and an agreement to be responsible for all charges for water service on a form provided by the city clerk.

(Prior code § 15.05.002)

Each applicant, before receiving water service shall be required to establish credit by making a cash deposit to secure payment of water bills as follows:

(Prior code § 15.05.003)

A. Water service connections will be installed in a size and at the location desired by the applicant where such requests are reasonable. Service connections will be made only to property abutting on public streets or to such distribution mains as may be constructed in alleys or rights-of-way at the convenience of the department of public works. Service connections installed in new subdivisions prior to the construction of streets or in advance of street improvements must be accepted by the applicant in the installed locations. Charges for new service connections shall be established by resolution of the city council.

B. Any single-family residence, subdivision lot, unit in an apartment, trailer, motel, or structure, lot or parcel in an industrial or commercial district, for which improvement facility fees have been paid in accordance with Chapter 16.36 of this code, shall be exempt from the payment of a connection fee under this section.

(Ord. 03-01 § 1, 2003; Ord. 93-13 § 4, 1994; prior code § 15.05.007)

Rates for the use of water per month shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city council. No less frequently than annually, the city finance director shall present to the city council a detailed summary of the operating results of the utility services provided by the city including water and sewer. The director shall also prepare and present a projection of anticipated future revenues and operating costs, including capital improvements.

(Prior code § 15.05.012)

The charges for all users of city water outside of the city limits shall be at the rate of one hundred fifty (150) percent of the charge set forth for the same quantity of water under the terms of Section 13.04.050 of this chapter.

(Prior code § 15.05.016)

All service installed outside the corporate limits of the city will be charged an additional fifty (50) percent more than the service charge for similar new service within the city.

(Prior code § 15.05.008)

Anyone requesting temporary water service to a site shall pay the following charges, rates and fees for each service connection:

A. One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) as a temporary service fee, payable when the request for temporary service is made;

B. One hundred dollar ($100.00) deposit on the meter, payable when the request for temporary services is made. The deposit is refundable when the meter is returned in good condition;

C. One hundred dollars ($100.00) for installation and removal of service, payable when the request for temporary service is made;

D. Ten dollars ($10.00) monthly rental on the water for each month or part thereof during which the meter is in the possession of the one being furnished service. This rental fee is payable monthly;

E. One hundred fifty dollar ($150.00) relocation fee will be paid each time the temporary service is moved from one site to another;

F. Temporary service rates shall be one hundred fifty (150) percent of the rates set forth in Section 13.04.050 of this chapter.

(Prior code § 15.05.013)

If a customer requests that his meter be checked for proper registration, said customer will pay a five dollar ($5.00) service charge to the city, payable by said customer in advance. In the event the meter is not registering correctly, said five dollars ($5.00) will be refundable to the customer.

(Prior code § 15.05.017)

The city council may contract with a particular rate where no circumstances of unfair discrimination are involved.

(Prior code § 15.05.015)

Water may be sold from stand pipes or hydrants designated by the superintendent of public works at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons.

(Prior code § 15.05.014)

Deposits prescribed in this chapter may be applied to unpaid bills for water service when such service has been discontinued. The city clerk may require the customer to redeposit a specified amount before rendering water service again.

(Prior code § 15.05.005)

The department of public works may interrupt or limit service to any industrial user where excessive demands by such customer will result in inadequate or injurious service to other customers, in the judgment of the department.

(Prior code § 15.05.011)

A. For owner occupied property, deposits prescribed in this chapter will be refunded, without interest, to the owner after twelve (12) months of continuously occupied service without late payments or unpaid balances owed.

B. For non-owner occupied property, deposits prescribed in this chapter, less the amount of any unpaid water bills, will be refunded, without interest, to the payer upon discontinuance of service.

C. All refunds of deposits require an application and presentation of the deposit receipt.

(Ord. 08-05 § 2, 2008: prior code § 15.05.006)

(Ord. No. 12-09, § 2, 11-27-2012)

To re-establish service, a customer will be required to pay all back bills, pay a reconnection charge of ten dollars ($10.00) plus all costs incurred by the city due to disconnection and subsequent reconnection and make a cash deposit as set forth in Section 13.04.030 of this chapter.

(Prior code § 15.05.004)

When a meter or curb-stop has been broken by the customer, the customer will be advised that it is necessary to have it repaired, at the customer's expense. A charge of actual cost and material plus labor expended will be made for repairing or replacing the damaged meter or curb-stop. Said charge shall be due and payable by the customer to the city when said work is completed.

(Prior code § 15.05.009)

Each owner of property must provide space and keep the space about the water meter and shut-off box servicing his property free and clean of trash, garbage, barrels, boxes, dirt, oil, building material or other obstructions that may in any way interfere with the free access to the same by the employees of the city. If any owner allows such obstructions to occur, said obstruction may be removed by city employees, and the cost thereof charged against the owner. Said charge, if not paid when billed, shall become a lien against the property, and may be the cause for shutting off the water service in the manner described in Chapter 13.12 of this code, or may be recorded against the property in the manner set forth in Title 5, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 6 of the Government Code.

(Prior code § 15.05.010)

It is unlawful for any person to willfully drain water from a swimming pool into a public street, alley or sidewalk.

(Prior code § 15.03.001)

It is unlawful for any person owning or having possessory interest in a swimming pool, to willfully permit any person to drain such swimming pool into a public street, alley or sidewalk.

(Prior code § 15.03.002)

All swimming pools hereafter constructed in the city shall be constructed in such a manner that all drainage therefrom is connected directly by pipeline to a city sewer system, or to such other drainage outlet approved by the superintendent of public works of the city or by the city council.

(Prior code § 15.03.003)

Any connection, disconnection and reconnection made by the city shall be made at the expense of the consumer.

(Prior code § 15.05.025)

Supplemental rules and regulations may be adopted by the city council by resolution, and copies of these rules and regulations shall at all times be maintained in the office of the city clerk, City Hall, Mendota, and shall be available for inspection by the general public.

(Prior code § 15.05.018)