There are established rates and charges for the use and service supplied by the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city, as follows:
(A) Basis for water and wastewater service charges. The water and wastewater service charge for the use of, and for service supplied, by the water and wastewater facilities of the city shall consist of a basic user charge for operation and maintenance plus replacement and a debt service charge.
(1) The debt service charge shall be computed by dividing the annual debt service of all outstanding bonds by the number of users including units of service. Through further division, the bimonthly debt service charge can be computed.
(2) The basic user charge shall be based on water usage as recorded by water meters for water and wastes having the following normal concentrations: a five-day, 20°C. biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of 200 mg/l.
(3) The adequacy of the water and wastewater service charge shall be reviewed annually by certified public accountants for the city in their annual audit report. The water and wastewater service charge shall be reviewed periodically to reflect a change in debt service or a change in operation and maintenance costs including replacement costs.
(B) Measurement of flow. The volume of flow used for computing basic user charges and surcharges shall be metered water consumption read to the lowest even increments of 100 gallons.
(1) If the person discharging wastes into the public sewers procures any part, or all, of his water from sources other than the public waterworks system, all or a part of which is discharged into the public sewers, the person shall install and maintain, at his expense, water meters of a type approved by the city for the purpose of determining the volume of water obtained from these other sources.
(2) Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharged may be required by the city if these volumes cannot otherwise be determined from the metered water consumption records.
(3) Metering devices for determining the volume of waste shall be installed, owned, and maintained by the person. Following approval and installation, the meters may not be removed, unless service is cancelled, without the consent of the city.
(C) Debt service charge. A debt service charge of $4.94 bimonthly per unit of service of the water and wastewater facility of the city is hereby established.
(D) The following rates and service charges shall apply to bills issued on or after August 7, 2007:
(1) For use of the combined water and wastewater facilities, the charge shall be computed as follows, subject to minimum charges set forth below in paragraph (4) of this division (D):
(a) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof of wastewater each bimonthly period—$6.12; plus
(b) For the first 15,000 gallons or fraction thereof of water used each bimonthly period—$3.71 per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof; plus
(c) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof for the next 20,000 gallons of water used per bimonthly period in excess of 15,000 gallons—$3.29; plus
(d) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof for the next 65,000 gallons of water used per bimonthly period in excess of 35,000 gallons—$2.87; plus
(e) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof for the next 200,000 gallons of water used per bimonthly period in excess of 100,000 gallons—$2.46; plus
(f) There will be an additional maintenance fee (per minimum) assessed of $1.00 each month or $2.00 bimonthly.
There will be an additional maintenance fee (per minimum) assessed of $5.68 for a 2 inch meter; $4.23 for a 1 1/2 inch meter; and $2.00 for a 1 inch meter; bimonthly, for any commercial or industrial business or large water user.
Any commercial or industrial business or large water user which has a bimonthly water consumption of 100,000 gallons of water or more may elect to be billed monthly, although usage shall continue to be calculated at the bimonthly rate.
(2) The rates for water service where water service only is used for each bimonthly period, subject to the minimum charges set forth in paragraph (4) of this division, shall be as follows:
(a) For the first 15,000 gallons or fraction thereof of water used each bimonthly period—$3.71 per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof; plus
(b) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof for the next 20,000 gallons of water used per bimonthly period in excess of 15,000 gallons—$3.29; plus
(c) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof for the next 65,000 gallons of water used per bimonthly period in excess of 35,000 gallons—$2.87; plus
(d) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof for the next 200,000 gallons of water used per bimonthly period in excess of 100,000 gallons—$2.46.
(3) The rates for wastewater disposal where the wastewater facility only is used each quarter shall be as follows:
(a) For each 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof of wastewater per bimonthly period—$6.12.
(4) The bimonthly minimum rate based on a 5,000 gallon consumption, including the debt service charge and meter maintenance fee, shall be $56.09 per bimonthly period; the minimum rate, including the debt service charge and meter maintenance fee for water service only shall be $25.49 per bimonthly period; and the minimum rate, including the debt service charge, for unmetered wastewater facility service only shall be $54.94 per bimonthly period, provided that where the wastewater usage is metered either through water usage or other meter for sewerage usage, the wastewater facility minimum charge shall be $25.34 per bimonthly period per unit of service.
The minimum rate, including the debt service charge, charged for the use of the combined water and wastewater systems where a “unit of service” as herein defined is determined by the city to be involved, where more than one unit of service is served through one meter shall be $56.09 per bimonthly period for each unit of service served through one meter. Where only the wastewater facility is used, then the unit of service minimum charge, including the debt service charge, for each unmetered unit of service shall be $79.94 per bimonthly period, provided that where the wastewater usage is metered, either through water usage or other meter for sewerage usage, the wastewater facility minimum charge shall be $35.54 per bimonthly period per unit of service. Where only the water service is used, then the unit of service shall be $25.49 per bimonthly period.
(5) Wastewater from transport vehicles. The city, in its sole discretion and by permit, may allow vehicles transporting residential-type wastewater to discharge into the city sanitary sewer. Such wastewater must comply with state and federal environmental protection agencies, city and other regulatory body requirements and standards. Upon issuance of a permit by the city, the fees for each discharge are:
(a) $75.00 per vehicle with a tank capacity of 1,500 gallons or less.
(b) $225.00 per vehicle with a tank capacity of 1,501 to 5,000 gallons.
All fees must be prepaid to the city.
(E) The rates and service charges established for user charges in this section shall be increased by 50% for nonresident users using the water or wastewater services of the city. (‘69 Code, § 52.001; Am. Ord. 904, passed 1-17-84; Am. Ord. 927, passed 12-18-84; Am. Ord. 932, passed 1-2-85; Am. Ord. 964, passed 1-21-86; Am. Ord. 1001, passed 4-21-87; Am. Ord. 1029, passed 4-5-88; Am. Ord. 1055, passed 4-4-89; Am. Ord. 1092, passed 4-17-90; Am. Ord. 1122, passed 4-2-91; Am. Ord. 1128, passed 7-2-91; Am. Ord. 1146, passed 4-7-92; Am. Ord. 1166, passed 4-6-93; Am. Ord. 1187, passed 9-20-94; Am. Ord. 1222, passed 4-16-96; Am. Ord. 1302, passed 1-5-99; Am. Ord. 1433, passed 7-2-02; Am. Ord. 05-08-16-01, passed 8-16-05; Amended during Supp. 62, 1-07; Am. Ord. 07-08-07-03, passed 8-8-07; Am. Ord. 08-04-15-04, passed 4-15-08) Penalty, see Section 52.99 (B)

(A) The owner or occupant of any property located outside the corporate limits of the city who is provided potable or sanitary sewer service by the city shall pay the city at a rate of one and one-half times the then established rate or charge to city residents for all water service, sanitary sewer service, tap-on fees, capacity user fee, debt service fee and all other fees and charges established by the city.
(B) The city reserves the exclusive right to determine if utility service should be provided to property outside the corporate limits of the city, but within its established facility planning area. As a condition of service, the property owner and occupant shall sign a water and sewer service contract in a form from time to time acceptable to the city. (Ord. 1231, passed 7-2-96)

(A) Bills. Rates or charges for service shall be payable bimonthly. In addition to said rates or charges, the city reserves the right to collect a fee of no less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each service call that, in its discretion, is attributable to factors beyond ordinary wear and use. The owner of the premises (determined by the real estate tax assessee based upon the records of the County of Will), the customer who applied for service and the occupant of the premises shall all be jointly and severally liable to pay for the services to the premises and the service is furnished to the premises by the city only upon the condition that the owner, customer and occupant are jointly and severally liable therefore to the city. Bills for water and/or sewer service shall be sent by the city to the customer on or about the fifteenth day of the month succeeding the period for which the service is billed. All water and/or sewer bills are due and payable twenty-one (21) days after being sent out. A penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be added to all bills not paid by the due date.
(B) Delinquent Bills. If any charges for services, including any penalties for late payment, are not paid within twenty-one (21) days after the bill for the services has become due, such charges shall be deemed delinquent and a late fee in the amount of fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding balance (including the ten percent (10%) penalty) shall be imposed. A delinquency notice identifying the delinquent charges and late fee shall be sent to the customer and all owners of record. The delinquency notice shall provide that failure to pay the delinquent charges and late fee within fifteen (15) days of the date of the notice may result in discontinuance of service and a lien upon the property.
(C) Liens. Once a delinquency notice in compliance with subsection (B) has been sent to all owners of record, a lien in the amount of the delinquent charges is created upon the premises served. Whenever any charges remain unpaid for fifteen (15) days after a delinquency notice has been sent, the city may file with the county recorder of deeds a notice of lien. This notice shall consist of a sworn statement setting out a description of the premises served sufficient for the identification thereof, the amount of money due and the date when such amount became delinquent. The city shall send a copy of the notice of the lien to all owners of record of the premises.
(D) Foreclosure of Liens. The city has the power to foreclose liens for unpaid charges in the same manner and with the same effect as in the foreclosure of mortgages on real estate. The city attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute proceedings in the name of the city in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against any property for which a lien for unpaid charges has been filed.
(E) Right to Sue. The city has the power to sue the user of water and sewer service or the occupant of premises receiving such service in a civil action to recover the money due for services rendered, plus a reasonable attorney’s fee to be fixed by the court. Whenever a judgment is entered in such a civil action, subsections (C) and (D) shall not be effective thereafter as to charges sued upon, and no lien shall exist thereafter upon the premises for the delinquency. Judgment in such a civil action operates as a release and waiver of the lien for the amount of the judgment. (‘69 Code, § 52.005; Am. Ord. 793, passed 10-7-80; Am. Ord. 1302, passed 1-5-99: Am. Ord. 05-10-18-01, passed 10-18-05) Penalty, see Section 52.99 (B)

Cross-reference: Not-sufficient-fund checks, see Section 52.10.

(A) Revenues. All revenues and moneys derived from the operation of the water and sewerage system shall be deposited in the water and sewerage account of the water and sewerage fund. All such revenues and moneys shall be held by the city treasurer separate and apart from his private funds and separate and apart from all of the sum, without any deductions whatever, and shall be delivered to the city treasurer not more than ten days after receipt of the same, or at more frequent intervals as may from time to time be directed by the mayor and city council. The city treasurer shall receive all such revenues from the water and sewerage system and all other funds and moneys incident to the operation of the system as may be delivered to him and deposit the funds in the account of the fund designated as the “water and sewerage fund of the city.” The treasurer shall administer the fund in every respect in the manner provided by S.H.A. Ch. 24, Section 3-10-1 et seq.
(B) Accounts. The city treasurer shall establish a proper system of accounts and shall keep proper books, records, and accounts in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relative to the water and sewerage system. At regular annual intervals he shall cause to be made an audit by an independent auditing concern of the books to show the receipts and disbursements of the water and sewerage system. In addition to the customary operating statements, the annual audit report shall also reflect the revenues and operating expenses of the water and wastewater facilities, including a replacement cost, to indicate that water and sewer service charges do in fact meet these regulations. In this regard, the financial information to be shown in the audit report shall include the following.
(1) Flow data showing total gallons received at the wastewater plant for the current fiscal year and water pumped by wells.
(2) Billing data to show the total number of gallons billed.
(3) Debt service for the next succeeding fiscal year.
(4) The number of users connected to the system, including units of service.
(5) The number of non-metered users.
(6) A list of users discharging non-domestic wastes (industrial users) and the volume of waste discharged and water billed.
(C) Notice of rates. A copy of the material contained in Sections 52.01 through 52.03 and Section 52.99 (B), properly certified by the city treasurer, shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of Will County and shall be deemed notice to all owners of real estate of the charges of the water and sewerage system of the city on their properties. (‘69 Code, § 52.010; Am. Ord. 793, passed 10-7-80) Penalty, see Section 52.99 (B)

(A) The city requires that all water consumed for any purpose shall be measured through a gallonage meter. All meters shall be connected with standard brass couplings and sealed. Any person other than those authorized by the plumbing inspector or the superintendent of the waterworks who shall break or cause to be broken any such seal, shall be subject to a fine upon conviction of not less than $25 nor more than $750 for each offense. It shall be the duty of the owner and occupant of the premises to protect the meter or meters, wiring and any associated metering equipment from any damage from all causes. If such meter or meters, wiring and associated metering equipment is damaged or rendered inoperable for any reason, the cost of repair and replacement thereof shall be added to the property owner’s next water bill.
(B) The water and sewer rate for billing purposes shall include the following language:
Water and Sewer Rate: While the meter or meters and wiring is out of service for any reason, the property owner’s water and sewer bill will be calculated at the highest of all your readings. (Ord. 1351, passed 12-19-00; Am. Ord. 1562, passed 7-15-03)

(A) The city may discontinue water and/or sewer service to any premises when any customer fails to do any of the following:
(1) Pay in full a delinquent bill, including any and all late fees, owed for the same class of service furnished at the same or at another location; or
(2) Provide city representatives with timely access to the meter after a written request for such access.
(B) The city can discontinue service only after it has sent a written notice of discontinuance to the customer. Service shall not be discontinued until at least fifteen (15) days after the mailing of this notice. A copy of said notice shall be mailed to a third party designated by the customer, should the customer make a written request therefor.
(C) At least twenty-four (24) hours before attempting to discontinue service, the city shall conspicuously post notice that the premises have become subject to discontinuance. The city shall also attempt to advise the customer that service is being discontinued by directing its employee making the disconnection to contact the customer at the time service is being discontinued. When the city is unable to discontinue service during a call made at the customer’s premises, the city shall attempt to leave a notice at the premise or billing address informing the customer that an attempt to discontinue service has been made and that his/her service continues to be subject to discontinuance.
(D) The city shall not discontinue service at the meter subsequent to 2:00 P.M. unless it shall be prepared to reconnect the same day during normal city hall business hours at the standard reconnection charge. The city shall not discontinue service on a holiday or weekend day unless prepared to reconnect on that holiday or weekend day.
(E) Water and/or sewer service shall not be discontinued and shall be restored if discontinued for a reason which is the subject of a dispute or complaint during the pendency of procedures under Section 52.06.1 where the customer has complied with said section.
(F) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, discontinuance of service to residential customers is prohibited for up to sixty (60) days when discontinuance will aggravate an existing serious illness of any person who is a permanent resident of the premises where service is rendered. In cases of ongoing hardship, the sewer and water committee may, in its discretion, prohibit discontinuance for more than sixty (60) days. To be eligible for a stay of discontinuance, the customer must comply with each of the following requirements:
(1) The illness must be certified to the city by a licensed by the State of Illinois physician. The certification shall be in writing and shall include the name of the ill person, a statement that he/she is a resident of the premises in question, the nature of the illness, the period of time during which termination will aggravate the illness and the name, business address and telephone number of the certifying party.
(2) Initial certification shall be received by the city within fifteen (15) days after the mailing of the notice of discontinuance.
(3) Initial certification by the physician shall prohibit discontinuance of service for thirty (30) days. Certification may be renewed by the customer for an additional thirty (30) day period by providing the city with a current certification from a physician. Failure to so renew the certificate shall entitle the city to initiate discontinuance procedures.
(4) The customer must enter into an agreement within the first thirty (30) days for the payment of the delinquent charges and required deposit. The customer must keep the current account paid during the period that the charges and deposit are to be paid.
(5) In the event service is terminated within fourteen (14) days prior to certification of illness by or for a qualifying resident, service shall be restored to that residence if a proper certification is thereafter made in accordance with the foregoing provisions.
(G) Once water and/or sewer service has been discontinued to any premises, such premises shall not be again furnished with such service until all arrearages are paid, together with a charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) for discontinuance of service and a charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the resumption of service.
(H) Nothing in this section or this chapter shall be construed to prevent discontinuance of service for reasons of safety, health or cooperation with civil authorities. (Ord. 746, passed 12-19-78; Am. Ord. 1135, passed 12-3-91: Am. Ord. 05-10-18-01, passed 10-18-05) Penalty, see Section 52.99

(A) The city shall designate an officer or employee to hear, in person, any dispute by an applicant, owner, occupant or user (hereinafter “complainant”). The designee shall consider the complainant’s allegations and contentions and shall explain the complainant’s account. Any designee assigned to hear a dispute shall be authorized to act on behalf of the city in resolving the dispute and shall be available during all business hours for the duty hereinbefore described.
(B) When a complainant disputes a particular bill, the city shall not discontinue service for nonpayment so long as the complainant:
(1) Promptly pays the undisputed portion of the bill or an amount equal to last year’s bill at the location for the same period, normalized for weather, whichever is greater;
(2) Pays all future periodic bills in full by the due date; and
(3) Enters into bona fide discussions with the city to settle the dispute with dispatch; provided, however, that the city retains the right to discontinue service if an agreement cannot be reached.
(C) Only net rates shall be charged on any disputed bill paid within fifteen (15) days of resolution of the dispute if the complaint was filed before the bill became past due. (Ord. 05-10-18-01, passed 10-18-05)

A person who is not employed by the city shall not turn on the supply of water to any premises from which the supply of water has been turned off on account of nonpayment of water rent, breaking of meter seals, or any other cause for which the supply of water has been turned off by the city. (‘69 Code, § 52.030) Penalty, see Section 52.99

A copy of this chapter, properly certified by the city clerk, shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, Illinois, and shall be deemed notice to all owners of real estate of their liability for services supplied by the city through its combined waterworks and sewerage system to any occupant or user of such service. (‘69 Code, § 52.035) Penalty, see Section 52.99

The State Environmental Protection Agency or its authorized representative shall have access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the city which are applicable to the city system of user charges for the purpose of making audit, examination, excerpts, and transcriptions thereof to insure compliance with the terms of the special and general conditions to any state grant. (Ord. 793, passed 10-7-80) Penalty, see Section 52.99 (B)

(A) The city collector is instructed, and the following procedure is established, for the collection of not-sufficient-fund checks and payments of individuals for water and sewer service in the city.
(1) The city shall collect a twenty-five ($25.00) dollars service fee for any not-sufficient-fund check returned to the city, plus any bank charges paid or incurred by the city for such not-sufficient-fund check.
(2) Any person, firm, or corporation who presents a check or other type of payment that is not promptly paid or is returned not- sufficient-funds to the city for water and sewer service for any account or accounts for that service, two or more times in one calendar year shall thereafter be required to pay for the balance of that calendar year and the next ensuing calendar year by cash or certified check, or money order, for all accounts of the person for the sewer and water service.
(3) The city collector shall notify the person after the return to the city of a second not-sufficient-fund check within any calendar year that all payments will thereafter be made in cash for the balance of that calendar year and for the next ensuing calendar year, and the collector shall not accept payments thereafter except in cash, certified check, or money order.
(4) The failure of any person to pay as herein provided after notice is given shall be cause to discontinue any sewer and water service.
(B) The city collector shall promptly deposit all checks and cash for payment of sewer and water service in the sewer and water fund. Collections shall be deposited on a daily basis either in the bank or through its night depository. (Ord. 8-22, passed 7-7-81; Am. Ord. 87-4, passed 3-15-83; Am. Ord. 1135, passed 12-3-91; Am. Ord. 08-05-20-09, passed 5-20-08)

No person, persons, firm or corporations shall uncover or make any connections with or open into, use, alter, or disturb any public water or the sanitary sewer mains or lines of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city except on written public utility connection application to the city and the issuance of a written public utility connection permit by the city. Each application shall state the name and address of the applicant, the common address of the property the applicant seeks to connect, the permit desired, and the proposed utility connection location point. Each application shall contain such additional information as may be from time to time needed by the city in considering issuing of the permit. At the time of filing, the applicant shall pay the city a nonrefundable $35 application processing fee for each proposed connection. If the public utility connection permit is issued, the applicant shall concurrently pay the city the then applicable connection charges provided by meters and rates. (‘69 Code, § 52.100; Am. Ord. 1274, passed 3-17-98) Penalty, see Section 52.99

(A)(1)  Basic connection fees. In addition to all other fees imposed by the city, the basic connection fees (in dollars) to be paid by the applicant requesting a connection to city water and/or sewer shall be as follows:

All impact fee proceeds from these payments shall be placed in the water/sewer expansion fund. All sanitary capacity fee proceeds shall be placed in the sewer rehabilitation fund.
(A)(2)  Lots platted before January 1, 1970 shall pay the following fees. Lots platted before January 1, 1998 shall use these fees until January 1, 1999, then as in subsection (A)(1) of this section. Any lot split shall be considered a re-platting.

* Capacity user fee to be determined by accepted engineering standards, by the sewer and water committee. It shall be adjusted upward if usage warrants, based on type of effluent and quantities. Any future expansion that significantly increases the water and sewer use will be calculated in the same manner and an additional capacity user fee accessed by the committee.

The monies will be deposited in the Water and Sewer Expansion Fund to be used solely for capital expenditures of the Water and Sewer System. Expenditures to be determined by the city council.
(B) All properties connected to the city water system shall be metered through a water meter. All water meters are city property and will be maintained by city personnel. Readamatic heads will be installed in all new construction. Readamatic heads will be installed at the expense of the home owners on all existing homes, when feasible, at the actual costs of such head plus a $5 handling charge.
(C) The owner shall pay to the city the city established charges for a meter and outside readamatic head.
(D) Every property supplied by one supply line connected to the city water system and where there is a single unit of service or more than one unit of service as defined in Section 52.02 of this chapter shall be metered through individual meters for the purpose of billing and charges as provided in this chapter for service to such property. All meters will be in acceptable location determined by the city.
All fees shall be raised 2.5% at the beginning of fiscal year 2006-2007 only. (‘69 Code, § 52.105; Am. Ord. 925, passed 11-20-84; Am. Ord. 1015, passed 8-18-87; Am. Ord. 1187, passed 9-20-94; Am. Ord. 1274, passed 3-17-98; Am. Ord. 1625, passed 5-18-04; Am. Ord. 05-08-16-01, passed 8-16-05; Am. Ord. 06-06-20-03, passed 6-20-06; Am. Ord. 07-08-07-03, passed 8-8-07)

(A) Property owners shall be solely responsible for making the connection from the city’s water and/or sanitary sewer mains or lines to their building.
(B) Property owners shall be responsible for the repair, maintenance, restoration and replacement of any water and/or sanitary sewer lines from their building to the point of connection to the city’s water and/or sanitary sewer main or line. All such work must be performed by a state licensed plumber in conformance with city and state statutes, ordinances, regulations, policies and applicable permits and follow accepted engineering practices.
(C) All costs incumbent to the installation, repair, maintenance, restoration and replacement of any water and/or sanitary sewer lines from their building to the point of connection to the city’s water and/or sanitary sewer main or line. All such work must be performed by a state licensed plumber in conformance with city and state statues, ordinances, regulations, policies and applicable permits and follow accepted engineering practices.
For an existing single-family residential property if the city crew is required to do any of the above mentioned work, there will be a $500 fee for the water connection and/or a $300 fee for the sanitary sewer connection added to the property owner’s building permit, payable at the time the permit is issued.
(D) All excavations for a sanitary sewer or water line shall be adequately guarded with barricades and light to protect the public from any hazards. Any public property, including streets, sidewalks, parkways disturbed in the course of the work shall be stored in a manner acceptable to the city.
(E) The property owner and applicant, for a public utility connection permit, shall notify the city when the public utility connection is ready for inspection and connection to public utilities.
(F) All restaurants and grocery stores or any establishment that produces grease shall have an acceptable grease trap of sufficient size as determined by the Illinois plumbing code. The trap shall be inspected by the city meter reader as part of his regular meter reading and proof shown, either by reports of qualified cleaning services or by visual inspection by the meter reader or both, that the traps are kept properly serviced.
(G) All commercial or industrial connections shall be equipped with a backflow prevention of the proper size, purchased from the city with the meter as referred to in Section 56.01. (Ord. 1274, passed 3-17-98; Am. Ord. 1391, passed 12-18-02)

(A) Installation of water meter. The city shall flush the service line before meters are installed. The water meter and outside remote or read-out meter are to be installed by the plumbing contractor. The water meter shall be installed in an accessible area for future maintenance and the outside read-out meter shall be placed on the front of the structure for the city’s water department employees to obtain readings. The city shall deliver said meters to the building location.
(B) Wiring. The contractor or owner shall install city-supplied wiring in a separate raceway for said meter or meters prior to the performance of a rough plumbing inspection.
(C) Time frame. When the rough plumbing inspection is performed, the city shall seal the meter components.
(D) Re-inspection fee. If the rough inspection is not approved due to noncompliance with this section, a re-inspection fee of $25 shall be assessed for each subsequent inspection.
(E) Replacement of water meter, read-out meter or wiring. When replacement of a water meter, read-out meter or existing wiring is necessary, the contractor or homeowner shall arrange an appointment with the city water department.
(F) Time frame. Replacement of said mater or meters and wiring shall occur within 10 working days of said work becoming necessary.
(G) Service charge. If an appointment is not kept to said time frame, the city shall assess a service charge of $25.
(H) Report. Documentation of assessment of conditions will be used and kept. (Ord. 1351, passed 12-19-00)

No connection shall be made with the combined waterworks and sewerage system without the signed permit of the city clerk. Any connection or opening made with the waterworks and sewerage system without such signed permit or in any manner different from the mode prescribed for such opening or connection, shall subject the maker to a penalty as hereinafter provided. (‘69 Code, § 52.120) Penalty, see Section 52.99

The mayor and council are authorized to make such rules and regulations consistent with this chapter for the connections to the waterworks and sewerage system, specifying the types and sizes of pipes and all the other appurtenances and extensions thereto and amend the same from time to time as may be deemed necessary. All service pipes and connections to the combined waterworks and sewerage system shall comply with the specifications and rules for connection to the waterworks and sewerage system, and all violations shall be subject to a penalty as hereinafter provided. (‘69 Code, § 52.125) Penalty, see Section 52.99

It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant, or party or parties in possession of any house, structure, factory, industrial or commercial establishment, or any other building of any other character located on property abutting on the public waterworks and sewerage system, to cause the same to be connected with the waterworks and sewerage system within 90 days from the date that water or sewerage facilities become available to such property. (‘69 Code, § 52.135) Penalty, see Section 52.99

A copy of this chapter, properly certified by the city clerk, shall be filed in the office of the county recorder, and shall be deemed notice to all owners of real estate of their liability for service supplied to any user of the service of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city on their properties; and it shall be the duty of the city clerk and other officers of this city to take all action necessary or required by the laws of the State of Illinois to file all claims for money due to the city and to prosecute and enforce such claims in the manner, form, and time as permitted by the laws of the state. (‘69 Code, § 52.140) Penalty, see Section 52.99

(A) A sewer and water capacity user fee is established which shall be due and payable to the city clerk upon connection to the city sewer and/or water system as follows:
(1) For a connection with a single family residential unit: $500.
(2) For a connection with a multiple family residential unit:
(a) For the first unit: $500.
(b) For each additional unit in excess of one: $200
(3) For a connection with a motel:
(a) For the first unit $500
(b) For each additional unit in excess of one: $50.
(4) For a connection with commercial or industrial building, or any user not listed under divisions (A) (1), (2), or (3) a charge shall be made based upon the quantity and nature of the waste to be discharged into the sewage system and the quantity of water to be used.
(5) In the event the use of one of the services, water or sewer, is not available to the applicant desiring to connect to a service which is available, the fee to be charged under divisions (A) (1), (2), or (3) above shall be sixty percent of that amount if only sewer service is available and 40% of that amount if only water service is available.
(6) The amounts to be charged under the provisions of division (A) (4) above shall be determined by the mayor and city council based upon engineering data supplied by the city engineer.
(B) The above fees shall be fees charged in addition to the fees required to be charged for sewer and water tap-on fees or connection fees and inspection fees, and shall be charged in addition to the fees required to be charged under the terms of any subdivider reimbursement agreement.
(C) The amounts to be charged under the provisions of divisions (A) (1), (2), or (3) above shall be raised 2.5% at the beginning of fiscal year 2006-2007. (Ord. 739, passed 11-21-78; Am. Ord. 902, passed 1-17-84; Am. Ord. 1073, passed 9-26-89; Am. Ord. 05-08-16-01, passed 8-16-05)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision in this title, for which another penalty is not provided, shall for a first conviction be fined not less than $25 nor more than $750, for a second conviction within one year thereafter, the person, firm or corporation shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $750 and for a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, the person, firm or corporation shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $750. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or which a violation occurs or continues. (Ord. 793, passed 10-7-80; Ord. 1574, passed 7-15-03)