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Show . hydrants in the course of training or practice exercises. Any unauthorized connection to a fire hydrant is a violation of this Ordinance. 21. PUBLIC HEALTH. For reasons of public health, the City Manager may extend or reinstate water service to indigent individuals regardless of past due amounts owned or ability to pay. 22. SALE OF WATER OUTSIDE OF PARK CITY. It is the policy of the City to provide culinary water only within the corporate limits of Park City. Those individuals or entities desiring connection to the water system shall be required to petition the Park City Council for Annexation as a consolidation of water service. Those individuals and entities outside the corporate limits of Park City currently connected to the water system and receiving water shall agree to abide by the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and pay double the applicable rate charged inside the corporate limits of Park City. Upon annexation they will receive water service at the normal rate. 23. PENALTY. All violations of this Ordinance shall be a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $299.00 and incarceration not exceeding six months. Unauthorized taking of water is theft of services and may be a felony if the taking exceeds a value of $1,000. 24. SEPARABILITY. Should any section, clause or provision of this Ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such declaration of validity shall not affect the validity of any other section, clause, or provision of this ordinance and each such section, clause or provision of this ordinance is hereby declared to be separate and distinct. 25. REPEALER. This Ordinance as amended, repeals and supercedes all prior ordinances of the city which fix the rate to be charged for water service, specifically Ordinance 6-74 and Ordinance 9-74. This Ordinance also repeals Section 12 of Ordinance 81-6 and replaces that provision. 26. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication. ADOPTED this 20th day of May, 1982. AMENDED this 11th day of November, 1982. AMENDED this 18th day of July, 1985. Park City Municipal Corporation By John C. Green, Jr., Mayor Published in the Park Record on August 15, 1985. Building, Official at the time the building permit is issued. Meter and installation costs for lines one inch or smaller shall not be assessed. The following meter installation fee shall be paid for each meter installation. METER AND INSTALLATION FEES 1" $110.00 (commercial hook up) Vh" $191.00 2" $331.50 3" $487.50 4" $1,155.00 6" $2,400.00 8" $3,670.00 13. ACCESSIBILITY OF WATER METERS. All water meters shall be located in City right of ways or utility easements with direct and reasonable access for City water crews on accessible property lines unless otherwise authorized by the director of Public Works or the City Engineer. 14. WATER CONNECTION PLAN. Prior to the issuance of a building permit any development with a 2" or larger meter shall submit to the Water Department a water connection plan prior to water service lines, for approval by the Water Department. The water connection plan shall include the location of meters, service lines and water mains in relation to the property lines, streets, driveways, City mains and the buildings to be served. 15. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. The City shall 'be responsible to maintain and repair water lines lying within City right of ways and utility easements. Water meters shall be maintained and repaired by the City so long as the meter lies within five feet of City property, right of ways, or utility easements and not within any building. The property owner shall be reSDOnsihlfi tn renair and maintain all contests the accuracy of a meter, which when removed and checked, proves to be accurate or under reading, the actual costs of removing, replacing and testing the meter shall be charged to the water user on the next water bill. If the meter is over reading, no charge will be made for the repair, and an adjustment for the error will be made under the formula described In Section 3 above, for not . more than three months. Meter errors of 3 or less shall be deemed accurate readings. If upon the second rereading requested by the customer within six (6) months, the meter is found to be accurate, a ten dollar ($10.00) reread charge will be included in the next billing. 5. METER TAMPERING: It shall be a violation of this Ordinance to tamper with or bypass any water meter for the purpose of causing it to produce inaccurate meter readings or for any other purpose, or two willfully cause damage to any water meter. Willful consumption of water through a meter known to be damaged, bypassed, or tampered with, constitutes theft of services and may be punishable as a felony. All meters installed throughout the system shall become the property of the city upon installation. Only meters meeting the City's specifications may be used. 6. DISCOUNT OF RATES: The City Manager shall be authorized to discount water charges for senior citizens or indigent persons who suffer serious hardship as a result of increased rates. The discounted rate shall never be less than $2.00 per month. 7. BILLING: The city Finance Department shall send a monthly or bi-monthly billing for water used in the previous month as shown by the meter readings or as estimated. Pavment is due within fifteen davs Water ordinance amendment LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE Ordinance No. 82-15(3) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE NO. 82-15 BY PROVIDING FOR WATER , METER INSTALLATION FEES AND DELINEATING THE DUTIES OF INDIVIDUALS AND THE CITY WITH RESPECT TO WATER SERVICE SECTION 1. Metered Service SECTION 2. Meter Reading SECTION 3. Meter Error SECTION 4. Meter Test SECTION 5. Meter Tampering SECTION 6. Discount of Rates : SECTION 7. Billing SECTION 8. Shut Off SECTION 9. Reinstatement of Water Service SECTION 10. Connection Fees SECTION 11. Connection to System SECTION 1 2. Water Meter Fees SECTION 13. Accessibility of Water Meters SECTION 14. Water Connection Plan SECTION 15. Responsibility for Repair and Maintenance SECTION 16. Leaking Pipes or Fixtures SECTION 17. Service Calls SECTION 18. Service Agreement SECTION 19. Water Emergencies SECTION 20. Fire Hydrants SECTION 21. Public Health SECTION 22. Sale of Water Outside of City SECTION 23. Penalty SECTION 24. Separability SECTION 25. Repealer SECTION 26. Effective Date water lines on his property not within the City right of ways, or utility easements. The individual shall maintain and repair water meters not within five feet of city right of ways, or utility easements or within a building. 16. LEAKING PIPES OR FIXTURES. If at any time the City Manager or designate shall ascertain that the plumbing fixtures, appliances, sprinkler systems or service lines on any premises are leaking or otherwise wasting water he shall immediately give notice to repair the same, and if the same is not repaired within forty-eight forty-eight (48) hours after notice has been given then the superintendent or his agent shall shut .off the water, from the premises and immediately notify the City Fire Marshall. Giving of Notice for the purposes of this section shall consist of any of the following: A. Posting notice on premises. B. Leaving notice with any occupant or employee on premises over the age of fourteen (14) years. C. Mailing notice by regular mail to the owner or responsible party according to the records of the Water Department. 17. SERVICE CALLS. When a water user requests a service call by Park City Municipal Corporation, and no problem exists on the City side of the meter, Park City Municipal Corporation at the discretion of the ' Public Works Director, may charge a fee of $25.00 for the second such call, for the same complaint within one year, to the same water user. After the second call, every subsequent call shall also be chargeable at the same rate. 18. SERVICE AGREEMENT. Park City Municipal Corporation shall require all persons desiring water service and the owner of the real property to be serviced to sign a service agreement. Said agreement shall be binding upon both the city and the individual, In setting forth terms and conditions of water service and methods of collection of past due amounts owned for water service. When more than one dwelling or unit is served by a single water meter or there are multiple owners or time share interval owners of the property, the service agreement will designate a single responsible party to whom all notices and billings shall be sent. Notice to the responsible party shall have the same force and effect as notice to the owners. 19. WATER EMERGENCIES. The Mayor or the City Manager is empowered to declare a water emergency, during high use periods, or when lack of adequate storage capacity, or equipment failure, threatens the supply of water for culinary or fire prevention purposes. When such an emergency is declared, water users shall curtail or terminate use of water as requested by the City Manager or designee. Any water user who fails to curtail use of water as requested Is in violation of this Ordinance and shall be subject to citation and termination Notice shall be given as required in Section 14. During a declared water emergency water service may be interrupted in any or all parts of the City in order to effect repairs, provide water for fire fighting or other good cause. Upon the expiration of the emergency, water service shall be restored without charge. 20. FIRE HYDRANTS. No individual may draw water from a fire hydrant without the written permission from the Director of Public Works and in compliance with Section 10.203 of the Uniform Fire Code. The Park City Fire Service District, or other fire departments, is authorized to draw water from fire hydrants in case ol fire at all times without advance notice. The Park City Fire Service District or other fire departments, after notification to the Director ol Public Works may utilize the fire from receipt of the bill. Interest shall be assessed against all accounts which are more than thirty (30) days past due at the rate of one and a half percent (112) per month, which is an annual rate of eighteen percent (18). An account is due and payable upon mailing of the monthly statement, and interest will be assessed if the bill, or any . portion of the bill, remains unpaid thirty (30) days from mailing. Interest will be charged only against the unpaid balance, and not against any partial payment, or against the current billing cycle charges. 8. SHUT OFF: In the event of nonpayment, non-payment, the city may maintain an k action to recover" the amount owed, , and after giving written notice to the owner of the property and the occupant thereof, may terminate service. Notice of termination of service shall be served upon the occupant of the property in person, or post on the property, and notice will be given to the owner of the property by mail to the last known address if the owner has signed a service agreement with the Water Department. When more than one dwelling or unit is served through a single water, or there are multiple or time share owners, notice may be given to the owners association, management company or representative owner as shown on the City billing records. The structure will be posted, but it shall not be necessary to post each unit served. Service shall not be terminated for non-payment without at least ten days notice. (Water service may be terminated for non-payment of any billing of other City services). 9. REINSTATEMENT OF WATER SERVICE. Any water user who has had his water shut off for nonpayment non-payment of a bill, failure to repair leaks, or failure to comply with a requested curtailment during a water emergency, in addition to any other fees, monies owed or fines, shall pay a fifty ($50.00) dollar reconnection fee before service is reinstated. 10. CONNECTION FEES. In order to amortize the cost of the City's water system, a fee is to be paid to the Building Official at the time the building permits are issued, according to the following schedule: FEES $600.00 Single Family Residence $400.00 Multi-Family unit with two or more bedrooms $200.00 Hotel Room, Studio or One bedroom unit $200.00 Per one thousand square feet of commercial (i.e. non residential space minimum connection fee of $400.00). $.05 Per square foot for all non-habitable non-habitable non-water using space such as parking garages and storage rooms. Uses not covered above to be determined by the Building Official upon approval of the City Manager. 11. CONNECTION TO SYSTEM: rnor to connection the owner must sign a customer agreement. . Applicants for water service shall include in their system a suitable meter box or vault, all appurtenances to specifications required by the Public Works Department and approved at the time the building permit is issued. It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for unauthorized individuals to tap or connect to the Park City Municipal water distribution system. Without authorization all connections shall be approved and inspected by the City engineer. Upon connection regular water service fees must be paid. 12. WATER METER FEES. All water meters are to be supplied by and Installed by Park City Municipal corporation or its authorized representative. For all water lines one inch or larger serving commercial uses and residential water lines larger than one inch meter and installation costs shall be paid to the WHEREAS, clean culinary water is necessary for the health and welfare of all Park City residents, and WHEREAS, Park City provides culinary water service to residents and businesses, and WHEREAS, Park City desires to clearly delineate the rights and duties of water users and the City, NOW, THEREFORE be it enacted by the City Council of Park City, Utah that Ordinance No. 82-15 be amended to read: 1. METERED SERVICE: All water used from the City water system for household, domestic, irrigation, commercial, Industrial, or any other , use shall be metered and water paid for according to the quantity used; Alt-;" water-connections "shall pay' a : basedemand charge according to the size of the meter In use. The basedemand charges for all meter sizes are as follows: Meter Size Monthly BaseDemand Charge Single Family Dwellings 58" x 34" $10.00 1" $10.00 Other Than Single Family Dwellings 1" $25.00 Vh" $45.00 2" $85.00 3" $210.00 4" $375.00 6" $700.00 8" $1,200.00 The basedemand charge shall entitles the water customer to use up to 5,000 gallons per month per meter, excluding fire flow, (and not per units served through that meter) without additional charge. All water consumed in excess of the 5,000 gallons per month shall be charged at the rate of $1.15 per thousand gallons. There shall be no right of carry-over from month to month if fewer than 5,000 gallons are used, so that each month is billed independently as far as the basedemand charge Is applied. Unoccupied structures will be billed the basedemand charge applicable to that meter unless a service . disconnect request has been received by the Water Department. When an oversized meter is required for fire sprinklers, the base charge will be adjusted downward to reflect the meter size that would have been used but for the fire sprinkler demand. 2. METER READING: Meters may be ready monthly, but shall be read a minimum of five times per year. In the event that one reading covers consumption for more than one month, consumption shall be prorated equally to each month included in the meter reading. By connecting to the water system, property owners and occupants of property are deemed to have consented to permit meter readers on the property to read the meters. In the event that meters were installed within any building on the premises, and there is no remote read-out device, the property owner or : occupant shall be required to permit access for the reading of the meter during normal business hours as a ' condition to continued water service. 3. METER ERROR: In the event that a meter malfunctions so that a reliable reading is not possible, ' charges shall be estimated by comparing the past known use through the malfunctioning meter to that of the adjoining or similar properties on which the past and current month's use Is known. The consumption for the period during which no reliable meter reading is available is presumed to bear the same proportion to the consumption through a meter on the similar or adjoining property that the last known meter reading for the malfunctioning meter bears to the consumption through the same : adjoining property's meter for the same period. 4. METER TEST: If a water user |