Section 12.12.235 Special rates and charges.

1. Customers of water passing through a separate meter, when the meter shall be connected to outside taps for the purpose of lawn sprinklers or for the operation of air conditioners shall be charged $2.65 per hundred cubic feet effective July 1, 2009; $2.81 per hundred cubic feet effective July 1, 2010, and $2.93 per hundred cubic feet effective July 1, 2011. Such accounts shall not be subject to minimum charges and will be billed only for water consumed.

2. In cases where customers do not have a telephone or have not permitted the installation of an automatic meter reading device technology, the city will continue to manually read the meter. A monthly service charge of $20.00 will be added to each monthly bill to cover the costs of the monthly read.

3. Users located outside the City corporate limits shall pay the applicable rate as set forth in either Section 12.12.220 or Section 12.12.230 or subsection 12.12.235(1) multiplied by a factor of two. This rate is subject to the annual adjustment specified in Section 12.12.234.

4. Users shall pay a fee of $25.00 to set up a new account for the purpose of purchasing water or sewer services from the city.

5. The following designated cities purchasing water from the city shall pay the following rates and minimums:

Minimum Per 1000 gallon rate

a. Sergeant Bluff, Iowa $1,000 1.1002

b. South Sioux City, Nebraska $1,000 0.8401

c. Dakota Dunes, South Dakota $1,000 1.2681

(Ord. 2009-0413; 2009-0116; 2008-0117, 2007-0116, 2006-0402; 2006-0113; 2005-0085; 2004-0603; 2003-0886; 2002-0750; 2002-0692; 2001-0595; 99-7612; 98/U-6814; 97/U-5488; 96/U-4439; 95/U-3368)