§ 34-5.02. Other reinstatement charges.

Additionally, under certain special conditions or events, the procedures and charges relative to reinstatement of water service are as follows:

(a)

If a customer, whose service has been discontinued in accordance with division 4 is found to have reinstated his water service at the curb stop without approval of the system, the customer's meter shall be removed to preclude illegal reinstatement of service by the customer, and an additional turn-on fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be added to the customer's account. If the customer is found to have damaged the meter or the associated valve or the associated lock, one or more of the following charges shall be added to the customer's account depending on the piece of equipment damaged:

Valve tampering fee: $61.73

Lock tampering fee: $46.30

⅝" meter tampering fee: $75.11

¾" meter tampering fee: $94.66

1" meter tampering fee: $122.43

These fee amounts are effective January 1, 2019. The fee amounts shall be adjusted on January 1 of each year thereafter by the percentage difference (greater than zero (0)) between the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as it is calculated by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics at the end of the month of July prior to the next year and as it was calculated at the end of the month of July one year earlier. SAWS will periodically perform a cost of service analysis to ensure that the fees charged do not exceed the cost of providing the services.

(b)

In addition to the turn-on fees a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be added to the customer's account for the removal of each illegal straight connection. In addition, the customer shall be charged the cost of the estimated amount of water used between the time the customer's service was disconnected for non-payment and the time the customer's illegal straight connection was discovered. For a residential customer, the charge for the water used will be calculated using the winter average (see section 34-226.1) for all SAWS residential customers. For a general class customer, the charge for water used will be calculated using the appropriate average monthly consumption amount by meter size listed in the table of average monthly consumptions by general class sub-classification and meter size as defined in section 34-2.01.

(c)

In addition to the turn-on fees, any meter/lock/valve tampering fees, estimated water usage charge, and straight connection removal fee, depending on the method selected by the system, a charge of seventy-eight dollars ($78.00) (service plug and removal fee) shall be added to the customer's account for plugging of the service line or a charge of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00) (service-capping fee) shall be added to the customer's account for the capping of the service line.

(d)

In addition to the turn-on fees, any meter/lock/valve tampering fees, estimated water usage charge, straight connection removal fee, service plug and removal fee, or service-capping fee, a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be added to the customer's account for the reinstallation of service.

(e)

Full payment of all charges incurred including the turn-on-fees, any meter/lock/valve tampering fees, estimated water usage charge, straight connection removal fee, service plug and removal fee or service capping fee, and meter reinstallation fee must be paid prior to the reinstatement of service.

(f)

If a customer presents a check or other negotiable instrument in payment of service fees that is not honored by the bank or other financial institution upon which the check or other negotiable instrument is drawn, a service charge of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be added to the amount due the system by the customer; provided, however, that if the instrument is returned by the financial institution because of error on its part, the service charge will not be added.

(g)

In addition to the foregoing there shall be deposited an amount reasonably adequate to secure payment of the customer's final bill. Such amount shall be determined in accordance with System Resolution No. 93-107, and as amended, which establishes a policy for customer deposits.

(Ord. No. 80330, § 1, 6-16-94; Ord. No. 101685, § 3(Att. I), 11-17-05; Ord. No. 2011-12-08-1004 , § 2(Exh. L), 12-8-11; Ord. No. 2017-12-07-0928 , § 3(Att. II), 12-7-17; Res. No. 18-262, 11-13-18)