Ordinance 1971-16 1 Y
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 8,
18, 20, 26 and 27 of "An ORDINANCE
PERTAINING TO THE WATER WORKS OF THE
UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE
ILLINOIS AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
REGARD TO THE WATER WORKS HERETOFORE PASSED
AND APPROVED, AS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 16, 1959 AS AMENDED.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the United City of the Village of Yorkville,
Illinois:
Section 1: That Sections 8, 18, 20, 26 and 27 of "An Ordinance Pertaining to
the Water Works of the United City of the Village of Yorkville, Illinois and Repealing
All Ordinances in Regard to the Water Works Heretofore Passed and Approved, as Pub-
lished by Authority of the City Council on July 16, 1959," as amended,are hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 8: "All connections and installations of water service shall upon proper
application be made from the existing main upon applicant 's street to the street
side of applicant's sidewalk or to a point four (4) feet within the curb line,
whichever point the Superintendent of water works shall so elect, and said con-
nections and installations shall be made only by authorized employees of the city
and only after payment by the user or property owner at the time of application
for water to the City Treasurer or Collector of a connection fee of Two Hundred
($200.00) Dollars, which said fee shall include the installation and use of a
city water meter."
Section 18: 11No person, either owner or tenant, who in changing their residence
from one location to any other location served by the water department, shall be
given water service until any and all delinquent water rentals which are charged
against them at former place of residence shall have been paid in full, and no
water at new location shall be turned on and if so, the same shall be turned off,
until settlement of such delinquent water rental at former location is made. A
charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) for turning on water and renewing service shall be
made in addition to the payment of the delinquent water rental or charges."
Section 20: "Owners or consumers desiring to discontinue the use of water shall give
notice thereof, in writing, to the Superintendent of Water Works or the City
Treasurer or Collector who shall then cause the water to be turned off. Water rents
or charges for services shall be made until such notice is given. When water
service is discontinued all water rentals for such service shall become due and
payable. When water service is again desired after having been discontinued, a
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charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be made and collected before turning on
water and renewing service."
Section 26: "(a) Meters shall be read quarterly and bills for water furnished
shall be mailed, on or about the first day of July, October, January and April
of each year, and all bills and charges for water rents and other services are
payable at the office of the City Treasurer or Collector.
(b) The following water rent charges or rates are hereby esta-
blished and shall be collected for all water consumption and water services
rendered by the city, for which each service shall be by meter registration.
Six Dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) for first five hundred cubic
feet or fraction thereof per quarter.
Seventy-Five cents ($0.75) per 100 cubic feet over five hundred (500)
cubic feet to and including two thousand (2,000) cubic feet.
Seventy cents ($0.70) per 100 cubic feet over 2,000 cubic feet to and
including four thousand (4,000) cubic feet.
Sixty-Five cents ($0.65) per 100 cubic feet above four thousand (4,000)
cubic feet.
(c) The following water rent charges, or rates, are hereby esta-
blished and shall be collected for all water consumption and water services ren-
dered beyond the city limits by the city, for which each service shall be by
meter registration:
Twelve Dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) for first five hundred cubicfeet
or fraction thereof per quarter.
One Dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per 100 cubic feet over five hundred
(500) cubic feet to and including two thousand (2,000) cubic feet.
One Dollar and forty cents ($1.40) per 100 cubic feet over two thousand
(2,000) cubic feet to and including four thousand (4,000) cubic feet.
One Dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) per 100 cubic feet above four thousand
(4,000) cubic feet.
(d) The above rates are for a quarter of a year or fraction thereof.
(e) All charges for water shall be due and payable on rendition in
mailing of a notice of amount to the owner or tenant and shall become delinquent
at the expiration of thirty (30) days from said date of mailing and for the pur4
pose of enforcing the lien provided by Article 75, Paragraph 4 of Chapter 24,
Illinois Revised Statutes, the 40th day following the first day of the respective
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quarter is hereby fixed as a delinquency date.
(f) Ten days after a bill shall become delinquent, the water may
be shut off from the premises, and shall not be turned on until all back rentals
and charges are paid together with a Two Dollar ($2.00) fee for turning on the
water, when service is located within the city limits; said fee shall be Five
Dollars plus all back rentals and charges when service is located beyond the
city limits.
(g) In the event a water user becomes more than ten (10) days
delinquent, on two or more separate occasions, the user may be required to furnish
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an additional deposit to the city in the amount of Dollars in
the case of a tenant of residence property, and 2, Dollars in
the case of all other property, and the city may refuse to turn said water on again
until the aforesaid deposit has been received."
Section 27: "Water service accounts and charges shall be kept in the name of the
owner of the property served except as to property owned by the State of Illinois
and only such owner shall be recognized as the consumer, except where the tenant
makes and maintains a deposit of an amount of money with the City Treasurer equal
to theestimated water bills for the premises to be served, to guarantee payment
for water service, but in no case shall such deposit be less than Twenty Dollars
($20.00) in the case of a tenant of residence property and Twenty-Five Dollars
($25.00) for all other property, and the deposit shall accompany the application
for service. Where no deposits are made or where the deposit is not maintained,
the owner of the premises served shall be held responsible for the payment of all
water rentalm and all other proper charges in connection with water services to
said premises, but such payments shall be accepted from tenant if tendered by them,
but accepting payments from tenants shall not subsequently relieve the owner of the
premises from the responsibility of paying water rentals or other service charges
when due, or relieve the real estate from the lien hereinbefore provided. Any
deposit made upon application for service shall be returned to consumer upon ter-
mination of service."
Section 2: The rules and regulations as set forth in the Ordinance shall be con-
sidered a part of the contract of every person who takes water supplied by the city
through the city water works; every such person who takes water shall be considered as
having expressly agreed to be bound by the provisions of this ordinance upon his
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acceptance of water service from said city.
Section 3: Any violation of this Ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor and be
punishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars and each day said
violation occurs shall be considered a separate offence.
Section 4: This Ordinance shall repeal only that part or portion of any other
Ordinance of the United City of the Village of Yorkville, heretofore passed and
adopted that conflicts therewith and in all other respects "An Ordinance Pertaining to
the Water Works of the United City of the Village of Yorkville, Illinois and Repealing
All Ordinances in Regard to the Water Works Heretofore Passed and Approved, as Published
by Authority of the City Council, July 16, 1959, " is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 5: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED this �(� day of 41tj ,(5 T , A.D., 1971.
Ci�6 Clerk
APPROVED by me this day of u' , A.D., 1971.
Mayor of the U ted City of the Village of
orkville, Illinois