Ordinance 1961-013 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 26 AND SECTION
27 , OF, "AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE WATER
WORKS OF THE UNI'T'ED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF
YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS, AND REPEALING ALL ORD-
INANCES IN REGARD TO THE WATER WORKS HERETO-
FORE PASSED AND APPROVED, AS PUBLISHED BY
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 16, 1959."
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the United City of
the Village of Yorkville, Illinois :
SECTION 1. That Section 26 and Section 27 of, "An Ordinance
Pertaining to the Water Works of the United City of the Villa-ce 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 amended to read as
follows..
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 established and shall be collected for all water con-
sumption and water services rendered by the City, for which
each service shall be by meter registration.
Four Dollars and Fifty Cents ($4.50) for each Seven
Hundred (700) cubic feet or fraction thereof per quarter.
Forty-five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred (100) cubic
feet over Seven Hundred (700) cubic feet to and including Two
Thousand Five Hundred (29500) cubic feet.
Forty Cents ( $0.40) per One Hundred (100) cubic feet
above Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500) cubic feet to and in-
cluding Five Thousand (5,000) feet.
Thirty Cents ( $0.30) per One Hundred (100) cubic feet
above Five Thousand (52000) cubic feet.
(c) The above rates are for a quarter of a year or
fraction thereof.
r ,
r
2 -
(d) All charges for grater 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 purpose
of enforcing the lien provided by Article Seventy-five (75) ,
Paragraph Four (4) of Chapter Twenty-four (24) Illinois Revised
Statutes, the fortieth (40th) day following the first day of
the respective quarter is hereby fixed as a delinquency date.
(e) 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 to-
gether with One Dollar ($1.00) fee for turning on the water.
SECTION 27. Water service accounts and charges shall
be kept in the name of the owner of the property served ex-
cept 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 the estimated water
bills for the premises to be served, to guarantee payment
for water service, but in no case shall such deposit be less
than Ten Dollars (410.00) in the case of a tenant of residence
property and Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) in the case of 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 rentals and
all other proper charges in connection with water services
to said premises, but such payments will 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.
- 3 -
SECTION 2. The rules and regulations as set forth in this
Ordinance shall be considered 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 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
Dollars ($100.00) 2 and each day said violation occurs shall be
considered a separate offense.
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 there-
with and in all other respects, "An Ordinance Pertaining to the
Water Works of the United City of the Village of Yorkville, Ill-
inois, 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 it 's due passage, approval and publication
according to law.
PASSED this _±:f day of March, A.D. , 1961.
City Cl6rk
APPROVED by me this _4day of March, A.D. , 1961.
ayor o e United C ty of the
Villa e of Yorkville, Illinois.
I