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MARINE VIEW HEIGHTS WATER SYSTEM
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
RESOLUTION N0. 97-92-CC
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Application for service.
Insta,llation charges.
Repair of service equipment.
Connection compliance with chapter required.
Pernussion required for service to additional premises.
Double charge for unauthorized service.
Service connection removal.
Service reinstallation after discontinuance.
Shutoff by Marine View Heights.
Meters required.
Meter location.
Water rate schedule.
Connection.
Right of entry.
Shutof� for refusing entry.
Service outside existing service area.
Shutoff for delinquent charges.
Unpaid charges -- Lien conditions.
Effective date.
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Sec. .001 Abnlication for service.
(a) It is the antent of the Marine View Heights Water System that all water
delivery shall be delivery of services to the property served. All such
delivery of services shall be a claim against the property and a claim
against the owner of that property served and/or furnished services. It
shall be the responsibility of each property owner served by water to
determine the extent of services and deliveries being made and/or
furnished to the owner's property. It shall be the responsibility of the
property owner to pay all claims, chaxges, penalties and/or costs unposed
by the Marine View �Ieights Water System for the furnishing and/or
delivery of services to the owner's property. The property owner°s
responsibility shall exist independent of any claim of lien the Marine View
Heights Water System may have or make pursuant to any statute, rule or
regulation. The fact the owner has directed or allowed tlie billings for
water furnished and/or services delivered to the owner's properry to be
delivered to a tenant or other third person does not in any way reduce or
extinguish the property owner's responsibility for water billings, charges,
costs or penalties unposed by the Marine View Heights Water System. All
delinquent charges for water shall bear interest at the maximurn rate
allowed by law.
(b) All applications for residential water service shall be made by tlie
property owner of the property to be delivered water service, and
responsibility for billing payment shall be borne by the property owner.
All charges for water service will be sent directly to the property address
unless the property owner directs otlierwise. No charge will be made for
meter reading for closing accounts, except as provided herein.
(c) Applications for industrial and commercial water service may be by
the property owner, lessee or other consumer.
(d) Upon a failure to pay the charges for water service, the amount
thereof shall become a lien against the real property furnished the service
as provided by law.
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Sec. .002 Installation charges.
(a) All services shall be installed by the Marine View Heights Water
System or a licensed contractor with approval of the County
Commissioners at the expense of the property owner.
(b) There shall be no charge other than the installation charge for the
followuig: Meter, meter box, pipes, riuscellaneous fittings, equipment and
labor used in making connections of any size between the water main and
the property served; provided, however, that in any service more than
sixty feet in length, the property owner shall pay the costs of labor,
equipment and material in excess of sixty feet in length in addition to the
installation charge.
(c) The installation charge must accompany the application for water
services. Any property owner in applying for service shall pay an
installation charg� of $1,500. Upon completion of service by the Marine
View Heights Water System or acceptance of contractor installed service,
said service shall be the property of the Marine View Heights Water
System. Service shall be provided at the edge of the road Right of Way.
The property owner shall be responsible for connection and maintenance
from the service to its use.
(d� Where street or alley patching is required for the installation of water
service, the property owner shall pay, in addition to the service set forth
above9 the following:
(1) One �Iundred Fifty ($150.00) for any patch two and
one-half feet wide and from one to ten linear feet in length;
(2) Twelve dollars ($12.00) per linear foot for each foot
over ten feet in length, and two and one-half feet wide.
Sec. .003 Repair of service equipment. The water pipes, connections and other
apparatus within the premises to be delivered water service must be kept in
good repair and protected from freezing at the expense of the owner, who
wi11 be responsible for all damages resulting from leaks or breaks; but no
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person, except under direction of the County Commissioners, shall be
allowed to dig into any street for the purpose of laying, moving or
repairing any service.
Sec..004 Connection compliance with chapter required. 'The County
Commissioners or their authorized designee shall specify how connections
shall be made until all rules contained herein for the same shall have been
complied with.
Sec. .005 Permission required for service to additional premises. It is unlawful for
any person whose premises are supplied with water to furnish water to
additional premises unless such person first makes application in writing to
do so and perrrussion is granted by the County Commissioners.
Sec. ,006 Double charge for unauthorized service. When additional prem�ses are
connected or furnished with water without the application prescribed in
Section .005, such premises may be charged at double the rate for the time
they are in use, and service may be shut off by the Marine View Heights
Water System without notice, and a charge of �fty dollars ($50.00) made
for shutting off the service. In the event that water is turned off as
provided in this section, the same shall not be turned on again until after
all charges against the premises have been paid in full. If the service is not
equipped with a water meter, shut-off valve, and locking meter box, the
property owner shall be requ�red to pay the cost of installing them.
Sec. .007 Service connection removal. When it is desired by the property owner to
change the location of the old service connection, or where a service
�onnection to any premises is abandoned for twenty-four months, or if the
service is no longer in use, the Mar�ne View Heights Water System flnay
shut off or remove the service connection, after which, should a service
conneetion be required on the premises, a new service shall be placed only
upon the owner making application and payment for a new tap at the actual
cost involved.
Sec. .008 Service reinsta.11ation after discontinuance. When service has been
discontinued from any premises, upon the application of the owner
thereof, or for nonpayment of water charges, or for any other causes other
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than routine mazntenance and repair, it is unlawful for any person to again
connect the premises with water until all arrearage for the premises have
been paid, and application made for reinstallation of service, and other
cause or causes corrected to the satisfaction of Marine View Heights Water
System. If the premises is not equipped with a water meter, valve, and
lockable meter box, the owner of the premises shall be required to pay the
costs for installing them, plus a charge of �fty ($50.00) for turning on
service.
Sec. ,009 Shut off b,y Marine View Hei�hts Water System. The Marine View
Heights Water System reserves the right at any time, witho�nt notice, to
shut off the water supply for repairs, extensions, emergencies or any other
reason, and the Marine View Heights Water System shall not be
responsible for any damage, such as bursting of boilers supplied by direct
pressure; the breaking of any pipes or �xtures, stoppages or interruption
of water supply or any other damage, resulting from the shutting off of the
water.
Sec. 0010 Meters required. All new water connections, and all reconnections shall
be required to have water meters, shutoff valves, and locking meter boxes,
Sec. .011 Meter location. Whenever it is possible and practicable, all meters shall
be installed in the parking strip of the property served and no branch pipe
sha11 be taken off the service between the meter and the street.
Sec. .012 Water xate schedule.
The charge for water service shall be $65/month to each lot owner using
�vater from Marine View �Ieights Water System Commercial or
agricultural charges shall be determined by the County Commissioners.
Sec. .013 Connection
(a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection wiYh or
ope�cung into, use, alter or disturb any portion of the water system or
appurtenance thereof without f�rst making application and receiving written
permission from the County Commissioners. The application shall be
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supplemented by any plans, speci�cations or other in%rmation considered
pertinent in the judgment of the County Commissioners.
(b) The applicant for the plumbing permit shall notify the building of�cial
when the building water is ready for inspection and connection to the
public water system. The connection shall be made under supervision of
the County Commissioners or their authorized designee.
Sec. .014 Right of entrX. The owner shall give the Marine View Heights Water
System or its duly authorized representative free access at all reasonable
hours to all parts of buildings or premises supplied with water by the
Marine View Heights Water System for the purpose of inspecting the
conditions of pipes and iixtures, noting the amount of water used and the
manner in which �t is used.
Sec. .015 Shut off for refusing entrX. If any owner or occupant on any prerruses
supplied with Marine View Heights Water System water violates any
provision of Section .014, the Marine View Heights Water System may
s�ut off the service without notice; and the owner or occupant shall be
required to pay all delinquent and unpaid charges against the premises,
together with a charge of �fty dollars ($50.00) for shutting off the water
before service may again be turned on. If the service is not equipped with
a water meter, valve, and lockulg meter box, these sha11 be provided at the
owner's cost prior to recannection to the system.
Sec. .016 Service outside Marine View Hei�hts Water Svstem limits.
(a) Policy. The service area of the Marine View Heights Water system
shall be Divisions I, II, and III of the subdivision of Marine View
Heights. It shall be the policy of the Marine View Heights Water System
that water services shall not be provided by the Marine View Heights
Water System to locations beyond Mari�e View Heights Water System
limits.
(b) Exception to Policy. Variance or exception to the general policy of the
Marine View Heights Water System for provision of water services may
be granted upon application to the Marine View Heights Water System and
approval of the Marine View Heights Water System. The Marine View
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Heights Water System may provide water services outside the Marine
View Heights Water System limits in the following situations:
The applicant is an owner or occupant of a single family
dwelling at the site to wfuch water service is to be granted.
7�he Marine View Heights Water System shall enter into a written
contract with any successful applicant for water services outside the
Marine View Heights Water System limits, fixing rates for such
service as provided for in this chapter, and may incorporate such
other terms and conditions as are approved by the Marine View
Heights Water System, including, but not limited to the following:
1. A water system to be built and connected to the Marine
View �Ieights Water System will be built to Marine View
I�eights Water System standards and code speci�cations.
2. The application is consistent with the Marine View
Heights Water System Comprehensive Plan.
3, The grant of the application wi11 not have a detramental
impact on the integrity of the Iviarine View I3eights Water
Systean.
4. That additional conditions may be required by the Marine View
Heights Water System which are just and necessary to protect the
interests of the Marine View Heights Water System under the
particular circumstances of the applicant.
Sec. .017 Shut off for delinquent charges. In case of nonpayment of fees and
charges for water, within sixty days after they are due, the water may be
shut off and a charge of iifty dollars ($50.00) shall be added to cover the
expense of turrung the water off and on, and in no case shall water be
turned on again unt�l t1�e amount has been paid in full. Reconnection shall
be subject to the requirements of Section .008 herein.
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Sec. .018 Unnaid char�es--Lien conditions.
(a) The Marine View Heights Water System shall have a lien agau�st the
prerruses receiving watex services, for unpaid charges requ�red by Section
12 of these policies, for four months° charges due or to become due
provided the owner of the premises or the owner of a delinquent mortgage
thereon may give written notice to the Marine View Heights Water System
to cut off service to such premises, accompanied by payment or tender of
payment of the then-delinquent and unpaid charges for such services
against the premises, together with the shutoff charge (if any), whereupon
the Marine View Heights Water System shall have no lien against the
prenuses or charges for services thereafter furrushed, nor shall the owner
of the premises or the owner of a delinquent mortgage thereon be held for
payment �ereof.
(b) The Counry Commissioners shall enforce collection of connection
charges, and rate and charges for water supplied agau�st property owners
connecting with the system or receiving such water cliarged against
property to which and its owner to whom the service is available, such
charges being deemed charges agaulst the property served, by addition of _
penalties of ten percent thereof in case of failure to pay the charges at tune
fi�ced by resolution. Where either connection charges or rates and charges
for services suppl�ed are delinquent for sixty days, Grant County shall
certify the delinquencies to the Treasurer and the charges and any penalties
added thereto and interest thereon at the rate of not more than the prime
lending rate of Grant Counry's bank, plus four percentage points per year
shall be a lien against the property upon which the service was received,
subject only ta the lien for general taxes.
(c) (irant County may, at any time after the connection charges or rates
and charges for services supplied or available and penalties are delinquent
for a period of sixty days, bring suit in foreclosure by civil action in the
superior court. The court may allow, xn addition to the costs and
disbursements provided by statute, attorneys' fees, title search and report
costs, and expenses as it adjudges reasonable. The action shall be in rem,
and may be brought in the name of Grant County against an individual or
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against all of those who are delinquent in one action. The laws and rules
of the court sYiall control as in other civil actions.
(d) In addition to the right to foreclose provided herein, Grant County
may also cut off all or part of the service after charges for water service
supplied or available are delinquent for a period of sixty days as set forth
herein.
Seco .019 Effective Date
These policies and procedures shall be in effect upon adoption. They shall
remain in effect as long as Grant County is the receiver of tlie water
system, and shall tliereafter be null and void.
Dated this 4th day of June,1997
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