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 Lake Station
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 9. Utilities
 Article 2. Water Department

  § 9-13. Deposits/temporary users  

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  • (a)

    (i)

    The city water department shall require from a property owner applicant a security deposit for water service, based upon the following schedule:

    Meter Size Security Deposit
    5/8 inch, single family residential $45.00
    5/8 inch, all other uses 50.00
    ¾ inch, single family residential 45.00
    ¾ inch, all other uses 50.00
    1 inch 75.00
    1½ inch 100.00
    2 inch 125.00
    3 inch 150.00
    4 inch 175.00
    6 inch 200.00
    Larger than 6 inch {to be set by board of
    public works & safety}

     

    (ii) The city water department shall require from a tenant applicant a security deposit for water service, based upon the following schedule:

    Meter Size Security Deposit
    5/8 inch, single family residential $100.00
    5/8 inch, all other uses 100.00
    ¾ inch, single family residential 100.00
    ¾ inch, all other uses 100.00
    1 inch 125.00
    1½ inch 150.00
    2 inch 175.00
    3 inch 200.00
    4 inch 225.00
    6 inch 250.00
    Larger than 6 inch {to be set by board of
    public works & safety}

     

    (b) For multifamily dwellings and for structures containing two or more separate businesses or commercial activities, and where such dwellings or structures are to be served by a single meter, the security deposit shall be an amount equal to the product of multiplying the number of families or businesses at the premises times the security deposit determined by meter size in the above and foregoing schedule.

    (c) A security deposit shall be held as security for the payment of any and all charges and indebtedness which may be incurred by the depositor for water and/or sewer service furnished by the city to the subject premises.

    (d) Should any invoice addressed to the customer at the subject premises remain unpaid for more than thirty (30) days after the date of mailing, or for thirty (30) days after the date of a final invoice mailed after a discontinuance of water service, the amount of such invoice remaining unpaid shall be deducted from said security deposit, and the balance of said security deposit then remaining, if any, shall be refunded to the depositor at his last known mailing address.

    (e) Any such security deposit held by the city water and sewer utilities department for more than five (5) years shall be return to the depositor thereof or his assignee, without interest, provided however, that water and sewer invoices for the subject premises shall have been consistently paid in a timely manner.

    (f) Any tenant security deposit is nonrefundable prior to discontinuance of water sewer.

(Ord. No. 2003-17, § 3, 3-4-2004; Ord. No. 2006-17, 6-15-2006)

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Ord. No. 2006-17 adopted June 15, 2006, enacted provisions intended for use as subsection (g) of section 9-13. To preserve the style of this Code, and at the editor's discretion, subsection (g) was redesignated as subsection (f).