§ 74-251. Deposits required.

A deposit as herein provided in this section shall be paid at the time of each application for solid waste, sewer and water service. This sum shall be retained in a special account to insure payment of all charges. When service is permanently discontinued, this deposit, less any accumulated charges, shall be refunded to the ratepayer:

	Inside City Limits	Outside City Limits
Owner Occupied Residential Customers	$150.00	$150.00
Tenant Occupied Residential Customers	150.00	150.00
Commercial Customers	300.00	350.00
Industrial Customers	350.00	400.00
Multiunit Customers*	300.00	350.00
High Risk Properties**	2 times the previously listed deposit amount	2 times the previously listed deposit amount

 

*

Multiunit customers shall include, but not be limited to, apartment complexes, hotels, motels, and congregate or assisted living facilities.

**

High risk customers shall include those customers or tenants that have a bad credit report through verifying mechanisms and services and/or those customers or tenants that have a delinquent or bad check history with the city. The city has the right at any time to request an additional deposit to bring the customer's current deposit up to the 'high risk customer' deposit amount if the customer's account has been delinquent or the city receives a bad check from the customer. If the customer fails to pay the requested additional 'high risk customer' deposit amount, the city has the right to disconnect the utility service to the customer, and then other applicable fees may be applied to the customer's utility account.

(Ord. No. 2002-04, art. 3, § 1, 6-11-2002; Ord. No. 1140, § 1, 2-27-2007; Ord. No. 1246, § 1, 3-10-2009; Ord. No. 2012-1290, § 1, 4-9-2012)