§ 23-87. No free service.  


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  • Neither water service, nor sewer service shall be furnished or rendered free of charge to any person whatsoever, and the city, the county and the state, and every agency, department and instrumentality thereof which uses any of the services and/or facilities of the water system or sewerage system shall be charged therefor and shall pay therefor the rates fixed by this article. At the city manager's discretion, a sanitary sewer discount may be granted for the sanitary sewer portion of a bill for the water fill up of a swimming pool no more than one (1) time for every twelve (12) months of service. Those requesting a discount must provide proof of dechlorination when water is discharged to stormwater or that the discharge will go entirely into the sanitary sewer. Acceptable proof will include a sworn statement.

(Code 1959, § 24-33; Ord. No. 2013-04, § 1, 7-1-13)