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<br />July 8, 2008
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<br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Martinsville intends to provide up to $4,948, its per capita share of the Phase III cost, for work performed
<br />within the organization and by the consultant to meet the requirements of the regional water suWly plan effort and complete final Phase III, and
<br />BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the State Water Control Board and the Department of Environmental Quality should consider this resolution from each of
<br />the participating localities their Letters of Intent to participate in a regional water supply plan with a completion due date of November 2, 2011, in accordance
<br />with 9 V AC 25-780-50.B.4.
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<br />On a motion by Gene Teague, seconded by Kimble Reynolds, Jr., with the
<br />following recorded vote: Lawson, aye; Reynolds, aye; Teague, aye; Stroud, aye; and
<br />Turner, aye, Council approved, on second reading and final adoption, the following
<br />amendments to the City of Martinsville Water & Sewer Services Terms & Conditions
<br />which were effective 7 / 1/08 after ordinance was passed on an emergency basis on
<br />June 24, 2008:
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<br />ARTICLE V Water Service
<br />Sec. 5.1 Separate Services Required
<br />There shall be a separate service connection from the water main to each residence or commercial enterprise in the City. In no case shall water be served to two or
<br />more residences or commercial enterprises through a single meter except as permitted below.
<br />Industrial buildings, under a single ownership and situated on an undivided parcel of land, may receive water service through a single service connection and a single
<br />meter, provided that the owner of the buildings pay all connection fees to secure an appropriately sized service connection.
<br />Apartment buildings, mobile home courts and unified housing projects developed and operated in conformance with the City's Zoning Ordinance may receive water
<br />service through a single service connection and a single meter, and~ shopping centers situated on an undivided parcel of land may receive water service through one or
<br />more service connections and one or more meters serving multiple commercial establishments, provided:
<br />a. That the facility is under a single ownership~
<br />b. That the owner of the facility pays all connection fees to provide an appropriately sized service connection~
<br />c. That the owner pay a water rate for each apartInent, living uni~ or usable mobile home space, or commercial establishment as though each apartmen~ living unit
<br />mobile home space, or commercial establishment were separately metered and in accordance with the City's water rate schedule for 3/4-inch metering regardless of the
<br />master meter size. The number of applicable apartments, living units, mobile home spaces or commercial establishments for minimum water/sewer service billing
<br />shall be determined by the number offunctional electric meters serving thefacility, except as allowed below.
<br />Whenever the electric service to a unit has been inactive for more than 30 days, the owner may request. by completing a form available from the Billing Office,
<br />that the corresponding charge for water/sewer also be deleted. Normal minimum charges will be reinstated upon the owner or tenant reactivating the electric
<br />service. Minimum charges within each billing
<br />ARTICLE VIII Pavment of Service Chal1!es
<br />Sec. 8.1 Regular
<br />Water meters will be read and service charges for both water and sewer canputed from those readings on a monthly basis, except as noted herein. Readings
<br />may be estimated on occasion as necessary, but all initial and final bills will be based on actual meter readings. In the event of a bypass, the stoppage of or the
<br />failure of any meter to register the full amount of water consumed, the customer will be billed for such period on an estimated consumption based upon his use
<br />of water in a similar period of like use. In the event of a water leak exterior to the structure being served and on the customer's side of the meter, a billing
<br />credit may be gi'.'en on normal sewer charges, based upon prior records of ' ,vater consl:lfll)tion. (Moved to Sec. 8.2 below)
<br />A delayed payment service charge will be applied to all accounts if a bill is not paid within twenty-two (22) days of the billing date. The delayed payment
<br />charge shall be ten (10) percent of any balance in arrears. The delayed payment charge shall not apply to any amount of the bill which the City collects as a
<br />consumer utility tax.
<br />The customer will be charged a service charge of $20.00 for any check received by the City and returned by a bank. Postmarks are not acceptable as proof of
<br />payment. To avorllate charges, the payment must be in the Treasurer's office before 5:00 p.m. on the due date.
<br />Sec. 8.2 Water Leaks
<br />In the event of a water leak exterior to the structure being served and on the customer's side of the meter, a billing credit may be given on normal sewer charges, based
<br />upon prior records of water consumption.
<br />Sec. 8.3 Irrif!ation Water
<br />Selver charges may be deletedfrom a separately metered non-domestic lvater service dedicated to irrigation or other usage with absolutely no return to sewer,
<br />if requested by the owner and verified to qualify by the city.
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<br />Sec. 8.4 Other Water Source
<br />Where a customer secures all or any part of his water service from a source other than the City, all or part of which is discharged into the City's sewers, that
<br />customer shall install and maintain at his expense a water meter of a type approved by the City. Slth meter shall be read regularly by the City to determine fue
<br />volume of water secured from the o1her source and sewer service charges shall be cOlll'uted from such readings.
<br />Sec.8.5 Place ofPavment
<br />All bills are payable at tle City Treasurer's Office. Drive througp and night depository facilities are available for customer convenience.
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<br />Sec. 8.6 Direct Payment (Debit) bv Bank Option
<br />All customers with satisfactory records of payment shall five the option to have their bills paid directly by cooperating local banks. Such an arrangement shall
<br />require execution by a customer of a standard authorization form to be supplied by the City. Upon acceptance of the authorization form by the City and the
<br />customer's bank, the customer's bill will be forwarded to the customer's bank for direct debiting to the custonler's checking account. The customer will
<br />receive a duplicate of the bill, stamped "Advisory Notice" three to five days before the original of the bill is processed by the banle Upon receiving the
<br />bill, the bank will handle it as though the bill were a check, debiting the account and forwarding payment to 1he City Treasurer within three working days. The
<br />customer's portion of the bill will be forwarded by the bank to the customer in accordance with the bank's standard procedures.
<br />In the event a bank returns a debit bill, the customer \vill be required to pay a $20.00 service charge. Should a second such incident occur, a second charge will be
<br />incurred and the customer's option for Direct Payment (Debit) by Bank will be terminated.
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