Sec. 13-74. Water service charges.
(a) Water service charges are hereby levied and assessed for water and water service at the rates as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution, which rates are hereby found, determined and declared by the Board of Trustees to be equitable and just. All rates for water service shall be based on the SFE as defined in Section 13-41 of this Code.
(b) Service charges for potable water—monthly rates.
(1) The monthly service charge per SFE receiving water and per water-using property within the Town limits is as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(2) The monthly service charge per SFE receiving water and per water-using property within the unincorporated subdivision known as Evanston in Weld County is as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(3) The minimum monthly service charge at the Frederick Elementary School, rated as equivalent to thirty (30) single-family dwelling units (SFE 30), according to the formula seven hundred fifty (750) students x 0.04 SFE per student, shall be as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(4) The minimum monthly service charge at the Frederick Middle/Senior High School, rated as equivalent to twenty-seven (27) single-family dwelling units (SFE 27) according to the formula six hundred seventy-five (675) students x 0.04 SFE per student, shall be as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(5) The minimum monthly service charge for the Carbon Valley Recreation District for the Frederick Softball Facility shall be as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(6) The minimum monthly service charge for each one and one-half (1.5) inch meter in the Prairie Greens Subdivision is as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(7) Bulk potable water for construction purposes within the Town may be obtained from the Town at a centrally located bulk water loading station operated by the Town, or from a construction hydrant meter authorized by the Town. All bulk water service shall be metered. The fee for water delivered a from a bulk water loading station shall be collected at the time of delivery. The water delivered through a construction hydrant meter shall be billed to the contractor monthly. Water service charges for water from the bulk loading stations and construction hydrants shall be as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(c) Service charges for nonpotable water. Monthly rates are established as follows:
(1) Residential meters three-quarters (0.75) inches or less tap size. The monthly service charge per tap within the Town limits is established as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution.
(2) Large and nonresidential services. The monthly service charge per tap within the Town limits is established as set by the fee schedule adopted by resolution. (Annual projected demand shall be established by a demand analysis acceptable to the Town and will be used to establish the required meter size.)
(3) The above rates assume that native water will be delivered to a storage reservoir on the user’s property and the user will have their own pump station for their irrigation system. If direct pressurized flow is delivered to the user’s irrigation system from the Town’s delivery infrastructure, then there would be added twenty cents ($0.20) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of monthly usage in addition to the costs above. In addition, there will be an additional rate of seventy cents ($0.70) per one thousand (1,000) gallons used added for areas that have not provided water shares to the Town to cover the projected native water needs, based on a calculation of two and one-half (2.5) acre-feet per acre of irrigated area or a detailed engineering study accepted by the Town.
(4) The monthly service charge per tap for services located outside of the Town limits is the same as the rates in Subsections (c)(1), (2), and (3) of this Section except that the monthly base rate for the tap size would be double the rate shown for the same size tap within the Town limits. Note that service extended outside of Town limits must be approved by the Board of Trustees per Section 13-67 of this Code.
(d) Process for water service billing and payment of water service charges. Water meter reading shall be completed no later than the twenty-fifth of every month. Subject to technological difficulties, water usage bills shall be mailed to the record property owner on or before the first of every month. If the first of the month is on a Saturday, Sunday or Town-observed holiday, the water usage bill shall be mailed the next business day. All water usage bills shall be due and payable on or before the fifteenth of the month billed. If the account is sixty (60) or more days past due, written notice will be mailed by the twentieth of the month, or the next business day if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Town-observed holiday, as required by law. The late notice due date shall be the Tuesday before the first Wednesday of every month. Failure to pay any amount thirty (30) days or more past due by 5:00 p.m. on the late notice due date will result in water service being turned off. If such date falls on a Town-observed holiday, the water shall be turned off the next business day. If payment of past due amounts, along with service restoration charges, is received in full by 5:00 p.m. on a regular business day, water service will be restored no later than the next business day.
(e) Emergency circumstances. In the event of an emergency and a system-wide failure occurs, the water usage billing due dates may be adjusted to reflect a later due date at the sole discretion of the Town Manager or his or her designee.
(f) Additional bills. Water usage will be billed to the property owner only and not to the renter. However, on request of the property owner, duplicate bills can be sent to the renter for a fee of two dollars ($2.00) per month.
(g) These numerical/quantitative requirements and fees may be changed by resolution.
(h) Penalty. All unpaid water usage bills and assessments shall become liens against the water-using properties. (Ord. 1312 §1, 2019)