HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 245 01/02/1945
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AN ORDINANOE TO AMEND SEOTION ONE OF AN ORDI_
NANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTI TLED "AN ORDI-
NANOE AMENDING SEOfION 1 OF AN ORDINANOE EN-
TI TLED: t AN ORDINANCE TO REV! SE AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGU-
LATION .AND MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER WORKS SYSTDf
OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPEOf, AND ESTABLISHING
HULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF WATER
CONSUMERS AND OTHERS. AND REGULATING CONNECTIONS
WITH SAID SYSTEM AND ESTABLISHING RATES AND CHARGES
AND LI CDSE FEES FOR PLUMBERS. ' "
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:BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of
the Tillage of Mount Prospect. Oounty of Cook and State of Illinois:
Section 1. That Section 1 of an ordinance entitled "An
Ordinance to revise an ordinance entitled: An ordinance providing for the
regulation and management of the water works system of the Tillage of Mount
Prospect. and establishing rules and regulations for the government of water
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'j consumers and others, and regulating connections with said system and estab-
lishing rates and charges and license fees for plumbers", as amended, be and
the same is hereby amended so that the same shall be and read as follows:
SECTION 1 (a) A deposit of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be
required upon original application for meter, or original application for
service where meter has been previously installed. No service is to be granted
or water turned on until a deposit shall have been paid to the Water Collector.
This deposit to be refundable under the following conditions:
A. Upon request for termination of service, except
in cases where there is an unpaid amount in
which event that amount is deductible from the
deposit when less or applied when in excess.
B. To all property owners after one ye~ from date
of deposit who have not been delinquent in water
pqments during said year and who shall present
to the Water Collector satisfactory evidence of
ownership of building for which application for
va ter was made.
C. To all other applicants after five years from
date of deposit who have not been delinquent in
payment of water bills during said five y~ars.
Refunds upon request for termination of service shall be made directly by
the Water Oollector. In all other cases the payment of refunds shall be
made only after the Water Oollector has obtained the approval of the President
of the Board of Trustees and the Ohairman of the Water Committee.
Section 1 (b) That all consumers of water furnished by the
Village of Mount Prospect shall PST for same according to the following rates
and charges, where meters can. be permanently set:
For the first 5,000 gallons $.32 per thousand gallons
Jor the next 5,000 gallons .28 per thousand gallons
For the next 10,000 gallons .24 per thousand gallons
For the next 10,000 gallons .20 per thousand gallons
lor the next 10,000 gallons .20 per thousand gallons
For the next 10,000 gallons .19 per thousand gallons
For the next 10,000 g&lloRs .19 per thousand gallons
For the next 10,000 gallons .18 per thousand gallons
For the next 10,000 gallons .18 per thousand gallons
Allover 80,000 gallons .17 per thousand gallons
The foregoing rates are to be for water consumed during the
period 0 f three months, or fraction thereof, for each individual conSWDer
and in no case shall the charge be less than One Dollar and Fifty Oents
($1.50) per quarter or fraction thereof. In the event any meter fails to
register properly, the Water Collector shall make an estimate of the water
used during the period of such failure based upon the average quantity
registered b.Y such meter during the preceding like periods. No allowance
shall be made for leakage.
Section 1 (c) All bills for water rates, assessments and rents
shall, so far as pOSsible, be rendered on the First day of January, April.
July and October, of each year, for the quarter preceding. If such bills
are not paid within fifteen (15) dtqs after the date of the bill there shall
be added thereto and collected therewith a penalty of ten per cent (10~) of
the amount of the bill. If the entire amount of the bill is not paid within
thirty (30) days after the date of the bill, the Collector shall at once order
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the water shut off and meter taken out of the premises of the person so
delinquent and the water shall not be turned on again until all past due
rents. together with a charge of Two Dollars ($2.00) for shutting off and
turning on the water and resetting the meter are paid. Where the meter is
not removed. the consumer shall pa:y the regular minimum rate of One Dollar
and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per quarter.
Section 1 (d) All water used for which rates and methods of
measurements are not specifically provided for by any ordinance shall be
estimated b,y the Superintendent of Water Works or such officer as may be
designated Qr the President and Board of Trustees to perform the duties of
such Superintendent. and assessed at the rate of Seventeen Cents (17~) per
thousand gallons or fraction thereof. Whenever practicable a meter shall
be used as the basis of such estimate. The following are adopted as and for
the charges and rates for water used b.f water consumers where meters cannot
be installed:
For laying stone, per cord. . . .
For 1a:y1ng briek, per thousand . . . .
For wetting briek, per thousand. . . . . .
For plastering. per hundred sq. 1'ds. . . .
For 1qing cement or concrete work
per 100 cu. feet . . . . . . . . . . .
. . $.10
.10
.10
.20
.20
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances whieh may
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after 1ts passage, approval and publication.
PASSED this 2nd day of January. A.D. 1945
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Village Clerk
APPROVED. this 2nd day of January. A.D. 1945
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President
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