6606 Water Service Application1
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(Published in The Salina Journal, Iv1 etk I , 1962)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 6606
AN ORDIMANCE PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF MAKING APPLICATION
FOR WATER SERVICE, PROVIDING FOR CASH DEPOSIT PRIOR TO COMMENCE -
WENT OF SERVICE, AND PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND
RETURN OF SAID DEPOSIT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SALINA,
KANSAS:
Section 1, That Section 30-109 of The Code of The City of
4alina, Kansas, 1960, be and the same is hereby amended to read
3 follows:
Section 30-109, Any person, firm or corporation making prope
application and complying with the requirements herein set forth
shall be supplied with water by the department providing the
property to be supplied adjoins a water main or distributing
pipe. All applications for water shall be on a form to be furnish
:d by the department and shall be signed by the person making such
application and shall state the location of the premises for which
Nater is to be furnished and all purposes for which water is re-
juired and any other information required by the department.
Jnless said person, firm or corporation shall have established a
satisfactory credit record with the Waterworks Department, such
Lpplication must be accompanied by a cash deposit for an amount
:qual to double the estimated monthly utility bills and service
Eees for such premises, which are to be billed on the monthly
Nater bill, but in no case less than Ten Dollars ($10), and any
applicant shall, upon demand of the Superintendent, increase such
ieposit when, if in the opinion of such Superintendent, such
Lncrease may be necessary to protect the City from loss, A
separate account of each deposit shall be made showing the date on
which such deposit is received, the name of the depositor, and the
amount thereof, The City shall pay to the customer making the
9eposit interest at the rate of three percent 0%.) per annum, such
Lnterest to be credited on the first day of January thereafter,
and shall be payable at the office of the utility, in cash, on
9emand of the depositor. Any interest credited shall be subject
:o call and payment at any time, but shall not draw interest. The
Lmount of deposit required shall at all times be reasonable, and
shall be based upon the value of the maximum service rendered; and
such advance deposit, together with the interest due thereon, may
)e applied to the payment of any bills due on discontinuance of
service.
The City may at its discretion refund such deposit, together
rith interest, at any time it so desires. Two years following the
late of such deposit, the City shall refund the deposit plus
.ccrued interest upon demand of the depositor, providing said
lepositor shall have established and maintained a satisfactory
:redit record with the Waterworks Department to the satisfaction
of the Superintendent.
Section 29 Section 30-109a. Deposits received from custom-
ers in accordance with Section 30-109 which remain uncollected for
a period of two years or more after the discontinuance of service
to said consumer, may be transferred to the general fund of said
Water Department in the following manner: The governing body of
the Water Department shall publish a notice for three consecutive
weeks in the official paper of the City, which notice shall state
the name in which the deposit was made, the last address at which
service was rendered to such person, and the amount of the
deposit remaining after the payment of all bills or charges for
service rendered; and shall further state that unless a person
claiming an interest in such deposit shall appear and file claim
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therefor within six months after the date of the last publication,'
said deposit will be transferred to the general fund of the Water'
Department, Unless the person entitled thereto shall, within the
time stated in the notice, make claim therefor, said deposit shall
be transferred to the general fund of the Water Department and no:
action for the recovery of any such deposit may be brought unless
commenced within two years after the deposit has been transferred:'
Provided, That any person under legal disability during said two-
year period may bring such action within one yearafter such
Idisability has been removed.
Section 3. That thisordinance shall take affect and be in
full force from and after its passage and publication once in the
official City newspaper.
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Passed by the Commission the /0 day of March, 1962.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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APPROVED BY:
Mayor