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paid for a request for connection services to be provided outside of normal city operating hours. (b) A nonpayment recounect fee established by the city council must be paid to restore services to a customer whose service was terminated for nonpayment of a bill. An additional fee established by the city council must be paid for a request for recounection services to be provided outside of normal city operating hours. (c) A temporary meter remal fee established by the city council must be paid for the use of any temporary meter, in addition to the new account connection fee. (d) A tampering fee established by the city council must be paid each time a customer causes or permits any tampering with city metering equipment or causes or permits any attempt to divert utility service around metering equipment. This fee will be in addition to the cost of repairs and replacement of equipment and estimated charges for any diverted services. (e) A meter test fee established by the city council must be paid when a customer requests a test of city metering equipment. The request must be in writing, and the current standards of the American National Standards Institute or the American Water Works Association will apply to the test. If the test result is outside the standards, the meter test fee will be refunded, the city will pay all testing costs and the test results will be used to make an adjustment in the customer's account. The adjustment will be for a period of either the six months preceding the request or the period of time the account has been in the customer's name, whichever is shorter. (f) A customer-side service call fee established by the city council must be paid by a customer if the city dispatches a crew to a request for service from the customer, the crew determines that the problem is on the customer's property, and the request for service is related to the stone problem at the same location within a 30-day period. (~) A repeat-line locate fee in the amount of the City's actual cost plus 10% must be paid for second or subsequent water or wastewater utility line locates at the san~e service location within 90 days of a previous line locate. SECTION 3. The following miscellaneous water and wastewater service fees are set in accordance with Section 86.198(a) of the City Code at the following proposed muounts: Type of Fee Current Amount Proposed Amount Tampering Fee $40.00 $100.00 Meter Test Fee $15.00 $35.00 Customer-side Service Call Fee n/a $20.00 City-installed Water Meter Fee $50.00 $60.00 SECTION 4. If any word, plu'ase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. c:VrEMP\water-ww fee changes 1-03.doc 2