Legal Documents of Rocky Top

The rate for the use of the water and sewer service charges of the City of Rocky Top shall be and the same are hereby fixed as follows:

Standard Monthly Rates for Single Residential Water Users
located within Corporate City Limits

The term "single residential" shall apply to every use and purpose considered as, or being, a single private dwelling.

Standard Monthly Rates for Residential Outside City Limits
and Other Users

Standard Monthly Rates For Commercial Users

The term "all other" shall apply to every use and purpose not considered as, or being, a single private dwelling.

The rate for the use of the water and sewer service charges of the City of Rocky Top shall be and the same are hereby fixed as follows:

Standard Monthly Rates for Single Residential Sewer Users
located within Corporate City Limits

The term "single residential" shall apply to every use and purpose considered as, or being, a single private dwelling.

Standard Monthly Rates For All Other Users
(Outside Residential)

Standard Monthly Rates For Commercial Users

Standard Monthly Rates For Industrial Users

Any customer within the corporate limits of the City of Rocky Top who cannot be connected to the water system due to prior contract shall be billed for sewer usage at a rate of one hundred percent (100%) of the net water bill.

Any residential customer who is not a metered customer of any recognized water service utility shall be billed for sewer usage at the "all other users" rate per month.

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution, inside the city limits, requesting water and sewer on for cleaning only, will be charged a non-refundable cleaning fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for five (5) days.

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution that receives a twenty-four (24) hour disconnect notice tag at their service address for failure to pay water and sewer bill or non-fulfillment of payment arrangements will receive a thirty dollar ($30.00) fee added to their bill.

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution that requests a reread of their meter will receive one reread per calendar year at no cost. All additional rereads of the meter will cost thirty dollars ($30.00) per reread if the reread validates the original reading. If the original reading was inaccurate the customer will not be assessed a charge for the reread.

Water Tap Fees are as Follows:

For every water tap made on a main water line, inside the city limits of the City of Rocky Top, the person having said tap shall pay to the water and sewer department the following:

Sewer Tap Fees are as Follows:

For every sewer tap made on a main sewer line inside the city limits of the City of Rocky Top, the person having the said tap shall pay to the water and sewer department the following:

The customer is responsible for boring cost.

Exception to pricing listed above: Any tap that requires a contracted service, as determined by Rocky Top Water and Sewer Management, is subject to the cost listed above and the cost of the contractor.

Customers who wish to "tap" a city water meter for any purpose other than a water meter installation (for example, a private fire hydrant or automatic sprinkler system) will be charged five hundred dollars ($500.00) plus the cost of labor and materials due to the city's installation of tap.

If a customer requests to move a water meter from its present location and no new tap is required, the customer will be charged fifty percent (50%) of the tap fees, as listed above.

No more than one (1) dwelling can be on a four inch (4") tap, unless approved by Rocky Top Water and Sewer Management.

All customers applying for water services after August 1, 2002, where private fire hydrants and fire sprinkler piping are required shall be metered along with other potable water. The meter, location of the meter, and the installation shall be approved by the city.

All customers who are served by private fire hydrants and fire sprinklers piping, and who found using unmetered water, shall be required to provide and install a city approved meter for such service as a condition for further service, pay the city for estimated water loss, and may be subject to criminal prosecution. (Ord. #587, June 2024, as amended by Ord. #590, Aug. 2024,) and replaced by Ord. 2025-606, May 2025)