Legal Documents of Rocky Top

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution, living outside the corporate limits requesting water and sewer services of the City of Rocky Top shall be required to pay a nonrefundable connection fee as follows:

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution, living outside the corporate limits, requesting water services of the City of Rocky Top that rents the property shall be required to pay a refundable three hundred dollar ($300.00) deposit fee as follows:

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution, living outside the corporate limits, requesting reconnection of their City of Rocky Top water services shall be required to pay a nonrefundable reconnection fee as follows:

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution, living outside the corporate limits, requesting meter transfer of their City of Rocky Top water services shall be required to pay a nonrefundable meter transfer fee as follows:

Any person, firm, corporation, or institution, living outside the corporate limits, requesting unlock and relock meter for home inspection of their City of Rocky Top water services shall be required to pay a nonrefundable unlock and relock fee as follows:

For every water tap made on a main water line to outside users, the customers having said tap made shall pay to the Rocky Top Water and Sewer Department the following:

Any single residential customer living outside the corporate limits requesting sewer services of the City of Rocky Top shall be required to pay the water and sewer department the following sewer tap fee:

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.
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.
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 for sprinkler system), will be charged five hundred dollars ($500.00) plus the cost of labor and materials due to city installation of the tap.
Tap on fees and sewer rates for public institutions, large commercial users, and industries could be negotiated according to their type and amount of discharge but in no event can the rate be lower than what is set out above.
All premises which have a city sewer main or sewer trunk line available to their property frontage shall be required to hook onto the sewer system if the topography of the site will allow gravity feed from premises to the sewer system.
All other laws or ordinances set by the City Council of the City of Rocky Top relative to the Rocky Top Water and Sewer Department other than those above shall apply to these outside users.
A fee of thirty five dollars ($35.00) will be assessed for all returned checks, and checks will no longer be accepted for payment from that individual unless approved by the city manager or mayor.
Annual rate changes. All water and wastewater rates and fees will change annually on July 1st in the amount of two and one-half percent (2.5%) to account for inflation or CPI on June 30, whichever one is greater. These rate and fee changes will occur automatically. (Ord. #587, June 2024, as amended by Ord. #590, Aug. 2024)