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ORDINANCE NO.~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 8 OF THE CANTON
MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT REQUIRED FOR WATER AND REPEALING
TITLE 8, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 27 OF THE CANTON MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING
THE PROPERTY OWNERS' RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER RENTS.
WHEREAS, the Legal and Ordinance Committee of the City of
Canton, Illinois has determined that it is necessary, desirable and
to the best interests of the City of Canton to modify and amend
Title 8, Chapter 10, Section 8 of the Canton Municipal Code concerning
the deposit required for water and to repeal and delete Title 8,
Chapter 10, Section 27 of the Canton Municipal Code concerning the
property owners' responsibility for water rents; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois
has made a similar determination.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
1. That Title 8, Chapter 10, Section 8 of the Canton Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"8-10-8: DEPOSIT REQUIRED:
No water shall be turned on for use on or in
any premises until an application therefor in
writing has been made for that purpose and filed
with the Cashier of the City Water Department,
stating the purpose for which the water is to be
used. If the applicant is not the owner in fee
simple of the recorded title to the property where
the applicant desires the water to be turned on,
he shall deposit with his application the sum of
fifty dollars ($50.00) before any water is turned
on. Such deposit shall be held by the City as
security for the payment of water used by the
applicant and may be so applied when any default
is made in payment of a water bill.
Any person who shall occupy business property as
a tenant and shall consume water furnished by the
City, shall, before entering said property, make
a deposit of one hundred dollars ($100.00) with
the Cashier of the City Water Department. This
deposit shall be kept in a separate fund and
shall be returned to said person when said premises
are vacated by said person, provided there is no
money due the City for water, in which case the
amount owing the City shall first be deducted and
the balance remaining returned to the person making
said deposit."
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2. That Title 8, Chapter 10, Section 27 of the Canton
Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from
the Canton Municipal Code.
3. That the remainder of Title 8, Chapter 10, Water and
Sewer System Rates, of the Canton Municipal Code remain in full force
and effect.
4. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
upon its passage by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois
and approval by the Mayor thereof.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois
and APPROVED by the Mayor thereof this o~0 'day of 1981.
APPROVED : -.r-~-~ , MAYOR
HARLAN E. CROUCH
ATTEST: ~~~ CITY CLERK
NA CY S. ITES
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