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Columbus City Codes tit. 11, ch. 1109

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Columbus City Codes § 1109.01 Council's authority to exempt.

1109.01 - Council's authority to exempt. Council may by the passage of an appropriate ordinance or resolution and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the City Charter, relieve certain hospitals, asylums, charitable institutions and other institutions devoted to the relief of the poor, the aged, the infirm or destitute persons or orphan children, from the payment of bills for water service. (Sec. 44.37; Ord. No. 0139-2011, § 1, 3-7-2011)

Columbus City Codes § 1109.02 Application—Investigation.

1109.02 - Application—Investigation. Hospitals, asylums and other institutions devoted to the relief of the poor, the aged, the infirm or destitute persons or orphan children, situated within the corporate limits, and not maintained by general taxation, desiring to be relieved from the payment of bills for water service, shall make application for such relief, at the office of the Division of Water, upon prepared forms, detailing information necessary in determining whether or not such relief from the payment of water bills should be granted by the city council. The Division of Water shall investigate each application, and, together with application, within ten (10) days after its receipt, shall file with the clerk of the city council, a report showing the number of rooms, conditions of plumbing, arrangement of meter and service supplying water for power, elevator, domestic and other charitable, partly charitable and noncharitable purposes. (Sec. 44.30: Ord. 422-06 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 0139-2011, § 1, 3-7-2011; Ord. No. 2398-2012, § 6, 12-3-2012)

Columbus City Codes § 1109.03 Right to reject application, require payment, additional information.

1109.03 - Right to reject application, require payment, additional information. The council reserves the right to reject any application for water free of charge, and may require at any time the payment of any bill, or part of any bill, for water supplied such hospital or institution, which in its judgment is deemed just and reasonable. The clerk of the city council upon recommendation of the committee on water of the council, may demand of any hospital or institution applying for or receiving water free of charge or at a special rate, a detailed statement for any certain period of its revenues and expenditures and specific information regarding the work it has done. Such report shall be filed with the city clerk within ten (10) days after demand is made. (Sec. 44.31.)

Columbus City Codes § 1109.04 Hydrant and meter number to be designated.

1109.04 - Hydrant and meter number to be designated. All ordinances or resolutions granting the use of water free of charge under the terms and conditions set forth in this chapter shall designate the hydrant and meter number through which water is supplied such hospitals and institutions. (Sec. 44.36.)

Columbus City Codes § 1109.05 Bills to be paid by council.

1109.05 - Bills to be paid by council. The Division of Water of Columbus Water & Power, at its regular monthly collection periods, shall at the then current rate per one thousand (1,000) cubic feet charged general consumers for water, render to the city council, bills for the amount of water used by hospitals and institutions granted the use of water free of charge under conditions and terms named herein, which bills shall be promptly paid to the Division of Water out of the general revenue fund of the city upon provision being made therefore by the council. (Ord. 478-92: Ord. 422-06 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2398-2012, § 6, 12-3-2012; Ord. No. 1882-2026, § 1, 6-29-2026)

Columbus City Codes § 1109.06 Institutions to pay if council does not.

1109.06 - Institutions to pay if council does not. If the bills mentioned in C.C. 1109.05 are not authorized by the council to be paid to the Division of Water within the time limit allowed for the payment of regular monthly water bills, the Division of Water is authorized and directed to notify such hospitals and institutions that all bills for water supplied from the date for which such bills are rendered will be required to be paid by such hospitals and institutions. All such hospitals and institutions in such case shall be required to pay for all water supplied them by the Division of Water, unless and until provision is made for its payment by the council. (Sec. 44.35: Ord. 422-06 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2398-2012, § 6, 12-3-2012)

Columbus City Codes § 1109.07 Notification of changes in plumbing—Inspections.

1109.07 - Notification of changes in plumbing—Inspections. Hospitals or institutions granted water free of charge shall notify the Division of Water of any changes or alterations in plumbing or buildings as soon as completed. The Division of Water shall make periodical inspections of such hospitals and institutions, and if changes or alterations conflict with the original report of the service supplied, the city clerk shall be promptly notified. (Sec. 44.32: Ord. 422-06 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2398-2012, § 6, 12-3-2012)

Columbus City Codes § 1109.08 Revocation of privileges for wastage.

1109.08 - Revocation of privileges for wastage. Wastage of water by reason of defective plumbing or otherwise shall be avoided by hospitals and institutions, under the provisions of C.C. 1109.02, 1109.03 and 1109.07, and the privileges granted by such sections revoked if such wastage is not stopped within five (5) days after notification by the Division of Water that such wastage exists. (Sec. 44.33: Ord. 422-06 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2398-2012, § 6, 12-3-2012)

Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11WASEELCO_CH1109FRSEINFetched: 10/27/2026