Meter deposit fee.
Batesville Code of Ordinances § 14-27
in effectSec. 14-27. - Meter deposit fee.
(a) Assessed. There is hereby fixed and assessed a meter deposit fee in the sums for the applicants hereinafter set out to be paid in cash by and collected from each such applicant for water service by the water distribution system of the city, said meter deposit fee to be collected in advance and to be paid to the city at the time said applicant makes written application for water service: The meter deposit for residential owner applicants is twenty dollars ($20.00); the meter deposit for residential rental applicants is forty-five dollars ($45.00); the meter deposit for commercial applicants is twenty dollars ($20.00); the meter deposit for industrial applicants is twenty dollars ($20.00) for a three-fourths-inch diameter line, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a one-inch diameter line, thirty dollars ($30.00) for a one and one-half-inch diameter line, forty dollars ($40.00) for a two-inch diameter line, and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per inch for lines over two (2) inches.
(b) Additional fee for certain applicants. There is hereby fixed and assessed a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) as an additional meter deposit fee for any applicant or customer of the water distribution system of the city who has an unpaid bill for prior city water services which have been discontinued or who has had city water services terminated at least three (3) times due to nonpayment of the bill for such services.
(c) Refund. When applicant ceases to use such meter for which said deposit fee is paid, such applicant shall be refunded said amount of his deposit less any amount that said applicant may owe the city for water used through said meter or any other meter used by applicant.
(Ord. No. 88-11-362, §§ 1—3, 11-15-88)
Source: City of Batesville, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/batesville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14UT_ARTIIWA_S14-27MEDEFEFetched: 10/31/2026