Water Policy

Pole Patch Landowners Association

Potable Water and Sewer System Policy

Enacted July 10, 2013

 

Water System

Pole Patch Landowners Association, hereinafter referred to as PPLA, has responsibility for, and owns, the installed water system within Pole Patch, including pumping stations & structure, underground piping & valves, water system vaults, fire hydrants, water reservoirs, instrumentation and controls.  Landowners have responsibility for, and own, individual water meters, meter setters, water meter boxes and all systems beyond each water meter.

PPLA buys its potable water from Pleasant View City at rates established by the city for its residents.  Water is pumped by PPLA from delivery point, Pleasant View’s 200,000 gallon reservoir accessed on Burnham Drive, to its two reservoirs above Ridge Canyon Road.  Water gravity flows from the two reservoirs to the Pole Patch Landowners connected to the water system, on an “as demanded” basis.

PPLA is responsible for maintenance and repair of its owned water system.  Landowners are responsible for maintenance and repair of their owned systems.

PPLA shall establish the water meter manufacturer, type, model, size, and installation method for all uses connected to the PPLA water system.  Landowner’s, upon notice from PPLA, shall repair or replace individual meters based on described failure or malfunction, or for other reasons agreed by the PPLA board of directors.  Failure to repair or replace within a reasonable time shall be reason for cessation of service until such repair or replacement is completed.

 

Sewer System

PPLA owns the installed sewer mains within Pole Patch, including access manholes.  PPLA is responsible for maintenance of its owned sewer system.  Landowners own the lateral piping that delivers sewage from their residences to the sewer mains.  Landowners are responsible for maintenance and repair of their owned sewage systems.

 

Fees, Rates and Charges

PPLA shall charge residents for all water used and/or delivered to them through installed water meters.  Billing rates shall be the same as Pleasant Views charges to individual residences for their potable water.  Additionally, PPLA may, from time to time, apply an additional charge to all billings to achieve an approximate cost/revenue balance.  Such additional charges shall be applied uniformly across all water bills as a ratio of individually consumed water to total system water volumes (example: individual consumption for period divided by total system consumption during the same period times the total dollar value being applied for the period to achieve approximate cost/revenue balance).  Electrical costs for system operation shall be assessed to each Landowner, and be included in monthly billing, as a ratio of individually consumed water to total water system volumes.

Pleasant View City bills PPLA monthly for sewer system charges based on the Weber County Sewer District charging rate per household.  This Pleasant View bill is the Weber County Rate times the number of Pole Patch residences connected to, and/or flowing sewage into, the sewer system.  PPLA shall bill each resident connected to the system a fee based on the total Pleasant View bill divided by the number of billed residents.  This charge shall be part of the monthly utility bill.

 

Billing and Payment

PPLA shall bill each Landowner for charges delineated in Fees, Rates and Charges above.  The bill shall be issued monthly and within terms of each month as defined the PPLA board members.  Landowners shall make payment not later than the 15th (fifteenth) day of the month immediately following the billing cycle in accordance with payment instructions contained in the bill.  A late fee of $10.00 (ten dollars) shall be applied to outstanding balances for all water/sewer bills not paid by the 15th (fifteenth) day of the month due, and interest shall accrue at the rate of 1.5% (one and one half percent) monthly on the unpaid balance.

 

Termination of Service

In the event payment is not received within thirty (30) days of the date due , PPLA or its agent shall provide a final notice to Landowner advising that water service will be terminated in 10 (ten) days if the past due bill is not paid.  Reasonable charges for generation and delivery of this notice shall be applied to Landowners water/sewer bill account.  If, at the 10th (tenth) day, payment has not been received by PPLA or its agent, water service will be terminated by placing a lock on the applicable water meter.  Such termination will not be accomplished on any weekend or legal holiday, nor after one o’clock (1:00) P.M. on the day preceding any weekend or legal holiday.  PPLA shall apply a reasonable charge to Landowners water/sewer bill account for all action taken in regards to failure to pay water & sewer bill timely, including but not limited to, any notices of termination, termination, and restoration of water service.   Water service shall not be restored until the delinquent bill is paid, together with all charges incurred resulting from these actions.

 

Use of Water During Construction

All Landowners, or contractors or agents thereof or entities under direction of Landowners, are prohibited from using any water from the PPLA culinary water system unless such water passes through from the water system through an authorized meter recording such usage.  Use of unmetered water shall subject the landowner of the land benefiting such use to a penalty of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day for each day of such violation.

 

Outdoor Watering Restrictions

Outdoor watering is prohibited between the hours 10:00 A.M and 6:00 P.M.  This policy, and the restriction on outdoor watering during the stated period, was enacted by resolution March 13, 2012, as a condition imposed by Utah Div. of Water Resources for its loan to PPLA for construction of the 110,000 gallon reservoir.

 

Water Theft

All water delivered to individual Landowners by PPLA shall first pass through a water meter authorized by and used for the purpose of measuring such delivered water volumes.  Intentional theft of water from PPLA by circumventing the water meter, or any other means that would take water from PPLA’s water system without being measured by a designated meter, shall not be tolerated.  Any such intentional means of obtaining water from the PPLA system without being properly measured through an established water meter recognized by PPLA shall be cause for immediate water service termination.  Additionally, Pole Patch shall take legal action to recover the value of estimated water volumes taken by means other than as authorized and/or agreed by PPLA, together with penalties and fees delineated herein.  For purposes of this estimation, historical metered volumes representing normal deliveries to Landowner shall be used to determine recoverable costs.  Where specific date of initiation of such water theft cannot be determined, or reasonably confident total stolen water volumes cannot be established, a period of 60 (sixty) months shall be used for calculation of estimated total stolen water volumes, and Landowner shall be assessed a value derived from the historical metered volumes times 60 (sixty) months.  A volume penalty of 20% (twenty percent) will be added to the calculated volumes with either calculation method.  All costs incurred by PPLA associated with such water theft shall be applied to Landowners water/sewer account including legal fees.  Reestablishment of water service shall not be accomplished until landowner has reimbursed PPLA of calculated/estimated water charges, plus penalty, plus all relevant costs incurred by Pole Patch related to this effort.