A. It shall be unlawful for any person that provides a utility service, such as natural gas, water, electricity, etc., to provide its service to any building, or addition thereto, or part thereof, that is to be used as a dwelling or dwelling unit until an occupancy permit, conditional occupancy permit, or retention of utility services permit has been issued by the deputy director concerning the dwelling or dwelling unit to be served by said utility and until said occupancy permit, conditional occupancy permit, or retention of utility services permit is presented to said utility service. The owner of a dwelling can, however, contact Union Electric Company to have the utilities changed over to his name in the event that the tenants move out without sufficient notice. In the event that the utilities are placed back in the owner's name, the owner has seven (7) days to obtain a retention of services permit from the office of building inspectors.
If no attempt has been made by the property owner to get a retention of services permit at the end of the seven (7) consecutive days, then the utility company shall discontinue their services. This section shall not apply to any occupancy in existence at the time of the adoption of this section. (Ord. 5115, 2-11-1987; amd. Ord. 5503, 12-19-1990)
B. For any month when there is a change of user of residential (rate 001) or nonresidential (rate 043) electric service within the city of Alton provided by Ameren UE, Ameren UE shall notify the supervisor of housing and building inspectors of the city of Alton, in writing, within seven (7) working days after the end of the month of said changes, indicating the address and apartment or unit number in whose name the service is connected or billed. (Ord. 6661, 6-26-2002)