(A) Required information and format.
(1) Each applicant for water service shall sign an application form provided by the Water Department giving them the following information:
(a) Date of application;
(b) Location of premises to be served;
(c) Date service is to begin;
(d) Purpose for which services is to be used;
(e) Address to which billing is to be mailed;
(f) Class and size of the meter service, where applicable; and
(g) Such other information as the Water Department may reasonably require.
(2) The application shall contain a statement that all charges are assessable as liens against the premises for which said service is installed, and all accounts for such service and use of water shall be kept only in the name of the owner of the premises for which such service is installed. Upon such charges become delinquent and unpaid for a period of 30 days, the city may, at its discretion, cause the water to be shut off from such premises until such charges are paid. Statements of such charges may be mailed to any agent of the owner, including the occupant of the premises upon the written request of the owner, but any such mailing of the statement of the charges of the service and use of water to anyone other than the owner shall not release the property or premises for which such service is installed from any liability of such charges.
(3) The application shall also contain a signature line for the owner of the property, if different from the applicant.
(B) Contractual obligations. The application provided for in division (A) above shall contain a contract on the part of the person making the application, to pay for the water applied for at the rate and in the manner specified in such contract. It shall reserve to the city the right to charge and collect the rates and enforce the penalties provided for in this subchapter, in the manner herein provided. The application shall also reserve to the city the right to change the rates at any time by resolution, to temporarily discontinue the service with notice to the customer, and shall specify that said contract is subject to all the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of the city in relation to this subject, and shall further provide that the city shall not be held responsible for any damage for water or other cause resulting from defective plumbing or appliance on the premises supplied with water, by the owner or occupant of said premises, and that the fact that the agents of the city have inspected the plumbing and appliances shall not be pleaded as a basis of recovery in case of damage to the premises, and shall provide that in case the supply of water shall be interrupted or fail for reason of accident or any other cause whatsoever, the city shall not be liable for damages for such interruption or failure, nor shall failures for interruption if for any reasonable period of time be held or constitute a breach of contract on the part of the city or in any way relieve the customer from performing the obligations of this contract. All contracts shall take effect from the day they are signed and rates shall be charged from the day premises are connected with the city’s water supply and turned on to such time as the city is notified that service is no longer desired and the water turned off.
(Ord. 415, passed 3-12-2012) Penalty, see § 52.99