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It shall be unlawful for any person receiving temporary or permanent water service to take or use water from the water supply system except as authorized by this Code and the water tariffs.
A. As a condition of granting probation, deferred prosecution, deferred sentence or suspended sentence, the court may order any person who is charged with or found guilty of, as the case may be, a violation of any provision of this section, to pay restitution consisting of estimated user charges for the water taken, the cost of repairing or replacing any damaged utility equipment, any other cost incurred by the City or Utilities related to the violation including, but not limited to, costs of investigation. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)
A. Utilities may issue permits for temporary water service to supply water for use in connection with the construction, alteration or repair of buildings or other similar activities requiring temporary water service. Any person desiring the service shall make written application to the Utilities for issuance of a permit.
B. Temporary water service furnished by Utilities pursuant to the permit shall be metered to measure the amount of water consumed unless the Chief Executive Officer determines that the amount may be otherwise adequately determined. The water meter either shall be furnished by Utilities and shall be returned to Utilities upon termination of service, or shall be furnished by the permit holder and shall be subject to inspection and testing by Utilities.
C. Persons furnished temporary water service pursuant to an issued permit shall pay all charges and costs incidental to the service and shall pay user charges for the amount of water consumed in amounts as set forth in the water tariffs, and shall comply with all conditions of the permit, including a deposit.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person issued a permit for temporary water service to take water from the water supply system except as authorized by the permit.
E. As a condition of granting probation, deferred prosecution, deferred sentence or suspended sentence, the court may order any person who is charged with or found guilty of, as the case may be, a violation of any provision of this section, to pay restitution estimated user charges for the water taken, the cost of repairing or replacing any damaged utility equipment, any other cost incurred by Utilities or the City related to the violation including, but not limited to, costs of investigation. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)
PART 6 REGULATIONS FOR USE OF WATER
SECTION:
12.4.601: Use; Determination By Chief Executive Officer
12.4.602: Use; Restrictions First Applied To Outside Users
12.4.603: Conditions Of Service
12.4.604: Unlawful To Steal Water
12.4.605: Unlawful Taking; Evidence Of
12.4.606: Unlawful To Take Water From Fire Hydrant
12.4.607: Restitution
In order to maintain adequate water pressure and water supply and/or proper water quality, the Chief Executive Officer may restrict or deny the use of water by any user. The restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, designation of the type and number of uses of water which shall be permitted and/or any other restriction which the Chief Executive Officer may deem necessary. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)
In the event that the Chief Executive Officer determines that, owing to shortages of water, restrictions as to the use of water are necessary to preserve an adequate supply of water, the restrictions may be applied first to users outside the corporate limits of the City as the Chief Executive Officer may direct. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)
A. All water furnished by Utilities in providing water service is and shall be on a license basis for one time use for lawful purposes on the customer's premises. The license granted may be modified, suspended or terminated as now or hereafter provided in the rules, regulations, resolutions and ordinances of the City. Neither the granting of this license nor the use of water thereunder shall constitute or be deemed a relinquishment of the City's dominion and control of its water or of the title to any of its water or water rights. No act, circumstance or condition of the use or service shall be deemed to constitute a conveyance of the City's title or surrender of the City's dominion and control, or shall operate to create any vested or proprietary right, relating to the City's water or water rights, in any person whatsoever.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any reuse or succession of uses of the water provided by Utilities, except as specifically allowed by Utilities' tariffs, rules, or regulations, or resolutions or ordinances of the City, or in accord with specific written permission from the Chief Executive Officer.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to directly or indirectly sell or otherwise dispose of water service furnished by Utilities or to do any other act, except in accord with that person's service application and service contract and with Utilities' tariffs, rules, regulations, resolutions or ordinances of the City, or in accord with specific written permission from the Chief Executive Officer. Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall prohibit a customer from establishing an appropriate allocation procedure for the purposes of receiving reimbursement from tenants or lessees for their proportionate share of water service used which allocation procedure shall be determined solely by contractual arrangement between the customer and the tenants or lessees, provided that the customer shall not receive total reimbursement in excess of the amount necessary to pay the customer's water bill. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)
Occupancy of any premises for which Utilities supplies water for any purpose for any length of time greater than five (5) days, without entering into a water service agreement with Utilities, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the unlawful taking or use of water by the owner of the premises. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)
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