(A) Application for service. Application for a water service installation and for water service shall be made to the City Clerk-Treasurer on forms prescribed by the city and furnished by the city. Every applicant and every person applying for water service from the city water system and every owner of property for which such application is made shall be deemed by such application to consent to all ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city relating to the city water system. If water is used as a source of heat, the applicant must clearly state on the applicant’s application with the city or the city will presume that water is not used as a source of heat.
(B) Accounts in name of owner. All accounts shall be carried in the name of the owner, who personally, or by his or her authorized agent, shall apply for such service. The owner shall be liable for water supplied to the property, whether he or she is occupying the property or not, and any charges unpaid shall be a lien upon the property. The term CUSTOMER includes the owner or the occupant.
(C) Responsibility for service pipe. Except when maintenance or repair of the service pipe from the water main is required due to freeze up, the property owner whose property is serviced shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the service pipe from the service pipe shutoff valve to the serviced property. When maintenance or repair is necessitated due to freeze-up, the property owner shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the service pipe from the water main to the serviced property.
(Prior Code, § 3.2) (Ord. 2014-01, passed 3-24-2014)