Each prospective customer desiring water service or sewer service will be required to sign a standard form contract before service is supplied. If, for any reason, a customer, after signing a contract for water service or sewer service, does not take the service by reason of not occupying the premises or otherwise, he or she shall reimburse the city for the expense incurred by reason of its endeavor to furnish the service. The receipt of a prospective customer's application for service and service charge shall not obligate the city to render the service applied for. If the service applied for cannot be supplied in accordance with these rules, regulations and general practice, the liability of the city to the applicant for the service shall be limited to the return of any service charge made by the applicant.
(1989 Code, § 18-103, modified)