921.02 ESTABLISHING UTILITY SERVICE.
(a) Customers may establish a utility account with the City by application providing such information as the City determines necessary, and paying the appropriate deposit as provided herein. The City shall not provide a utility account to any person who has a delinquent unpaid balance on any other utility account with the City, unless the same is subject to an order of relief, or has been discharged, in bankruptcy.
(b) Water and sewer accounts will be established and shall remain in the name of the owner of the premises served thereby, and the owner of any premises shall be and remain primarily liable for water and sewer charges incurred there. However, water and sewer accounts may additionally be placed in the name of a tenant or other customer who agrees to be secondarily liable for water and sewer charges incurred at the premises served. Water and sewer bills may be combined with other utility service bills in order to produce a single combined bill to be provided to a tenant or other customer who is not the owner. The combination of bills in this manner shall not affect the owner's primary liability for water and sewer charges. Unless otherwise requested by the payor at the time of payment, payments made on a combined bill will be apportioned to the various utility account balances at the City's discretion. Utility customers who are renting the premises to which utility services are to be provided shall provide the City with a copy of a signed lease, rental agreement, or other document, valid as of the date of the application, which sets forth, as between landlord and tenant, their respective obligations to pay utility bills. The City may require proof of ownership before creating an account in the name of an owner.
(c) By establishing a utility account, the customer is deemed to agree to all rules and regulations governing utility services and to pay all lawful charges related to the furnishing of any City utility services to the customer's premises.
(Ord. 15-2012. Passed 2-13-12.)