All property owners, their agents and tenants shall be held responsible for all water use including loss of water due to leakage in pipes or plumbing inside the discharge side of the meter or on their property, and if this water is not paid for according to the rates provided in this chapter when payment therefor becomes due, the water service shall be discontinued by the city and not turned on again until all claims are paid. If there is any change in tenant as customer on rented property and there exist, at that time, charges in arrears for past usage, the property owner or tenant shall be held to account for payment for such usage before service will be extended and water furnished to any new tenant. If any customer shall be indebted to the city for water or sewerage service furnished or for leakage or repairs on any account at his or her then or previous place of consumption, service shall be discontinued until payment in full is made.
(1964 Code, § 37-8) (Ord. 25423-03-2022, § 1, passed 3-29-2022)