(A) When application for water service is made, the city shall require the applicant to pay a minimum deposit or fee which is adopted by the City Council and on file with the Clerk, as a service deposit to protect the city from losses arising out of water services furnished.
(B) The city may demand and collect a service deposit from any consumer at any time regardless of the length of time water services have been furnished; provided, however, no such deposit shall exceed the above amount.
(Prior Code, § 51.061) (Ord. 1531, passed 6-13-1994; Ord. 1961, passed 9-24-2012; Ord. 1986, passed 9-22-2014)