(A) Before water service is connected to or provided for persons renting residential premises as tenants in the city, as a condition of such service, they shall pay a fee as set out in § 38.01 of this code of ordinances for residential premises, and before water service is connected to or provided for persons renting or leasing commercial premises as tenants in the city, as a condition of such service they shall pay a fee as set out in § 38.01 of this code of ordinances for commercial premises, as a deposit as a security for the payment of water and sewer charges.
(B) (1) In the event any water or sewer charges remain delinquent for a period of 30 days, such deposit may be applied to the payment of such account and such payment shall not prevent the city from discontinuing such water service or from proceeding under any other section under this subchapter.
(2) Upon the final payment of any account and discontinuance of service, any unused portion of said deposit shall be refunded to the depositor.
(3) All funds so deposited shall be kept in a separate account by the city, and shall be expended only for the payment of delinquent accounts or refunds to the depositors.
(2000 Code, § 50.08) (Ord. 951, passed 4-8-1986; Ord. 1138, passed 4-13-1982; Ord. 2321, passed 10-12-1993)