(A) Owners of property wherein there is a non-owner customer receiving water service, may, but shall not be required to, complete a Landlord Transfer Agreement form. The forms shall be made available by the town to property owners upon request of the property owner. The Landlord Transfer Agreement is applicable where a property owner leases, rents, or otherwise allows occupancy or use by a non-owner customer.
(B) The owner of the property may enter into an agreement with the town to provide for the continuance of water service in the event that the terms of this chapter would otherwise result in voluntary or involuntary termination of the service to the property. In such an event, the owner would be requesting, as part of the Landlord Transfer Agreement, that the town continue water service to the property instead of actually disconnecting the water service based on nonpayment by the non-owner customer. In exchange for the town not disconnecting the service, the owner agrees to and would be responsible for and pay all water service charges for services rendered to the property from the date that the town would otherwise be authorized to disconnect the service until the date that the town contracts with a new non-owner customer, the owner, or a new owner of the property, pursuant to the application process set forth in § 52.14, to be responsible for the water service and charges. Any such transfer would not occur in instances where disconnection is a result of a condition that is dangerous to health, physical safety, or property. Any such Landlord Transfer Agreement must be in a form adopted by the Town Council, and the owner must agree to and be responsible for the terms set forth therein. In the event that the Town Council adopts a revised or amended Landlord Transfer Agreement, the owner may be required to enter into the revised or amended Landlord Transfer Agreement in order to continue the utility services thereunder.
(C) A Landlord Transfer Agreement would be treated as an application for services, and as such, would require any and all required paperwork and any deposit or deposits required by the town as set forth in this chapter, depending on the amount of properties listed as part of the Landlord Transfer Agreement and based on the creditworthiness of the owner as an applicant, as set forth in this chapter, for any other applicant for service. Failure to provide the required paperwork and any deposits, if applicable, would result in the town not entering any Landlord Transfer Agreement.
(Ord. 1-2008, passed 1-22-2008)