A. Application: No culinary water, secondary water or electric service shall be furnished to any house, lot, tenement, apartment, building, premises or place, whether such utility is for the use of an owner or a tenant, unless the application therefor shall be made in writing, signed by such user or his duly authorized agent, in which application the user shall agree to pay for all water and/or electricity furnished thereto according to city ordinances, rules and regulations. In the event there is a change in user, the city shall nonetheless hold the original user liable for charges incurred until the city is advised of the change and the new user makes appropriate application in writing to transfer the account and agree to pay for changes thereon.
B. New Account Where Preexisting Debt: Where application is made to open a new account which will benefit a user who still owes the city for utility service under an old account from which the user benefited, the application shall be rejected and service shall be refused until arrangements are made for payment of the prior indebtedness. It shall constitute an offense of strict liability for a user with outstanding indebtedness for utility service to knowingly permit an account to be opened in another name for utility service from which such user will benefit, and the user who engages in such a practice may be guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (2015 Code)