(a) No person, corporation or other legal entity, being the owner, lessee or occupant of any lands or tenements, shall make any use of any water or sewer service made available thereto by the City, until such owner, lessee or occupant has filed a written application with the Service Director.
(b) Each application filed after the effective date of this section shall:
(1) Be accompanied by a cash deposit of fifty dollars ($50.00) per living unit which shall be deposited in the Sewer and Water Deposit Trust Fund; or
(2) In lieu of such cash deposit, if the owner in fee simple of the premises is the applicant, such cash deposit may be waived by the City Manager upon proof of ownership and verification under oath as to such ownership by the owner, in form acceptable to the City Manager; or
(3) In lieu of such deposit, if a tenant is the applicant, such cash deposit may be waived by the City Manager upon receipt of a guarantee signed by the owner in fee simple of premises located in the City, in such written form as may be acceptable to the City Manager
(4) Upon termination of service the deposit provided for by subsection (b)(1) hereof shall be applied to the unpaid balance due for service and the balance, if any refunded to the depositor without interest.
(5) Upon termination of service the guarantor shall be released upon payment of the entire unpaid balance due for service. The guarantor may be released prior to termination of service provided the entire unpaid balance due for service is paid and provided the original applicant either submits a cash deposit as provided by subsection (b)(1) hereof or complies with subsection (b)(2) or (3).
(Ord. 82-14. Passed 2-1-82.)