(A) Whenever a residential, commercial, or multi-unit service connection serves more than one water consumer or user, the property owner may be the account holder for the service. All fees for the services shall be payable to the city prior to the delinquency date set forth in § 8-7.08. Such charges shall be due, payable and collectible in the same manner, at the same time, and to the same extent as sewer, refuse, drainage and street sweeping services are paid and collected and, when due and payable, shall constitute a debt owing and payable to the city. Nothing in this section prohibits a residential tenant from having an account in their own name consistent with applicable sections of the California Public Utilities Code.
(B) Before the commencement of any residential service to property occupied by persons other than the property owner, wherein the water service only serves one water customer on the premises the proposed account holder shall execute and deliver to the Director of Finance a written guarantee, in a form provided by the city, that the bill for services to such property or the occupants thereof will be paid. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a residential tenant from having an account in their own name pursuant to the California Public Utilities Code sections 10000 et seq. when there is a means of determining that the tenant's individual charge for such services.
(C) The charges referred to herein shall be delinquent as provided for in § 8-7.10 of this chapter. In the event water service is provided to property not occupied by the owner thereof, and the occupant is being billed and charged therefor, and payment for such service has been guaranteed by the property owner, the Director of Finance is authorized and directed to notify such owner of any delinquencies hereunder upon their occurrence.
(D) Before the commencement of any commercial service to property occupied by persons other than the property owner, wherein the water service only serves one water customer on the premises, the property owner shall execute and deliver to the Director of Finance a written guarantee, in a form provided by the city, that the bill for services to such property or the occupants thereof will be paid.
('61 Code, § 5-5.06) (Ord. 262 N.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 291 N.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 94 C.S., passed 7-5-66; Am. Ord. 662, passed 9-4-96; Am. Ord. 731 C.S., passed 5-16-01)