(a) Application to Obtain Water Service. Whenever any person owning property along the line of any City water main or a tenant on such property shall desire the introduction of water into such premises, he shall make written application therefor to the City Treasurer on forms prescribed by the City. Such application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the location and description of the property into which the water is to be introduced and the agreement of the applicant to pay promptly, at the rates prescribed by Council and approved by the State Public Service Commission, all costs, charges and water rents which may accrue on account of water service.
(1978 Code Sec. 21-8)
(b) Cash Deposit Required. Every person, whether owner or tenant, who shall make application for water service shall pay to the City Treasurer in advance of the turning on of the water a deposit of fifteen dollars as a guarantee for the prompt payment of bills. Such deposit shall not establish a credit of that amount but shall be in addition to the regular bills which shall be promptly paid. Upon the discontinuance of service, such deposit will be returned to the consumer, less any sums which may be due the City.
(1978 Code Sec. 21-9)
(c) Refusal of Service to Delinquent Persons. The City Treasurer shall refuse water service to any house or other place for any person who is delinquent for water consumed at any other place. He shall also refuse an application for water service in any case where, in his opinion, the service is primarily for the use of a person then indebted to the City for water service, until such indebtedness shall have been paid.
(1978 Code Sec. 21-10)
(d) Charge for Restoration of Service.
(1) In the case of an application for water service to a property already connected to the City water system, the applicant shall pay to the City Treasurer a restoration of service fee of two and one-half dollars; provided that if the service applied for is greater than the service previously provided by the City to such property or necessitates an additional water meter or a lateral connection of a size different from the existing lateral connection, the applicant shall pay the tapping fee as provided in this article instead of the restoration of service fee.
(2) A restoration of service fee of two and one-half dollars shall also be payable by any customer of the City water service who applies for restoration of service which has been discontinued by the City by reason of delinquency in payment of water charges or violations of this article or of rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to authority of this article, or by reason of the customer having requested that water service to his property be cut off by the City.
(1978 Code Sec. 21-11)
(1978 Code Sec. 21-11)