(A) Effective January 1, 2015, all new contracts for municipal utility users for properties that are operated as rental properties shall be made between the municipal utility and the property owner (landlord). All costs related to providing water and sewer service to such rental properties shall be the responsibility of the property owner instead of the renter (tenant). It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to seek reimbursement for these costs from the tenant, if the property owner so chooses.
(B) In the event a property owner chooses to renegotiate the rental contract with a current tenant so as to comply with § 52.12 without waiting for a change in tenant, then all outstanding amounts due and owing the municipal utility for that account shall be paid prior to the municipal utility billing change.
(Ord. 1305, passed 2-24-2015)