(A) All persons, firms or corporations requesting water service for residential use shall deposit the sum of $25 with the Clerk-Treasurer for every single residential unit to be served or for each meter to be installed for residential water purposes.
(B) All persons, firms or corporations requesting water service for commercial use (including multiple dwellings and apartments unless each unit is metered individually) shall deposit with the Clerk-Treasurer of the city an amount equal to the estimated cost of water to be used for a two-month period, all to be determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety or the Superintendent of the Waterworks Department.
(C) A deposit made by any person, firm or corporation shall be made prior to the giving of any water service by the city and the deposit shall be retained by the Clerk-Treasurer and used by him or her to pay any charge for water service rendered a user which may become delinquent.
(D) Any person, firm or corporation vacating premises without paying all water rents and charges in full to the time of the vacation, or any person, firm or corporation having its water service discontinued for the non-payment of water rents and charges shall not thereafter be supplied with water through any service until all back water rents and charges are paid and the deposit in the above amounts made in full to the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Prior Code, § 50.25) (Ord. 688, passed 8-23-1961)