(a) The Rules and Regulations hereinafter set forth shall be considered a part of the contract with every person, firm, company, or corporation that is supplied with water through the Water Works System of the City of New Lexington, Ohio and every such person, firm, company or corporation taking water shall be considered to have expressed his or their consent to be governed thereby. The Council reserves the right to alter, amend or add to the Rules and Regulations at any time.
(b) The supply of water to all parties for any purpose whatever is subject to the following conditions: The City does not guarantee to the consumer a fixed or continuous pressure, or does it guarantee the water delivered as to quality, purity, or temperature, these being subject to the variable conditions which may arise in the operation and maintenance of the Water Works.
(c) In case of breaks in mains, services, pumping machinery, reservoirs, or other water works equipment, and for the purpose of tapping, extending, repairing, replacing or cleaning mains, the water may be shut off without giving notice and no claims will be considered for damage of any nature whatsoever arising from such action. Under ordinary conditions, consumers will be notified.
(d) The City reserves the right through its authorized agents to enter at all reasonable hours the premises to which its service extends, for the purpose of reading, repairing, installing, removing or inspecting meters, or for any other purposes which it may deem necessary in properly safeguarding the interests of the City and the consumer. When such access is refused, the water will be immediately turned off and not turned on again until the request of the City has been complied with and an "off and on" charge of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) is paid for service within the City or Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for service outside the City.
(e) A copy of the form to be used for application for water service in the City of New Lexington is attached as Exhibit "A" to original Ordinance 09-04.
(Ord. 09-04. Passed 3-23-09.)