The city shall furnish water to persons within its corporate limits whose premises abut a street or alley in which a city commercial main now is or may hereafter be laid, and may furnish water to persons within its corporate limits whose premises do not abut a street or alley in which a city commercial main now is or may hereafter be laid, and may also furnish water to persons whose premises are situated outside the corporate limits, as and when, according to law, the city may see fit to do so. The rules, regulations and water rates named in this chapter shall be considered a part of every application hereafter made for water service and shall be considered a part of the contract between every consumer now or hereafter served by the city. Without further formality, the making of application on the part of any applicant or the use or consumption of water service by present consumers thereof and the furnishing of water service to the applicant or consumer by the city shall constitute a contract between the consumer and the city, to which contract both parties are bound. If the consumer shall violate any of the provisions of the contract or any reasonable rules and regulations that the city may hereafter adopt, the city or its agent may cut off or disconnect the water service from the building or premises or place of the violation, and no further connection for water service to the building, premises or place shall again be made, except by order of the city or its agent.
(Prior Code, § 52-78)