(A) Each customer shall be entitled to purchase from the city, pursuant to the agreements as may from time to time be provided and required by the city, the water as the customer may desire, subject, however, to the provisions of this chapter and to any further rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the city; provided, however, that should a customer sell or dispose of a portion of his or her property or subdivide the same, he or she or the new owner of each new tract, may not demand water and taps without paying connection fees for each tract to be served.
(B) In the event that the total water supply shall be insufficient to meet all of the needs of the customer, or in the event that there is a shortage of water, the city or its manager may prorate the water available among the various customers, on the basis as is deemed equitable by the city or its manager, and may require adherence thereto or prohibit the use of water for specified purposes, for the appropriate period of time as may be necessary under the circumstances.
(Prior Code, § 51.16) (Ord. 498, passed 5-24-1988)