(A) The Safety-Service Director is hereby authorized to provide for deposits to be made by consumers at the time application for water service is made. Each deposit shall be based on the estimated consumption of water per month, which estimate shall be made by the Water Department. Such deposit shall be reasonable and just and shall not exceed $300. However, the Director shall waive such deposit for an applicant who is the owner of the real estate where the service is to be made or for whom the owner guarantees payment of water rents and penalties.
(B) The application shall be on a form and in terms prescribed by the Director and shall provide that the applicant will abide by all of the rules and regulations prescribed by the Director and shall agree that water service may be terminated if water rents are delinquent for five days. The application shall further provide that the deposit shall be security for payment of water rents, including penalties, and shall be retained in payment of water rents, including penalties, when service is discontinued, without right of the applicant or his or her creditors to recover any part of the deposit not in excess of water rents and penalties due.
(C) The Director shall make such other rules and regulations as he or she deems beneficial in the management and conduct of the waterworks and the water distribution system of the city.
(`82 Code, § 1040.05) (Ord. 61-10, passed 2-6-61; Am. Ord. 78-92, passed 12-19-78)