(A) (1) A contract for service shall exist between the owner of property receiving utility service and the town municipal utilities, and said property owner shall be responsible for payment for all utility service through that meter or to that property, in addition to any person residing or operating at that property shown as a customer of the utility.
(2) For purposes of this section, the PROPERTY OWNER shall be the person or entity responsible for payment of property tax assessed on that property as shown in the records of the County Auditor.
(3) Owners of properties that participate in § 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, Veterans Administration Supported Housing, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 1437 et seq., and other governmental housing assistance programs that include utility assistance are exempted from this section.
(4) From time to time, additional contracts for service may be made between the utilities and other persons or occupants of the premises; however, those contracts shall not relieve the property owner from primary liability for billing and charges related to service to that property.
(B) Previous customers who have moved from the utilities’ service area and who have a delinquent service billing shall be required to remit the total amount of the delinquency and to make an additional deposit if and when that customer returns to the utilities’ service area.
(Ord. 2015-3, passed 4-14-2015)