A. No culinary water shall be furnished to any house, tenement, apartment, building, place, premises or lot, whether such water is for the use of the owner or tenant, unless the application for water shall be made in writing, signed by such owner or the owner's duly authorized agents, in which application the owner shall agree to pay for all water furnished thereto according to city ordinances, rules and regulations.
B. In case an application to furnish water shall be made by a tenant of the owner, as a condition of granting the same, such owner or the owner's duly authorized agent must either cosign the application or sign a separate agreement which provides that, in consideration of the granting of such application, the owner will pay for all water furnished such tenant, or any other occupant of the place named in the application, in case such tenant or occupant shall fail to pay the same in accordance with the city's ordinances, rules and regulations.
C. The City will deny water service in the City's designated water service area and areas where the City is providing water under surplus water sales agreements under the following conditions:
1. New development: Any new commercial or industrial development that consumes or uses more than an annual average of two hundred thousand (200,000) gallons of potable water per day within the City's designated water service area and under circumstances where the City is providing water under a surplus water sales agreement. The use and consumption limit is based on the total use from all water meters that serve the new development.
2. Expansions of Existing Uses: Any commercial or industrial development that expands to an extent that increases its daily potable water consumption or use to exceed an annual average of two hundred thousand (200,000) gallons of potable water per day. Notwithstanding the provisions of the City Code, an existing water customer that currently exceeds the water use threshold of two hundred thousand (200,000) gallons of potable water per day will not receive water service from the City if the expansion will result in a net increase in water consumption or use. The use and consumption limit is based on the total use from all water meters that serve the water customer.
3. The Director of the Department of Public Utilities may also deny water service to a new or existing water customer for water use that exceeds an average of two hundred thousand (200,000) gallons of potable water per day over less than a year, if the proposed use would exceed the anticipated water availably for a particular location within the City's designated water service area or within areas where the City is providing water under surplus water sales agreements.
4. Water Use Report Required: A new or existing water customer shall certify the anticipated daily water use of a proposed development or expansion of existing use in a manner satisfactory to the Department of Public Utilities. The Department of Public Utilities may require an anticipated daily water use report of any water customer for a new use or expansion of an existing use.
5. Exemption: Agricultural, residential, and institutional water customers are not subject to the regulations of this subsection. For purposes of this section, an institutional water customer includes government owned or operated facilities, places of worship, and hospitals. (Ord. 77-22, 2022: Prior code § 49-6-1)