(A) There shall be a service connection fee set from time to time by resolution for each new account opened with the city to provide electric service. The charge shall be collected by the office of the City Finance Officer at the same time the utility deposits are collected.
(B) Unless otherwise requested by the rental owner, the electric service shall be discontinued automatically when the tenant closes the account. The owner of a rental apartment complex, mobile home park, housing complex, apartment, or mobile home may request that a meter in a complex, housing group or mobile home park, apartment, or mobile home be placed in the owner’s name automatically when the tenant closes the account. The request by the rental owner shall be in writing. The connection charge per account for this service shall be the same fee as set in division (A) above.
(C) Whenever any account for both electrical service and water service shall simultaneously be open or transferred within the meaning and scope of this section, charges for both services shall be made.
(1975 Code, § 9-32) (Ord. 622, passed 4-15-1974; Am. Ord. 753, passed 3-5-1979; Am. Ord. 806, passed 6-15-1981; Am. Ord. 843, passed 11-21-1983; Am. Ord. 1044, passed 4-15-1996)