(A) There shall be a service connection charge of an amount set by resolution for each new account opened with the city to provide water service.
(B) There shall be a service reconnection charge of an amount set by resolution when a meter is pulled at the request of the owner and replaced by the same owner at the same address within 9 months of the initial removal of the meter.
(C) The charge(s), set forth in divisions (A) and (B) above, shall be collected by the office of the City Finance Officer at the same time the utility deposits are collected.
(D) Unless otherwise requested by the rental owner, the water service shall be discontinued automatically when the tenant closes the account.
(E) The owner of a rental apartment complex, mobile home park, housing complex, apartment or mobile home park, 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. A connection charge per meter, in an amount set by resolution, shall be made for this service.
(F) Whenever any account for both electrical service and water service shall simultaneously be opened, or transferred within the meaning and scope of this section, charges for both services shall be made.
(1975 Code, § 25-68) (Ord. 621, passed 4-15-1974; Am. Ord. 843, passed 11-21-1983; Am. Ord. 1239, passed 9-20-2010)