(A) Any person who moves into any premises shall file an application for water and/or sewer service in accordance with the rules and requirements of the municipality before using the water or sewer service connections for such premises.
(B) If any customer shall change his or her place of residence or business, he or she shall, within 48 hours after such change, give notice of such change to the municipality.
(C) Where an application is accepted for water or sewer service, it shall be considered the bona fide residence or place of business of the applicant. Should water or sewer be disconnected for the nonpayment of bills or for other violations of this chapter, no new application will be accepted from the owner, agent, or any other person to continue service in such place or any other place under any other name, so long as such place or any other place is occupied by the original applicant as the bona fide resident or place of business of same, until after all bills and penalties, damages to water works equipment, or other service charges have been paid in full or some form of agreement has been reached.
(D) Should any person move into any premises supplied with water from the municipal mains, without making an application in the manner provided for by the municipality, such person shall become responsible for all water used from the date of the last payment made on such account previous to his or her occupying such premises, and the failure to pay same shall be cause for disconnecting such service until the amount due is paid.
(E) Where service has been discontinued, refused or posted for discontinuance at a premises due to nonpayment of delinquent charges or a violation of this code, no application will be accepted from any owner, occupant, tenant, person or entity to resume service at the premises so long as there remains delinquent charges on any account or a code violation for services at the premises.
(F) The city shall not accept an application of any owner, occupant, tenant, person or entity at a premise if the owner(s) or any occupant(s) of the premises has a prior payment history reflecting delinquent utility accounts with any municipality and/or utility district.
(G) No application shall be accepted until the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) All delinquent charges are paid in full;
(2) Arrangements for payment of the delinquent charges, satisfactory to the city are made; or
(3) The Code violation is repaired, corrected or abated pursuant to the existing codes of the city.
(H) Any premises owner(s) or occupant(s) that attempts to negate the requirements of the preceding sections by changing the name of the responsible person on any application for service shall be liable for any subsequent service charges provided to the premises if said transfer is in order to avoid the payment of delinquent charges and/or the correction of Code violations on the premises.
(Ord. 992, passed 5-12-09)