§ 78-46. One service to each premises; application; contractual relation.

(a)

There shall be one water service to a premises, and each premises must have a separate service, but there may be one sewer service to a premises or separate habitation, except those exempted in this section and which existed prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives.

(b)

All applications for water connections and sewer service to any premises shall be made to the city in writing on forms provided for that purpose and shall state fully all the purposes for which such water connection or sewer service is required and the location of the premises to be supplied and shall be signed by the owner, tenant, or his agent. Such application when accepted by the city or upon its performance of the service applied for shall constitute a contract between the applicant and the city, which shall bind such applicant to pay to the city for the services rendered its prescribed rates therefor and to comply with all rules and regulations as prescribed and fixed by this article or as adopted and this article.

(c)

Any agent, trustee, receiver, administrator, executor or anyone handling properties for an owner or a tenant signing an application for service on behalf of the principal will be held jointly and severally liable with his principal under the terms of the contract of application, which contract will remain in effect until written notice has been received by the public services department for discontinuance of service.

(d)

Anyone signing an application for water or sewer service and requesting the bill to be sent to a different address for payment by another party does so at his own risk, as the public services department does not act as a collection agency for the owner or agent and takes no responsibility for the collection of the account. If the account becomes delinquent, it will be charged to the contracting party and handled as any ordinary account.

(Code 1988, § 22-36; Ord. No. 11-02, § VI, 1-13-11)