CHAPTER 1
WATER
ARTICLE 1. APPLICATIONS
SECTION:
§3501 Application Not Binding For Longer Than Rate Period
§3502 Individual Liability For Joint Service
§3503 Change In Customer’s Equipment
§3504 Joint Use Of Water Service
§3500 APPLICATION FOR SERVICE
Each applicant for water service shall be required to sign, on a form provided by the city, an application which will set forth:
A. Date and place of application.
B. Location of premises to be served.
C. Date applicant will be ready for service.
D. Whether the premises have been heretofore supplied with water by the city.
E. Purpose for which service is to be used.
F. Address to which bills are to be mailed or delivered.
G. Such other information as the city may reasonably require. (Ord. 478, §1-A, adopted 1954; Ord. 1066, §1, adopted 2005)
§3501 APPLICATION NOT BINDING FOR LONGER THAN RATE PERIOD
The application is merely a written request for service and does not bind the applicant to take service for a period of time longer than that upon which the rates and minimum charge of the applicable rate resolution are based; neither does it bind the city to service, except under reasonable conditions. (Ord. 478, §1-A, adopted 1954; Ord. 1066, §1, adopted 2005)
§3502 INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY FOR JOINT SERVICE
Two (2) or more parties who join in one application for service shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of bills and shall be billed by means of single periodic bills. (Ord. 478, §1-B, adopted 1954)
§3503 CHANGE IN CUSTOMER’S EQUIPMENT
Customers making any material change in size, character or extent of the utilizing equipment or operations for which the city is supplying water service shall immediately give the city written notice of the extent and nature of the change. (Ord. 478, §1-C, adopted 1954)
§3504 JOINT USE OF WATER SERVICE
Except as expressly authorized by this section, not more than one dwelling shall be served from a single meter, except in the case of multiple dwellings, such as mobile home parks, apartment buildings or complexes, hotels, and motels, when specifically authorized by the director of public works based on a determination that service from a single meter will not cause an undue burden or administrative difficulties for the city. Mobile home parks and apartment buildings or apartment complexes, consisting of more than three (3) apartments, shall receive water service through a single master meter and one person or entity (the "customer"), such as the property owner, shall assume the legal obligation to pay for the service furnished through that master meter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the customer may bill its tenants for their proportional share of the city’s charges for that service in accordance with chapter 6, article 2 of this division, commencing with section 3960. (Ord. 478, §1-D, adopted 1954; Ord. 1066, §1, adopted 2005; Ord. 1117 §1, adopted 2009)