15.08.070 Application for service generally—Two-party application.
Each applicant for water service may be required to sign, on a form provided by the water department, an application which shall 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 from the water system (either before or after acquisition by the city);
E. Purpose for which service is to be used;
F. Address to which bills are to be mailed or delivered;
G. Whether applicant is owner or tenant of, or agent for, the premises;
H. Such other information as the water department may reasonably require.
The application is only 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 charges of the applicable rate schedule are based; neither does it bind the city to serve, except under reasonable conditions.
Applications for service to premises located outside the city limits shall be accompanied by a fee as may be established from time to time by resolution of the city council.
Failure by any person or any consumer to file his application, containing the information required by this chapter, shall constitute a violation of this chapter. No application shall be conclusive as to the matters therein set forth nor shall the filing of any application preclude the city from collecting from the consumer responsible for payment (as provided in this chapter) by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable for water service under the provisions of this chapter. Each application shall be subject to verification by the manager. Any person who takes possession of and uses water from the water system without having made application for service pursuant to this chapter shall be held liable for the full amount of the service rendered.
Two 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. 1150 NCS §1, 1974; Ord. 544 NCS §11; prior code §27.12.)