APPLICANT HEREBY AGREES THAT any current or other unpaid account accrued against him/her may be
transferred to the account where service is herein applied for, or to any other account in name of
applicant. Applicant further agrees to pay all water furnished to the mentioned premises according to
the meter readings and rates prescribed by the City until this agreement is cancelled by written notice to
discontinue service filed with the City, signed by applicant or his/her agent. That the City may
discontinue water service without notice at any time and for any reason. That the City shall never be
liable to applicant or any other person or persons for any damages by water or otherwise resulting from
defective plumbing, broken or faulty service or water mains, or from any condition of the water itself or
any substance that may be mixed with or to be in the water furnished to applicant.
1. The deposit shown on the face hereof shall bear no interest.
2. Any person who has maintained a security deposit for a period of more than two (2) years may upon written request be refunded such security deposit if a review of such individual’s service account does not indicate that there has been any discontinuance of service due to late payment and no more than two (2) late penalties assessed during the same period. This provision shall NOT be applicable to multi-occupancy commercial accounts, to multifamily dwelling units, nor to any account for which a security bond, rather than cash security deposit has been provided.
3. Water bills must be paid on or before delinquent date shown thereon, otherwise full penalty will be enforced.
4. In the event bills are not paid on or before delinquent date, water service may be discontinued after written notice to consumer, and not resumed until all water bills are paid, together with a $50.00 disconnection charge.
5. A charge of twenty-five ($25.00) shall be made for each time a city employee calls on a customer for the purpose of discontinuing or reconnecting service.
6. The water service deposit amount will be increased by $20.00 for each instance of disconnection for non-payment.
7. The consumer shall not sell to others or otherwise dispose of any of the service supplied hereafter.
8. The consumer will be charged a fee of $30.00 for tampering with or cutting the locking device put on a meter by the city.
9. In addition to other fees that apply, the city will enforce a charge of $100.00 for tampering with a city water meter.
10. Any device found to be attached to a city meter used as a jumper device to bypass a city water meter or in any way alter the integrity of the city’s meter will result in the consumer to be charged a $100.00 fee.
11. In the event that the city must remove a meter from a disconnected service address due to tampering, an additional $25.00 fee will be charged to the consumer.
12. The duly authorized agents and employees of the City shall have free access to the consumer’s premises at all times for the purpose of installing meters and other apparatus which the City may desire to install therein in connection with the furnishing of water service hereunder and for the purpose of reading meters and inspecting, repairing or removing the property of the City installed upon consumer’s premises.
