Ordinance 1237-86 - Laserfiche WebLink

• 1 Section 61: Customer Deposit. 2 When, in the judgment of the Utilities Superintendent, it may be 3 necessary to protect the Utilities Division from potential revenue loss, a 4 deposit may be required sufficient in amount to secure payment of the value 5 of such potential loss from fixed rate and/or metered services or special 6 water use. Such deposit or the portion thereof remaining shall be returned 7 when the use of water is discontinued and all arrears are paid. 8 Section 62: Maintenance of Water Accounts. 9 All accounts for water service shall be maintained according to the 10 address of the premises served and all charges, including those for water 11 service, delinquency and other penalty charges and special charges as 12 provided for elsewhere herein, shall be a claim against the premises, the 13 owner thereof and the water consumer. The owner of the premises shall 14 remain primarily liable for payment of the water charges and all water 15 customers shall be deemed agents of the owner of the premises for purposes 16 of this ordinance and shall be presumed to have authority to apply for and 17 receive water at the premises and bind the premises for the charges 18 therefor. No change of ownership nor occupancy shall affect the application 19 of this section. 20 Section 63: Single Billing Form. 21 A. Charges for water service may be rendered on the same billing form as charges for other services. All charges appearing on this billing form 22 are considered to constitute a single billing. Any partial payment or 23 advance payment applied to the billing shall apply generally in proportion to the individual parts comprising the total single billing. Payment tendered shall not apply to only a single component 24 part of the billing. 25 B. All charges for water and other services which are applicable to a 26 single premises shall appear on a single billing and be mailed to a single location. The component parts of such a billing shall not be 27 segregated and placed on separate billing forms for the purpose of sending same to more than one location. 28 Section 64: Service of Charges, Notices and Communications. 29 A. All water charges, special charges, delinquency notices and other 30 notices and communications shall be sent to the address of the premises served except as hereinafter provided. 31 B. If the owner, or his authorized agent for the premises to which water 32 service is being furnished, resides at or does business at a location 25