No person shall make or permit to be made any connection to the city sewer system without first obtaining a permit from the water and sewer supervisor. The connection shall be made by a master plumber licensed by the state under the supervision of the plumbing inspector.
(Ordinance 83-458 adopted 9/27/83; 1994 Code, sec. 51.060)
Each building or structure unit shall have a separate water meter, except in the case of multi-family dwellings, recreational vehicle parks, temporary housing businesses, and all properties zoned commercial or industrial; the requirement for such separate meters may be waived by the city manager with regard to multi-family dwellings, recreational vehicle parks, temporary housing businesses, and all properties zoned commercial or industrial. A minimum charge as set forth in section 12.03.128 shall be paid to the city for water service furnished, and the person in whose name the water meter is registered shall be responsible for the payment of such other minimum charge or charges.
(Ordinance 83-458 adopted 9/27/83; Ordinance 85-479 adopted 8/13/85; 1994 Code, sec. 51.061; Ordinance 22-03 adopted 8/18/2022)
Each building or structure unit shall have a separate sewer connection. A minimum charge as set forth in section 12.03.129 shall be paid to the city for sewer service furnished, and the person in whose name the sewer connection is registered shall be responsible for the payment of such other minimum charge or charges, except that in cases where two or more businesses are owned and operated by natural persons comprising a family and operated within the confines of a business unit, they shall be considered as one business.
(Ordinance 83-458 adopted 9/27/83; Ordinance 85-479 adopted 8/13/85; 1994 Code, sec. 51.062)
It shall be unlawful for any person to turn on the water supply from the water system to any residence, building, apartment, trailer house, or mobile home or to any supply pipe where the water supply has been turned off for the nonpayment of the monthly water charge or for violation of this article.
(Ordinance 83-458 adopted 9/27/83; 1994 Code, sec. 51.065)
(a) 
Before any water shall be supplied to any person or any premises by the water and sewer system, the owner or occupant of the property shall make written application for service upon a form provided by the city, which application shall contain a contract on the part of the applicant to pay the city all charges for services stated in section 12.03.130 and further agree to abide by all current provisions of this code and other ordinances of the city relating to such services.
(b) 
Where any consumer is liable to the city for such services at one address and is thereafter located using services at some other address, any amount due for service furnished at any previous location may be transferred to the customer’s account at the new location and the water, sewer, and garbage service may be discontinued at the new location until all valid accounts past due are paid.
(c) 
Any consumer who shall discontinue the place of business or move from his or her residence and leave a bill for any services due the city and shall make application for service at some other address, whether under his or her own name or under a different name, without stating the old address and name under which the services were used at the address where there is a bill due, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 83-458 adopted 9/27/83; 1994 Code, sec. 51.066)