§ 98-46. Contract for water service.

The application for water service shall contain a contract on the part of the person making the application:

(1)

To pay for the water consumed at the rate prescribed by ordinance at the time the water is consumed;

(2)

To recognize the right of the city's billing contractor to collect payments at its local utility office;

(3)

To recognize the right of the city to change the rate by ordinance at any time;

(4)

To recognize the right of the city and its contracted parties to temporarily discontinue water service at any time without notice to the consumer, in order to install, repair or remove a water meter or for any other proper cause;

(5)

Stating that the contract is subject to all the ordinances in effect at the time of making the contract and which may be passed and go into effect thereafter;

(6)

Stating that the city shall not be responsible for any damage by water or other cause resulting from defective plumbing or appliances, and that the fact that an agent of the city has inspected plumbing or appliances shall not be pleaded as a basis for recovery in case of damages to the premises from defective plumbing or appliances installed by the owner or occupant of such premises;

(7)

Providing that the city shall not be liable for damages resulting from the interruption or failure of the supply of water, regardless of the cause thereof, and that such failure for any reasonable period of time shall not be held to constitute a breach of contract on the part of the city or relieve the consumer from performing the obligations of his contract.

(Ord. No. 251, § 5, 8-27-59; Code 1973, § 21-26; Ord. No. O-2018-010-01, § 5, 1-22-18)