14.04.030 Application for service.
A. Application for Service.
1. All persons, corporations, partnerships, agencies or entities of every type or kind shall make an application for water service on a form provided by the city.
2. The application is merely 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 charge of the applicable rate schedule are based; neither does it bind the city to serve, except under reasonable conditions.
B. Individual Liability for Joint Service. 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.
C. Change in Customer’s Equipment. Customers making any material change in the size, character or extent of the utilizing equipment or operations for which the city is supplying water service shall immediately give the city written notice of the extent and nature of the change.
D. Use of Water Without Application for Service Having Been Made. Any person or firm taking possession of and using water without having made application to the city for service shall be held liable for the full amount of the service rendered.
E. No application for water connection to the city-owned system shall be approved for an unincorporated area, other than the Fairhaven area, after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section. (Ord. 5103 § 1, 2022; Ord. 5036 § 1, 2020; Ord. 4084 §§ 3, 4, 2002; Ord. 3560 § 1, 1993; Ord. 3504 § 1, 1992; prior code § 1.46.030)