Chapter 25 WATER*
Sec. 25-10. Application for and use of water outside city.
Any and all persons desiring to use water outside the city supplied
from the waterworks belonging to the city shall make application in writing for
the use of the same, and shall state in the application a description of the
premises upon which the same is to be used, and shall also state in the
application his willingness to abide by and observe all ordinances passed by the
mayor and board of aldermen of the city in regard to such water and the manner
and mode of using the same to the same extent and in the same manner as if he
were a resident of the city and using such water within the city. He shall
deposit such application with the city treasurer, who shall lay such application
before the board of aldermen at their first meeting thereafter, when the board
of aldermen shall, if the application is in proper form and they deem it proper
to contract at all in regard thereto, fix and designate the sum to be paid as
water rent for the year next ensuing, which sum shall be paid in semiannual
payments, on the first days of April and October; the charge for the use of
water shall begin as soon as a connection has been made with the water system.
The applicant shall be enTitled to use such water for the purposes specified in
the application, and for such purposes only, and in case such water shall be
used for any other purpose or by any other person other than inmates of the
applicant’s house, or in case any provision of any ordinance of the city
is violated by the applicant or through his faucet, then the water shall be cut
off from the applicant even though the water rent has been paid. Every applicant
shall also state in his application his ownership of the premises, and no
contract shall be made with any person other than the owner of the premises.
(Code 1953, § 21.14)
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