Legal Documents of Mountain City

Each prospective customer desiring water and/or sewer service will be required to sign a standard form of contract before service is supplied. If, for any reason, a customer, after signing a contract for service, does not take such service by reason of not occupying the premises or otherwise, he shall reimburse the town for the expense incurred by reason of its endeavor to furnish said service.

The receipt of a prospective customer's application for service, regardless of whether or not accompanied by a deposit, shall not obligate the town to render the service applied for. If the service applied for cannot be supplied in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and general practice, the liability of the town to the applicant shall be limited to the return of any deposit made by such applicant.

Persons occupying a premises under a rental or lease contract shall be required to make an advanced deposit with the town equal to one-quarter (1/4) of the annual fee charged for use of water. At the termination of the water contract, the town will refund to the customer the balance of any remaining over and above any unpaid fee owed to the town. Provided, further, that any sum owed and unpaid by the customer in excess of the deposit shall become a legal obligation against such former customer. (1994 Code, § 18-104)