A. A customer shall make application for service to the Town of Clarkdale in person or by first-class mail. Application made by mail must be on a notarized form prescribed by the Town. When the customer is a tenant rather than the property owner, the owner of property to which Town water service is desired shall also file a completed and signed owner/agent automatic transfer service agreement with the Town Water Division in the form prescribed by the Town and made available by the Town to the owner, for each water meter servicing the landlord’s properties, as a condition of receiving water service.

B. The customer/tenant in whose name the application and deposit are made shall be responsible for payment of all bills incurred in connection with the service furnished. In addition, any other person(s) who may be found liable for payment of the account under law shall be responsible for payment of all bills incurred in connection with the service furnished.

C. Potable water service shall not be furnished to any property until the application is completed and approved, and all water-related charges against the property due and payable to the Town under any Town ordinance shall have been paid. This includes any deposits that may apply.

D. Any delinquent amounts a customer owes on an existing or prior account must be paid when the customer applies to open another service account. Failure to pay the delinquent amount owing on a prior account or accounts constitutes grounds for the Town to refuse new service.

E. The security deposit for service provided to the “owner” is refundable after twelve (12) months of good payment history. This document will be kept in the customer’s file. The payment history will be automatically reviewed after one (1) year. The security deposit shall be credited to the customer’s account or applied to the final bill, whichever comes first. No interest will accrue on the deposit.

F. The security deposit for a “tenant” will be retained until the account is closed and will be applied to their final bill. Any money remaining will be mailed to a forwarding address of said “tenant.”

G. Upon discontinuance of service requested by account holder, the Town shall apply the deposit toward settlement of the account.

H. A separate security deposit shall be required for each new account. [Ordinance #383, 2017; Resolution #1538, 2017; prior code § 19-4-1.]