A. Application. Applications for Service shall be made by the property owner, in writing on a form to be provided by the District along with a non-refundable application fee, if required.

B. Accounts. Effective January 1, 2022, all accounts shall be in the property owner’s name. All accounts not in the property owners name on January 1, 2022, must be transferred to the name of the property owner unless an arrangement for the transfer has been approved by the General Manager or his, her, or their designee. Failure to transfer the account to the property owner or make an arrangement for the account to be transferred to the property owner by February 1, 2022, shall be deemed a violation of this section enforceable in accordance with Chapter 1.07 of this Code.

C. Owner Responsibility. The owner of the property where water Service is provided shall be responsible to pay for all Services provided to the property.

D. Non-transferable. Except as provided by law, applications for Service and Service accounts are non-transferable. In the event of a change of ownership, the new owner of the property, whether the change of ownership is voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law, by grant, gift, devise, inheritance, sale, trust, or by any other means, is required to apply for Service as a condition of Service from the District. [Ord. 2021-1 § 1, 2021; Ord. 2014-1 § 7, 2014.]