Any person desiring to have a premises within city limits connected with the city water supply system shall make application to the public works director on printed forms furnished for that purpose. Every such application shall be made by the owner or the purchaser under a real estate contract of the premises to be benefited, or by his authorized agent.

The application must describe the property to be served, state fully the purposes for which the water is required, and indicate that by signing the form, the applicant agrees to conform to the ordinances, rules, and regulations established as conditions for use of water, and further agrees, as a condition to the furnishing of water, that the city has the right to shut off the water supply as required for such things as, by way of example, nonpayment, repairs, extensions, or doing other necessary work. Decisions of the public works director on applications for water service under this subsection may be appealed to the hearing examiner. The written appeal and the appeal fee, if any, must be received by the public works department by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fourteenth day following the date the decision was issued. [Ord. 2012-12-060 § 2; Ord. 2006-08-081; Ord. 9618 § 11, 1986; Ord. 8982 § 13, 1981].