§ 14-2-1 Water connection required.
(A) Connection Required. All real properties located in the City’s water service area where water is used, and which lie adjacent to streets or alleyways, or rights-of-way in which water mains are or have been extended within 100 feet of any portion of the property, shall be serviced by such City water mains. Properties may be exempt from this requirement if: 1) the water is solely used for farming irrigation purposes; or 2) as provided by A.R.S. § 45-454 or 3) with the prior written consent of the City Manager.
(B) All persons in the City must sign up and maintain an account with the City to receive water service, when such service is provided by the City at the time the person purchases, owns, leases, uses or occupies, whichever occurs first, property within the City, regardless of whether water is used, unless otherwise provided herein. For purposes of this subsection, maintain an account means to open an account with the City for water service and make all payments due on that account.
(C) All persons outside the City must sign up and pay monthly for water services at the time their residence is purchased, owned, leased, used or occupied, whichever occurs first, when the property is connected to the City of Goodyear water system.
(D) All property owners shall provide the City with the names of all tenants occupying the property owner’s property within 30 days of occupancy.
(E) Base fees and any charges for water service shall apply even if a building is unoccupied.
(F) No person within the City shall be permitted to avoid or refuse to accept water service if available to be provided by the City. The failure of any person to accept water service shall not exempt that person from the payment of the charges for the service and any fine or penalty for noncompliance.
(G) Failure to Subscribe. Any person that is required to receive water service from the City who fails to activate a water account with the City as required in this section shall be subject to penalties, which include but are not limited to the total monthly fees they would have been assessed and an activation fee. This shall be in addition to any other penalties provided in this chapter.
(H) It is unlawful for any property owner to allow any person to lease, rent, or inhabit the property owner’s property if that person leasing, renting, occupying or inhabiting the property owner’s property does not maintain all utility services available and provided by the City.
(I) It is unlawful for any person to lease, rent, or inhabit any property if that person does not maintain all utility services available and provided by the City.
(J) It is unlawful for any person to lease, rent, or inhabit any property if that person receives, takes or uses water from the public water system connected to that property if that person does not maintain a utility account with the City for water services when such services are provided by the City.
(K) For purposes of this section, it is presumed that any person who leases, rents, or inhabits any property connected to the public water system is receiving, taking or using water from the public water system if any of the following:
(1) The water meter assigned to that property is removed or replaced by anyone other than the City; or
(2) The water meter assigned to that property registers usage; or
(3) The curbstop connected to the water meter assigned to that property is turned on without the prior consent of the City.
(L) For purposes of this section, maintain a utility account means to open and keep open an active account with the City for all utility services available and provided by the City and to make all payments when due on that account. (Ord. 09-1186, passed 6-22-2009; Am. Ord. 14-1299, passed 8-18-2014)