Sec. 19-57. Customer responsibility.

Each customer of the City of Nogales water utility shall be responsible for the following:

(1)     Each customer shall be responsible for maintaining all facilities on the customer's side of the point of delivery or meter in a safe and efficient manner and in accordance with the rules of the Santa Cruz County Health Department, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, and any other jurisdiction with regulatory powers over such connections;

(2)     Each customer shall be responsible for safeguarding all city water department property installed in or on the customer's premises for the purpose of supplying water to that customer;

(3)     Each customer shall exercise all reasonable care to prevent loss or damage to city water department property, excluding ordinary wear and tear. The customer shall be responsible for loss of or damage to city water department property on the customer's premises arising from neglect, carelessness, or misuse and shall reimburse the city for the cost of necessary repairs or replacements;

(4)     Each customer shall be responsible for payment of any equipment damage resulting from unauthorized breaking of seals, tampering or bypassing the city water department meter;

(5)     Each customer shall be responsible for notifying the city of any failure identified in city's water department equipment;

(6)     Water furnished by the city shall be used only on the customer's premises and shall not be resold to any other person. During critical water conditions, as determined by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, the customer shall use water only for those purposes specified by the city. Disregard for this provision shall be sufficient cause for refusal or discontinuance of water utility service by the city;

(7)     Each customer shall provide the city and its employees and agents the right of safe ingress and egress to the customer's premises for any purpose reasonably connected with the city's water utility property used in furnishing service and the exercise of any and all rights secured to it by law or this article;

(8)     Each customer shall be responsible for paying all water rates, charges and fees when due.

(Ord. No. 92-09-11, § 7, 12-2-92)