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ORDINANCE NO. N.Br~60 AMENDING SECTIONS 7403, 7404, AND 7405 ~E~JLATINS WATER SERVICE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Sections 7403, 7404 and 7405 of Chapter 4, Article VII of the Santa Aha Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 7403. Applications for Service. All applications to have water turned on or to transfer responsibility for water charges shall be made to the Fin- ance Department on the forms and in conformity with the procedure established by the Director of Finance, and all such applications must be signed by the record owner of the land, or by his agent. If said land stands in an ownership showing two or more names the application must be signed by · one of said record owners or the agent of said record owners. Ail applications shall show the names of the record owner or owners, and the manner in ~hich title is held. In event the record owner or his agent is unable or un- willing to sign said application to havw the water turned on a tenant of the property may do so by showing the tenant's name on the application, together with the nature of the ten~ ancy, and by making a cash deposit at the time of filing the application in an amount estimated by the Fin~ ce Department to be equal to the charges for water likely to he supplied to said property during a period of three months. This es- tlmate shall be based upon the size of the meter, the nature of the use of said property, and the experience with other similar uses in the City, except that for each residential occupancy the deposit shall be $5.00, Said deposit may be refunded if and when all bills rendered have been paid be- fore delinque~t for a period of one year. "Section 7404. Real Property Owner Responsibility. The owner of real property shall be responsible for the payment of all water consumed on said property, together with all penalties and charges in connection therewith, when he or his agent has signed the application to have the water tumaed on. Delinquent water accounts, including charges and penalties, must first be paid before water service will be turned on where the owner or his agent has signed for said water service, unless the new applicant offers satis- factory evidence of a change of ownership of said real prop- erty, which has become a matter of record in the office of the County Recorder of Orange County. "Section 7405. Payment of Water Rates and Penalties. All water rates, charges and penalties are due and payable at the Finance Department in the City Hall on the date of billing therefor, and become delinquent 15 days after the date of such billing. A penalty of 10% shall be charged on all unpaid water bills 30 days after the ~ ~llmg~ date. If the bill remains unpaid 35 days after the 5illing date thereof, the water shall be shut off from the premises and shall remain off until all charges, penalties and fines have been paid, unless the application to have the water turned on is accompanied by evidence satisfactory to t he Finance