§ 40-454. Nonresident water users; requirements as to annexation of property.

(a)

The City of Cornelia shall not supply any water to any person or customer beyond the corporate limits of the city until the owner of the property occupied by the person or customer requesting water service shall have first filed with the secretary of the city commission a written, signed application for annexation of said property to the then existing corporate limits of the city, if said property is contiguous to the then existing corporate limits of the city as the term "contiguous area" is defined in O.C.G.A. § 36-36-1, or, if said property is not contiguous to the existing corporate limits of the city at the time the request for water service is made, said owner shall have first entered into a written agreement with city to annex said property to the city and make written, signed application for such annexation at the earliest possible time after said property becomes contiguous to the existing corporate limits of the city, which said agreement shall be a covenant running with the land and binding upon not only said owner, but also upon said owner's heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns. The city shall, on 15 days' written notice to the owner, have the right to stop furnishing water to any person or customer located on any property the owner of which fails to make written, signed application to annex property as required by the terms of such agreement. There shall be excepted from these requirements premises being served with water which are not within the corporate limits of the city at the time the ordinance from which this section derived becomes effective.

(b)

The city shall not supply any water to any person or customer beyond the corporate limits of the city until such person or customer shall have first installed at his own expense and without expense to the city all pipes and other plumbing equipment and apparatus, including a water meter and a meter box and covering, which plumbing equipment and apparatus and meter shall be inspected by and approved by the city manager before any water is delivered to such person or customer.

(c)

The city shall have right of access to said premises at all reasonable times for the purpose of reading meters, or inspecting or repairing said lines. The city shall have the right to stop the supply of water furnished to such customer for any of the following reasons:

(1)

For repair;

(2)

For want of supply;

(3)

For nonpayment of the amount payable to the city when due; and

(4)

On account of or to prevent fraud or abuse.

(Prior Code, § 20-6; Ord. No. 12-06-01, § 1(20-6), 1-23-2007; Ord. No. 05-08-02, § 1, 6-3-2008)