New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter LXXXIII - Buffalo Water Board › Part 10085 - Buffalo Water Board Regulations › Section 10085.4 - Application for water service

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				All applications for the use of water or for other services and facilities
				shall be made in writing on forms furnished by the commissioner, and the
				applicant shall furnish such maps, plans and surveys and further information
				with respect to his or her premises and the service requested as may be
				required by the commissioner.
(b)
				The receipt of an application shall not obligate the water board to render,
				perform or provide the service requested until the applicant shall have
				complied with the regulations herein provided, and shall have paid the
				applicable charges herein prescribed for the service requested.
(c) A separate application shall be made for
				each premise or part thereof where the service of water is to be metered and
				billed to a consumer. There will be an account initiation fee for each
				application as prescribed in the board schedule of rates.
(d) Except as otherwise agreed by the water
				board, no agreement will be entered into by the water board with any applicant
				for water supply or other service and facilities until all amounts due from the
				applicant which are in arrears shall have been paid.
(e) The user or owner shall notify the water
				board in writing, of any change in occupancy. No adjustment of bills will be
				made by the water board between the owners, users and tenants.
(f) Applicants for water service shall make
				such deposits or payments and obtain permits as may be required according to
				the service rendered before the application will be granted. No work or
				improvements to supply water shall be performed prior to obtaining applicable
				permits from the water board or the city, as the case may be.
(g) Payment by the applicant for water
				service of any or all deposits, fees, or charges that are required by the water
				board and which are prerequisite to the granting of such applications shall be
				considered as sufficient evidence of the obligation on the part of such
				applicant to conform and comply with each and every regulation that has been or
				may in the future be enacted, and which governs the granting of such
				application or the consequent sale of water by the water board.
(h) All applications for the use of water
				outside of the corporate limits of the City of Buffalo shall be made to the
				commissioner in writing. Such application shall state the name of the owner of
				the property for which supply is requested, and shall be accompanied by either
				the original or copies thereof of any granted permits that may be required by
				the State, county or township in which such property is situated. All such
				applications shall be reported by the commissioner to the water board for such
				action as the water board deems proper. If the water board grants any such
				applications, they shall be subject to the provisions of this Part and the
				water board may impose such additional conditions as it deems in the best
				interest of the water board.
(i)
				Except as otherwise provided by water board, no water shall be supplied to any
				premises, the owner of which is indebted to the water board or the city for
				services supplied, work completed or material furnished or in any other manner,
				until such indebtedness has been paid, whether that indebtedness was incurred
				at the premises for which service is supplied or contracted at any other place
				within or without the city.