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The standard application form required in AMC 13.56.020 shall contain a contract on the part of the person making the same to pay for the water applied for at the rate and in the manner specified in this chapter, and shall reserve to the city of Aberdeen the right to temporarily discontinue the service at any time without notice to the consumer and shall specify that said contract is subject to all the provisions of this chapter and of any ordinance of the city of Aberdeen relating to the domestic water system hereafter passed and shall provide that in case the supply of water is interrupted or fails by reason of accident or any other cause whatsoever, the city shall not be liable for damages for such interruption or failure, nor shall such failure or interruption for any reasonable period of time be held to constitute a breach of contract on the part of the city or in any way relieve the consumer from performing the obligations of his contract.

Prior to the adoption of 6497 on 03/24/2010, Section 13.56.030 read as follows.

The application provided for in Section 13.56.020 shall contain a contract on the part of the person making the same to pay for the water applied for at the rate and in the manner specified in such contract, and shall reserve to the city of Aberdeen the right to charge and collect the rates and enforce the penalties provided for in this chapter, in the manner herein provided, to change the rates at any time by ordinance, to temporarily discontinue the service at any time without notice to the consumer and to install a meter or meters to register the water consumed, and shall specify that said contract is subject to all the provisions of this chapter and of any ordinance of the city of Aberdeen relating to the subject hereafter passed, and shall provide that the city of Aberdeen shall not be held responsible for any damage by water or other cause resulting from defective plumbing or appliances on the premises supplied with water installed by the owner or occupant of said premises, and that the fact that the agents of the city have inspected the plumbing and appliances shall not be pleaded as a basis of recovery in case of damage to premises from defective plumbing or appliances installed by the owner or occupant of such premises, and shall provide that in case the supply of water is interrupted or fails by reason of accident or any other cause whatsoever, the city shall not be liable for damages for such interruption or failure, nor shall such failure or interruption for any reasonable period of time be held to constitute a breach of contract on the part of the city or in any way relieve the consumer from performing the obligations of his contract. (Prior code § 10.18.030)

(Ord. 6497, Amended, 03/24/2010)