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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15509. Developer agrees with Utility that all water facilities used, useful or held for use in connection with providing water service to the Property, shall at all times remain in the sole, complete and exclusive ownership of Utility, its successors and assigns, and any person or entity owning any part of the Property or any residence, building, or unit constructed or located thereon, shall not have any right, title, claim or interest in and to such facilities, or any part of them, for any purpose, including the furnishing of water service to other persons or entities located within or beyond the limits of the Property; excepting therefrom the internal distribution system referred to and provided for under paragraph 3 of this Agreement. - 10. Developer, as a further and essential consideration of this Agreement, agrees that Develo~er, or the successors and assigns of Developer, shall not (the words "shall not" being used in a mandatory definition) engage in the business of providing water service to the Property, it being the intention of the parties hereto that under the foregoing provision and also other provisions of this Agreement, Utility shall have the sole and exclusive right and privilege to provide water services to the Property and to the occupants of e~ch residence building or unit constructed thereon. 11. Utility agrees that the initial rates to be charged to individual consumers of water service shall be the existing rates for this service. However, nothwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, Utility may establish, amend, or revise from time to time in the future and enforce different rates or rate schedules refiecting rates ~~wer ~r ;t~yh€r. Y.av~•ever, an~~ s~.~~h ~.ower ~r higher rate schedules so established and enforced shall at all times be reasonable and subject to such regulations as may be provided by law or contract. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, Utility m~y establish, amend or revise from time to time in the future and enforce rules and regulations covering water service to the Property. However, all such rules and regulations so established by Utility shall at al~ times be reasonable and subject to such regulations as may be provided by law or contract. Any such initial or future lower or increased rates, rate schedules, and rules and regulations established, amended, or revised and enforced by Utility from time to time in the future, shall be binding upon Developer; and upon any person or other en- tity holding by, through or under Developer; and upon any user or consumer of the water service provided to the Property by Utility. 12. Developer, or any owner of any parcel of the Property, ar any occupancy of any residence, building, or unit located thereon, shall not have the right to and shall not connect any consumer in- stallation to the water facilities of Utility until formal written application has been made to Utility by the prospective user of water service in accordance with the then effective rules and regulations of Utility and approval for such connection has been granted. . Although the responsibility for cannecting the consumer installation to the lines of Utility at the point of delivery is that of the Developer or others than Utility, with reference to such connections the parties aq~ee as follows: (a) All consumer installation connections must be inspected by Utility before backfilling and co~ering ef any pipes; (b) Notice to Utility requesting an inspection of a consumer installation connection may be given by the Plumber or -~- ~ ;~ ~ 351 i ~~E 1546