A. Registration Required. Every person who desires to provide utility services to customers within the City shall register with the City prior to providing any utility services to any customer in the City. Every person providing utility services to customers within the City as of the effective date of this chapter shall register within 45 days of the effective date of this chapter.

B. Annual Registration. After registering with the City pursuant to subsection A of this section, the registrant shall, by December 31st of each year, file with the City a new registration form if it intends to provide utility service at any time in the following calendar year. Registrants that file an initial registration pursuant to subsection A of this section on or after September 30th shall not be required to file an annual registration until December 31st of the following year.

C. Registration Application. The registration shall be on a form provided by the City, and shall be accompanied by any additional documents required by the City to identify the registrant and its legal status, describe the type of utility services provided or to be provided by the registrant and list the facilities over which the utility services will be provided.

D. Registration Fee. Each application for registration shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable registration fee in an amount to be determined by resolution of the city council sufficient to fully recover all of the City’s costs of administering the registration program. [BC 4.15.060, added by Ordinance No. 4684, 5/4/16]