(a) Any tenant may request termination of service upon vacating the premises by notifying the village utilities department of such and requesting termination. Upon termination by a tenant, the service to the premises shall be connected in the name of the owner and no fee shall be charged to the owner.
(b) Service discontinued for nonpayment of bills will be restored only after the bills are paid in full and a reconnect fee in accordance with an established schedule of fees is paid for each meter reconnected.
(c) The village reserves the right to discontinue its service without notice for the following additional reasons:
(1) To prevent fraud or abuse;
(2) Consumer's willful disregard of the village's rules;
(3) Emergency repairs;
(4) Insufficiency of supply due to circumstances beyond the village's control;
(5) Legal processes;
(6) At the direction of public authorities;
(7) Strike, riot, fire, flood, storm, accident or any unavoidable cause; or
(8) For other just cause.
(d) The village may, in addition to prosecution by law, permanently refuse service to any consumer who deliberately tampers with a water meter or cross-connects piping to the sewer system or facilitates other sources of contamination.
(e) If a tenant is disconnected for nonpayment, the service shall be connected in the name of the owner thereafter, with no connect fees charged to the owner.
(f) If a tenant is disconnected for improper conduct, such as illegal cross connections, etc., as outlined in this section, service shall not be reconnected until the cause for the disconnection action by the village has been corrected by the property owner.
(Ord. of 10-26-2007)