(A) (1) Upon the failure of any customer to pay any part of a utility bill for any utility service by the due date on the bill, the following actions and penalties may result.
(a) A penalty of all amounts owing on a utility bill is added to any utility bill which is not paid by the due date of the bill.
(b) The authorized agents of the town may disconnect or discontinue any or all utility services to the customer after mailing or posting written notice to the customer of the intent of the town to disconnect or discontinue any or all of the utility services.
(c) The authorized agents of the town may discontinue to furnish water to any customer refusing or neglecting to pay all or any part of a utility bill submitted after providing written notice to the customer of the intent of the town to disconnect the water service.
(2) If any utility service is discontinued or disconnected pursuant to this section, then the town and its agents shall not reconnect nor reestablish the service until the full amount of any outstanding utility service bill is paid, plus the penalty provided in this section, plus any applicable charges or expenses in reconnecting or reestablishing the service.
(B) (1) If a town personnel goes to the premises to shut off the service and the occupant pays the town personnel prior to his or her shutting off the service, then there shall be added to the bill a sum for the trip made by the town personnel to shut off such service.
(2) All bills, penalties and fees collected as hereinabove specified shall be paid over to the Town Clerk-Treasurer. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the town from instituting suit for the recovery of any delinquent accounts.
(C) (1) The Town Clerk-Treasurer may not accept payment of a water bill without payment of the sewer service charge, nor shall the Clerk-Treasurer accept payment of a sewer bill without payment of the water bill.
(2) The failure to pay any utility bill in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) above shall be grounds for discontinuing any or all of the utility services furnished to the customer whose bill is delinquent.
(Prior Code, § 17-103) Penalty, see § 50.99