The procedure for service to be discontinued (notice of consent to enter) shall be:
(A) In emergency situations when the public potable water supply is being contaminated, or is in immediate danger of contamination, the water service will be discontinued by the water purveyor, and/or the City Water Superintendent;
(B) No water service connection shall be installed on the premises of any consumer unless the public potable water system is protected, as required by this subchapter;
(C) Delivery of water to premises of any consumer may be discontinued by the water purveyor, and/or the City Water Superintendent, if any protective device required by this subchapter has not been installed, or is defective, or has been removed or bypassed. Discontinued water service shall not be resumed until conditions at the consumer’s premises have been abated, or corrected, to the satisfaction of the water purveyor, and/or Superintendent;
(D) Upon discovery of a violation of this subchapter, written notice shall be given to the consumer. If violations are not corrected by the date and time given to the consumer, the water supply will be discontinued, and the violation may be referred to the City Council, or administrative authority, for action; and
(E) For the purpose of making any inspections, or discharging the duties imposed by this subchapter, the water purveyor, and/or the City Water Superintendent, the State Health Department, and/or Plumbing Inspector shall have the right to enter upon the premises of any consumer. Each consumer, as a condition of the continued delivery to his or her premises, of water from the public water supply, shall be considered as having stated his or her consent to the entry upon his or her premises of the water purveyor, and/or Water Superintendent, the State Health Department, and/or plumbing inspection for the purpose stated herein.
(Prior Code, § 10.28.07) (Ord. 97-10, passed 10-6-1997)