(a) Water and sewers.
(1) If any user of the municipality water, storm sewer and/or sanitary sewerage facilities fails or refuses to pay the charges for the same on or before the due date appearing on the billing statement, then a written notice may be sent to such user advising such user that the water service to such user’s premises shall be shut off on or after the tenth day following the date appearing upon such written notice unless all water and sewer charges owed by such user are paid current, together with any penalties due and owing, within such ten days.
(2) If such charges, together with any penalties due and owing, are not paid in full within such ten days, such user’s water service shall be shut off accordingly.
(3) If such user wishes to appeal to the municipality to reconsider a pending shut off of such user’s water service, such user shall, within such ten days, present his or her appeal, in writing, to the Manager, who shall review the same and decide whether or not the shut off determination shall be modified in any manner or form.
(4) If such user’s water service is shut off pursuant to this section, a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed by the municipality for the reconnection of such service, and such reconnection charges, together with any and all current billing charges, including penalties due and owing thereon, shall be paid prior to the reconnection of such service.
(b) Electricity.
(1) If any user of electricity supplied by the municipality fails or refuses to pay the charges for the same on or before the due date appearing on the billing statement, then a written notice may be sent to such user advising such user that the electric service to such user’s premises shall be shut off on or after the tenth day following the date appearing upon such written notice unless all electric charges owed by such user are paid current, together with any penalties due and owing, within such ten days.
(2) If such charges, together with any penalties due and owing, are not paid in full within such ten days, such user’s electric service shall be shut off accordingly.
(3) If such user wishes to appeal to the municipality to reconsider a pending shut off of such user’s electric service, such user shall, within such ten days, present his or her appeal, in writing, to the Manager, who shall review the same and decide whether or not the shut off determination shall be modified in any manner or form.
(4) If such user’s electric service is shut off pursuant to this section, a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed by the municipality for the reconnection of such service, and such reconnection charges, together with any and all current billing charges, including penalties due and owing thereon, shall be paid prior to the reconnection of such service.
(c) Enforcement. The Manager is hereby authorized to take whatever steps may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this section.
(d) User defined. “User,” as used in this section, means the party having an interest in the premises serviced by the subject utilities as owner, part owner, landlord or tenant in whose name the subject utility meter is registered by the municipality.
(Ord. 82-O-624, passed 7-20-1982; Ord. 02-O-1957, passed 7-16-2002; Ord. 09-O-2548, passed 11-17-2009)