(a) No change in the customer's equipment, service or use of property served shall be made without the prior notification of and approval by the City. Any such change which, in the opinion of the City, will increase the burden placed on the City's utility systems by the customer shall require a redetermination of the System Development Fees and monthly service charge and a payment by the customer of any additional System Development Fees and monthly service charge resulting from the redetermination.
(b) Any violation of Section 13-3-90 below shall result in the assessment of an unauthorized connection fee, and the City shall take those steps authorized by this Chapter and state law regarding the collection of said fees.
(c) Any customer believed to have changed the equipment, service or use of his or her property in violation of this Section shall be notified of such belief by the City, shall be notified of the City's intent to assess any additional System Development Fees, service or unauthorized connection fees and shall be afforded ten (10) days in which to respond to the City's notice. Failure to respond as required herein within the ten-day period shall be deemed to establish the City's belief concerning the nature and extent of the change, and such additional System Development Fees, service and unauthorized connection fees as are deemed appropriate by the City shall be assessed against the property in question and shall be collected as provided under this Chapter and state law. To defer the collection of said fees, and as a prerequisite to the right to hearing as provided for and described in Article 7 of this Chapter, any response by the customer must, in addition to being provided in ten (10) days, include permission to make such inspection of the property in question as the City Manager deems necessary to clearly establish the nature of equipment, service and use of the property in question.
(Ord. 334 § 3.8, 2005; Ord. 347 §1, 2008)