(A) The city shall have the right to discontinue service or to refuse to connect service in the case of a violation of, or a failure to comply with, any provision contained herein.
(B) The right to discontinue service shall apply to all service received through a single tap or service, even though more than one customer or tenant is furnished service therefrom, and even though the delinquency or violation is limited to only one the customer or tenant.
(C) Discontinuance of service by the city for any causes stated in these rules and regulations shall not release the customer from liability for service already received or from liability for payments that thereafter become due under the minimum bill provisions or other provisions of the customer's contract.
(D) The city shall have the right to refuse to render service to any applicant or to any land or discontinue service to any user whenever the applicant or previous owner of land, user, or any member of the household, company or firm to which the service is to be furnished, is in default in the payment of any obligation to the city or has theretofore had his or her service discontinued because of a violation of these rules and regulations. An unpaid obligation is hereby made a lien against land and attaches to land and is binding on all future owners of land.
(E) If the city should for any reason begin to render service to an applicant to whom it has a good and valid reason for refusing to render the service, the city may discontinue the service at any time within one year after it is begun, even though the customer does nothing to justify the discontinuance of service during the time the service is being rendered.
(F) Service connections are prohibited from EDA-funded facilities to any new development within any jurisdictional freshwater wetland(s), Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) designated 100-year flood plan, prime farmland or endangered or threatened species habitat.
JURSIDICTIONAL FRESHWATER WETLANDS are hereby defined in accordance with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manual for the Identification of Wetlands.
(G) Discontinuance of service. The city shall have the right to refuse to discontinue an account holder's water service without the account holder's permission. If the account holder is a tenant and the account holder is in arrears on their water bill payments, the city shall have the right to discontinue the service, and the property owner shall have the right to enter into a contract for water service with the city. If a landlord can provide the city with a copy of a detainer warrant or a writ of possession issued by a court, the city shall discontinue the service to the tenant upon the property owner’s request regardless of the payment status of the account holder.
(1989 Code, § 18-115) (Ord. 1640, 5-11-2021)