When any property owner, person, firm, or business is going to be vacant, not used, shut down, or similarly not used, for an extended period of time, he or she shall notify the Water Superintendent. Under these circumstances the Water Superintendent shall shutoff the water service to the facilities. When the home, business, or the like, is reoccupied, the Water Superintendent shall once again be notified, and he or she shall restore water service once again to the facilities. Since there is significant potential for freezing and thus damage to the service line in the event of a lengthy shut down period, the property owner shall be responsible at his or her expense for any water service line repairs that may be needed to repair the water service line that is located on city right-of-way properties and also any associated repairs that are needed on his or her other private property including the cost of replacing water meter, meter readout, or the like, if it becomes necessary to do so. In this case where the water service is discontinued, the property owner shall still be required to pay the monthly water base rate fee even while the property is vacated.
(Ord. 4-3, passed 9-8-1992) Penalty, see § 51.999