(A) No water or sewer disposal service shall be furnished or rendered free of charge to any person.
(B) In the event that any user fails to pay in full water or sewer charges required by this section, or to conform in any other respects to this chapter, the city shall give notice of the action or default on the part of the user. If the account is not then paid or the default corrected the water and/or sewer service to that user shall be cut off. Before any sewer service is disconnected, the city will give ten (10) days written notice to the customer, with copies forwarded to the county health department. At the expiration of the ten (10) day period, or at the expiration of some agreed extension beyond ten (10) days, the customer's service may be discontinued by the city at any time without further notice. After the physical discontinuance of any sewerage service, the division of sanitary engineering of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control shall immediately be notified of the action and the name and address of the customer.
(1) Water service may be refused or discontinued to any person, whether tenant or owner, for failure to pay an unpaid water charge at any previous place of residence or ownership. This rule shall in no way reduce the responsibility of a property owner for water charge applicable to premises owned.
(2) Water service may be refused to a property owner at any given property in the event there are unpaid water charges at any other property of which he is owner.
(3) Water service may be refused or discontinued to the residence of a property owner when there is a failure to pay a water charge at any other property of which he is the owner or for failure to make repairs on line.
(4) Any water service abandoned by the property owner shall be shut "off" at the water main or curb box, at the option of the Utilities Director, at the owner's expense.
(Ord. passed 10-14-1985)
State Law Reference:
Unauthorized use of water, S.C. Code §§ 5-31-1140 et seq.