(A) Electrical service may not be disconnected under this chapter if such measures would be reasonably expected to immediately endanger the health or safety of a building occupant who has established, at the hearing provided for in § 50.49 of this chapter, that they cannot, by reasonable effort, find shelter or housing elsewhere.
(B) The city utility service may continue for a single 30-day period upon receipt and approval by the governing body of a physician’s certificate that disconnection of utility service would aggravate an existing medical emergency or other urgent circumstances of the customer or another permanent resident in the customer’s premises.
(C) If the city continues electrical service under this section, it reserves the right to take such measures as the City Superintendent or his or her designee shall see fit to minimize power consumption or loss to the city. The city does not waive its right to ultimate payment by this section, but may waive its right to timely or immediate payment.
(Prior Code, § H-6-12) (Ord. 899, passed - -; Ord. 942, passed - -)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-39-1, 9-39-23 and 9-40-1