(A) Whenever charges for water and/or sewer service or any additional charges provided in this chapter are not paid within 30 days after the last day of the billing month therefor, the City Clerk’s office is authorized and directed to issue written notification that such delinquency exists and that service shall be discontinued without further notice if such amounts are not paid or disputed within five working days after the date such notice is mailed or, in the event of personal service, delivered. It shall be the duty of the Water Superintendent to secure copies of all delinquent notices from the City Clerk’s office each month and to disconnect service to such delinquent user or users at the end of five-working-day period if the delinquent amounts are not paid. If charges are disputed, a hearing can be requested through the City Clerk and must be requested before the disconnect date. If it is determined at the hearing the bill is delinquent, payment will be due within 48 hours after the hearing date. If no payment is received either five days after the delinquency notice or 48 hours after a hearing, services will be disconnected. All notifications required in this section shall be in writing and shall be served on the person who applied for water service at the location in question or said notification may be served on the person paying the real estate taxes on the property in question in the last preceding year in which real estate taxes were paid.
(B) Such notices may be served in the following manner:
(1) By personal service;
(2) With respect to the application for water service by regular mail addressed to such applicant at the address last known to the City Clerk’s office; or
(3) With respect to the person paying real estate taxes in the last preceding year, by regular mail at the address at which the bill for such taxes was mailed.
(C) Water service, which has been disconnected for nonpayment, shall not be restored until:
(1) All delinquent charges for water service and/or wastewater service are paid in full; and
(2) A fee of $50 is paid to the city for reconnection.
(D) Any such notice required by this section may be combined with a notice for failure to pay sewer service charges.
(Prior Code, § 18-1-3)