(A) The Village’s obligation to provide water service is subject to the condition that the owner and occupants of the premises to which water service is provided allow the Village to have access at reasonable times to any water meter located on the premises for the purposes of repairing, replacing or maintaining the water meter. All owners and/or occupants of premises on which a water meter is located must permit the Village to have access to that part of the premises on which the water meter is located for the purpose of repairing, replacing or maintaining the water meter upon the request of the Village during the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding legal holidays. If the owner or occupant of premises on which a water meter is located fails to provide the Village with access to that part of the premises on which the water meter is located as required by this subsection within 7 days after a written request to do so is mailed by the Village addressed to the person to whom the water bill for the premises is sent, then the Village shall have the right to terminate water service to the premises.
(B) Prior to terminating water service for failure to allow access to the premises, the Village Manager shall cause a notice to be sent to the occupants of the premises and to the person to whom the water bill for the premises is sent, advising them that they may request a hearing to be held by a hearing officer appointed by the Village Manager, at which hearing said occupant or occupants and the person to whom the water bill for the premises has been sent may show cause as to why the water service to the premises should not be terminated for failure to allow the Village to have access to the premises for the purpose of repairing, replacing or maintaining the water meter located on the premises. The notice shall be entitled “Notice of a Right to Request a Hearing as to Whether Water Service shall be Terminated for Failure to Allow Access to a Water Meter” and shall be mailed or delivered personally to the occupants of the premises and to the person to whom the water bill for the premises has been sent. In addition, when the premises are a multifamily dwelling, the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon or near the premises. Any recipient of such a notice or resident of a multifamily dwelling where such a notice is posted may request a hearing at which they may show cause as to why the water service to the premises should not be terminated for failure to allow access to the water meter on the premises. If such notice as is required by this subsection is served by personal delivery, then a request for hearing must be made to the office of the Village Manager on a form to be provided by the Village Manager’s office within 72 hours of the date such notice was delivered. If such notice as required by this subsection is served by mail, then a request for a hearing must be made to the office of the Village Manager on a form to be provided by the Village Manager’s office within 5 days of the date of mailing of such notice. Water service shall not be terminated to any premises until after any hearing requested under this subsection is held as provided for in this subsection. If no request for a hearing is submitted within the time periods established herein, the Village shall have the right to terminate in whole or in part the water supply to the premises listed in said notice.
(1997 Code, § 8.14(g)) (Ord. 68-13, passed 10-24-1968; Am. Ord. 85-53, passed 10-24-1985)