(a) After proper notification, the Service Director or duly authorized representatives, shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system of the City for the purpose of inspecting and repairing the water meter, the water meter remote and/or water meter pit and any piping connected to any type of metering device thereof. On demand, the property owner, lessee or occupant of any property so served, shall furnish to the Service Director any information which he may request regarding the water metering, the water meter remote and/or water meter pit and any piping connection to any type of metering device on such property. The refusal of such information when demanded shall be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections and such property shall be subject to discontinuation of water service.
(b) Posting notice on a building located on the property itself, notification by certified mail or notification in the local newspaper shall be considered proper notification for the need to access a particular property for the reason of inspection or repairing of the meters.
(c) The Service Director is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after proper notification to the property owner and occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein a request to enter premises is refused or ignored by the property owner or occupant thereof. In the event the occupant is not the owner, notice shall be served to the property owner and the occupant. The water service shall be discontinued at such property and shall not be restored until inspections or repairs are made in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(d) Any service that is shut off due to violation of the provisions of this section, shall be charged the customary service call cost stated in this chapter.
(Ord. 143-93. Passed 9-27-93.)