(A) Shut off for nonpayment. The city shall endeavor to collect delinquent accounts promptly. In any case where satisfactory arrangements for payment have not been made, the Public Works Department may, after the procedural requirements of division (B) below have been complied with, discontinue service to the delinquent customer by shutting off the water at the stop box. When water service to any premises has been discontinued, service shall not be restored except upon the payment of all delinquent amounts due plus a fee for disconnection and reconnection based on a fee schedule adopted by the City Council.
(B) Procedure. Water shall not be shut off under division (A) above until notice and an opportunity for a hearing have first been given the occupant of the premises involved. The notice shall be sent by certified mail and shall state that if payment is not made before a date stated in the notice but not less than 30 days after the date on which the notice is given, the water supply to the premises will be shut off. The notice shall not be sent until an account is 30 days past due. The notice shall contain amount due and shut off date if payment is not made.
(C) Shut off for abandonment or vacancy.
(1) The Chief Building Official or the Public Works Director, to protect the public health and safety and in order to protect the public water supply and/or private property, may order the city water service immediately disconnected to any property without prior notice to the owner upon determining that any of the following conditions exist:
(a) The property is vacant or abandoned;
(b) The property is unsecured;
(c) The property is determined to be uninhabitable or unsuitable for occupancy;
(d) Other utilities have been shut off or the city has been provided notice of disconnection of gas or electric service; or
(e) Running water to the property creates an unsanitary or unsafe condition.
(2) (a) Water service shall not be re-connected to the property until it has passed an inspection by the city and the owner pays any re-connection fee as noted in the fee schedule ordinance.
(b) Upon disconnection, the city will post or leave notice at the property indicating the date of disconnection and directions regarding how the service may be reconnected.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-20) (Ord. 107, passed 11-23-1981; Ord. 458, passed 10-23-2006)