(A) The City may suspend water and/or sewer service when such suspension is necessary in the opinion of the City Manager, in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which may (i) present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons or the environment; (ii) cause stoppages or excessive maintenance to be performed to prevent stoppages in the sanitary sewer collection system; (iii) cause interference to the City’s sewer treatment facility; (iv) cause the City to violate any condition of its NPDES permit or (v) when necessary to prevent the repeated violation of this Ordinance by a user, a repeated violation being defined as two violations of any provision of this Ordinance as determined by the Building Inspector during any 12-month period.
(B) If reasonably possible after consideration of the circumstances a user shall be notified of the City’s intent to suspend water and sewer service prior to such suspension. Any person notified of a suspension of water and sewer service shall immediately stop or eliminate the discharge. In the event of a failure of the user to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the City shall take such steps as deemed necessary including immediately termination of water or sewer service to the user. The City shall reinstate the water or sewer service only when such conditions causing the suspension have passed or have been eliminated. A detailed written statement submitted by the user describing the causes of the harmful discharge and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the City Inspector within 15-days of the date of the occurrence.
(Prior Code, Art. 16A, § VIIA)