A. Permission given to connect sewers and drains shall be upon the express condition that the City may at any time revoke the same and the person making such connection, or his successor in interest, shall have no right to claim any damage in consequence of such permission being revoked. Once service has been connected, permission to connect may be revoked and water/sewer service suspended for any violation of this chapter.
B. Written notice of such revocation of permission shall be served or mailed at least seven (7) days prior to suspending water/sewer service. Such notice shall state the date on which service is to be suspended and the right to request in writing a pretermination hearing. In the event water service has not begun, notice shall be sent in accordance with this section and no water service shall be started. This hearing will be held before the Superintendent, or in his/her absence the Mayor; provided, that the written request is received by the Superintendent one day prior to the proposed suspension date.
C. Upon receipt of such a timely request, the Superintendent or the Mayor shall give written notice to the party requesting the hearing as to the date, time and place of the hearing, which hearing will be held not sooner than five (5) days from the date of request. The Superintendent or the Mayor shall make a record of any pretermination hearing which either of them conducts and shall, within ten (10) days of the hearing, render a decision in writing, giving reasons for the determination.
D. In the absence of a request for a pretermination hearing, or if an adverse decision is rendered against the party requesting the hearing, the City shall revoke permission to connect sewers and drains and shall not begin and/or reinstate water service. Permission to connect sewers and drains shall not be reinstated until the violation(s) has been corrected and the person(s) seeking permission to connect is again complying with this chapter. (Ord. 2836 § 1, 2008)