Water and sewer service shall be terminated, cease and desist orders shall be issued and permits shall be denied, suspended or revoked by the town or by the county only after the Approving Authority have given notice to the user of contemplated action and a hearing if requested; provided; however, the provisions of this section shall not be applicable, and the Approving Authority may, without notice and opportunity for hearing to be held, temporarily suspend water or sewer service, or both, to any user, if in the considered opinion of the Approving Authority an emergency exists or its imminent which threatens the public health, or is likely to cause severe injury or damage to or interruption of the town or the county’s sewer system, treatment plant, treatment processes or threatens the lives or severe injury to the town or county employees, agents or other authorized personnel.
(Ord. passed 12-4-1989)