When any person determines that his or her home, business or the like is going to be vacant, not used or shut down for an extended period of time, he or she shall notify the Utility Clerk. Under these circumstances, the Public Works Superintendent shall shut off the water service to the facilities. When the home, business or the like is re-occupied, the Public Works Superintendent shall be notified by the Utility Clerk, and he or she shall restore water service once again to the facilities with a charge as set by resolution being levied for resumption of the service. Since there is a significant potential for freezing and thus damage to the service line in the event of a lengthy shut down period, the property owner shall be responsible at his or her expense for any water service line repairs that may be needed to repair the water service line that is located on city right-of-way properties and also any associated repairs that are needed on his or her private property including the cost of replacing the water meter, meter readout and the like if it becomes necessary to do so. Every residential and commercial connection to the city water distribution and supply system shall pay the minimum monthly base charge, set by the City Council in accordance with § 50.61 of this code, for each month, or part thereof, for every month that water treatment services are available to the property by connection. The monthly minimum base charge shall only be waived upon complete disconnection from the city water distribution and supply system. All requests for disconnection must be approved by the City Council. The fee for reconnection, shall be the same as the new connection fee as set forth in § 53.061 of this code.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-22) (Ord. 92-554, passed 10-21-1992; Ord. 04-680, passed 12-1-2004; Ord. 15-811, passed 11-19-2015)