Charges: If a disconnection of service is made under this Ordinance, the following charge shall be imposed and shall be collected by the Clerk-Treasurer prior to reinstitution of service regardless in whose name that service is reinstituted:
a. For excavation of the line at or near its junction with Town lines and installation of a shut-off valve - $500.00;
b. For any excavations necessary and to open shut-off valve - $50.00;
c. Shut off by means of an existing shut-off valve - $50.00;
d. To reinstitute service - $50.00;
e. Deposit for future service - $100.00;
f. Removal and replacement of meter - $100.00.
Upon the disconnection of service, the Clerk-Treasurer shall immediately notify the Lake County Department of Public Health that water service has been disconnected to the premises, giving the name of the user and the address of the location where service has been disconnected and that the reason is for nonpayment of water charges.
Appeal of the Notice to Disconnect shall be to the Utility Board, must be in writing and delivered no more than fourteen (14) days after notice was mailed or, if notice had been given by publication, date of publication. All appeals must be accompanied by all monies the Clerk-Treasurer contends is owed, subject to refund if appeal is granted.
The written appeal shall set forth the facts which the user contends are the reasons that service should not be disconnected. The grounds for appeal are only:
1) that the account at the time of notice was not owed for two (2) months or greater period of service; or
2) that the person receiving the service at the time of notice is a person other than that user identified in the notice and the Clerk-Treasurer had been properly notified of the change in ownership prior to the notice.
It shall be insufficient grounds to have an appeal sustained that the user is without sufficient means to pay the bill. The Board shall consider the appeal at its next meeting.
These charges and procedures shall go into effect immediately upon approval by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Any and all users with amounts due as of the next billing shall have forty-five (45) days from the billing to pay all sums owed. Thereafter, the Clerk-Treasurer shall have no discretion to not give the notices required herein and thereby initiate these procedures. All accounts that are within the criteria shall be mailed the notices required herein in that month when the account first meets the criteria. The Department of Public Works shall have not discretion in delivering and posting the notice and certifying same to the Clerk-Treasurer or in performing the disconnection as soon as practical after the twenty-one (21) days after notice or, if appeal is taken, after the Utility Board act to deny the appeal and shall immediately notify the Clerk-Treasurer when disconnection has been done.
(Ord. No. 1257, § 2f, 11-10-93)