(A) The City Manager, or the designee of the City Manager, is hereby authorized to shut off or disconnect the water service of any consumer after the bill of the consumer shall have become delinquent. A fee in an amount determined as provided in § 23-2-12 of this article shall be paid upon the turning on or reconnection of the water service under the following circumstances:
(1) When any water service has been shut off or disconnected by reason of delinquency in payment of the bill for such service; or
(2) When water service has been shut off or disconnected at the request of the consumer and the same consumer requests that service be reconnected within 30 days after the request to shut off or disconnect water service.
(B) The fee provided in this section shall not be charged if the disconnection was for the purpose of making repairs. When water has been shut off or disconnected for non-payment of a bill, it shall not be turned on without an order of the City Manager, or the designee of the City Manager, and payment of the fee described in this section. Any person turning on water without an order of the City Manager, or the designee of the City Manager, shall be liable for unpaid water charges and resumption of service fee.
(Ord. 3879, passed 11-7-2005; Ord. 4255, passed 1-19-2021)