§ 50.007 TERMINATION OF SERVICE AUTHORIZED.
   The city shall have the right to disconnect and discontinue or refuse to connect or reconnect any utility service furnished by the city to any customer if the customer:
   (a)   Fails to abide by all applicable provisions of city ordinances;
   (b)   Violates the rules or regulations pertaining to utility service;
   (c)   Fails to pay any utility bill when due;
   (d)   Willfully or negligently wastes any utility service due to improper or imperfect pipes, fixtures, appliances, or otherwise;
   (e)   Tampers with any meter, seal, or other equipment controlling or regulating the supply of utility service;
   (f)   Obtains, takes, uses, or diverts utility service without payment therefor;
   (g)   Vacates a premises connected to utility service;
   (h)   Fails to provide authorized utility employee access to premises for the purpose of reading any meter, installing a new utility meter and/or Meter Transmitting Unit (MTU), or repairing or replacing an existing utility meter and/or MTU; or
   (i)   Fails to provide access to the premises to authorized utility employees for the purpose of containment backflow prevention verifications.
(1957 Rev. Ords., §§ 4.601, 14.102, 14.501; 1992 Code, § 41-7) (Ord. 82-83, passed 11-7-1983; Ord. 41-16, passed 5-3-2016; Ord. 22-21, passed 2-16-2021)