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)