(A) (1) The Commissioner of Public Health and Safety and the Code Enforcement Officer, as official designate thereof, of the city are hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this subchapter is known to exist, and to take the other precautionary measures as they may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains.
(2) Water service to the property shall not be restored until the conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, and until a $150 reconnection fee is paid to the city.
(B) Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety or Code Enforcement Officer are assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. The action shall be followed written notification of the cause of disconnection. Immediate disconnection without notice to any party can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply; provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, the Code Enforcement Officer or the state’s Environmental Protection Agency, the action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply.
(C) Neither the city or its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customer for an injury, damages or lost revenues which may result from termination of the customer’s water supply in accordance with the terms of this subchapter, whether or not the termination was with or without notice.
(1994 Code, § 51.50) (Ord. 430, passed 1-25-1993)