If Spaulding Township (“the Township”) determines that excessive unintentional water usage (e.g., an infrastructure leak, etc.) may have occurred/is occurring at a particular property in the township, the township shall contact the property owner and occupant of the aforesaid property via United States Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested. In the aforesaid mailing, the township shall apprise the property owner/occupant that excessive unintentional water usage has been detected at the subject property. The township shall further apprise the property owner/occupant of the aforesaid subject property that the property owner and/or occupant shall contact the township within five days from the date of the mailing to advise the township that either the water usage in question was intentional or, alternatively, that the excessive unintentional water usage has ceased/been remedied (e.g., the leak has been repaired, etc.) so as to stop any excessive unintentional water usage at the subject property. If the property owner and/or occupant does not advise the township as described in this section, the township may shut-off/cease water service to the subject property in order to prevent any additional excessive unintentional water usage. If water service is shut-off pursuant to this section, the township shall restore water service to the subject property following the subject property owner and/or occupant providing the township with sufficient evidence/information to demonstrate that excessive unintentional water usage has ceased/been remedied (e.g., the leak has been repaired, etc.) so as to stop any excessive unintentional water usage at the subject property. In addition to the mailing described herein, the township will also reasonably endeavor to contact the subject property owner and/or occupant via phone to convey that excessive unintentional water usage has been detected at the subject property and that water service to the subject property will be shut-off unless the owner of the subject property complies with the provisions of this section. Notwithstanding anything else stated herein, the township is not required to restore water service to a property if unrelated/alternative bases for the water shut-off exist.
(Amend. Ord. 10-09-84, passed 12-20-2022)