(A) The Water Utilities Department may suspend the city-provided water supply of any user who violates the following conditions:
(1) Refusing the Water Utilities Department reasonable access to the water user’s premises for the purpose of inspection;
(2) Hindering or denying the Water Utilities Department access to backflow prevention assemblies;
(3) Failing to install, maintain or test backflow prevention assemblies as required by the Water Utilities Department; or
(4) Failing to install, maintain and operate their piping and plumbing systems in accordance with the city’s Plumbing Code.
(B) The Water Utilities Department will notify a water user in writing of the proposed termination of its water supply by certified mail, return receipt requested. The water user may petition the Water Utilities Department for a reconsideration of the decision.
(C) The Water Utilities Department shall not reinstate suspended services until:
(1) The person presents proof, satisfactory to the Water Utilities Department, that the condition has been eliminated and its cause determined and corrected;
(2) The person pays the city for all costs the city incurred in responding to the backflow or threatened potential backflow; and
(3) The person pays the city for all costs the city will incur in reinstating service.
(D) A person commits an offense if the person reinstates water service to the premises terminated pursuant to this section, without the prior written approval of the Water Utilities Department.
(1998 Code, § 122-144) (Ord. 08-47, passed 11-19-2008) Penalty, see § 50.999