(a) If the Mayor, City Manager, Water Production or Distribution Superintendents, or other city official or officials charged with implementation and enforcement of this article or a water supply emergency resolution learn of any violation of any water use restrictions imposed pursuant to §§ 15-312 or 15-314 of this article, they are empowered to immediately disconnect or cause to be disconnected the violating fixture, provided the fixture is located in an exterior area or interior area readily accessible to the public. In addition, a written notice of the violation shall be affixed to the property where the violation occurred and the customer of record and any other person known to the city who is responsible for the violation or its correction shall be provided with either actual or mailed notice. The notice shall describe the violation and order that it be corrected, cured or abated immediately or within such specified time as the city determines is reasonable under the circumstances, or if disconnected by the city, that the violation not reoccur. If the order is not complied with, the city may terminate water service to the customer subject to the following procedures:
(1) The city shall give the customer notice by mail or actual notice that water service will be discontinued within a specified time due to the violation and that the customer will have the opportunity to appeal the termination by requesting a hearing scheduled before the city governing body or a city official designated as a hearing officer by the governing body;
(2) If such a hearing is requested by the customer charged with the violation, he or she shall be given a full opportunity to be heard before termination is ordered; and
(3) The governing body or hearing officer shall make findings of fact and order whether service should continue or be terminated.
(b) A fee of $20 shall be paid for the reconnection on any water service terminated pursuant to division (a) above. In the event of subsequent violations, the reconnection fee shall be $80 for the second violation and $120 for any additional violations.
(c) Any consumer may also be charged with violation of this section and prosecuted in Municipal Court. Any person so charged and found guilty in Municipal Court of violating the mandatory conservation measures provided in this section shall be guilty of a code violation.
(Ord. 1045, passed 6-6-1989; Ord. 1298, passed 10-20-1998)