For sewer service, once a delinquency has been declared by the City Council, the City Clerk shall, within a reasonable time period following the Council meeting where the delinquency was declared, certify the finding of a delinquency for each address. Pursuant to Oklahoma Statutes, title 11, section 22-112.5, the following process is established for the termination of sewer service at a physical address where a delinquency has been declared. This section shall only apply to those accounts where a delinquency exists for amounts billed and due on or after the effective date of this chapter. Where a delinquency is declared by the Council, the following process shall govern the termination of sewer service:
A. The City of Warr Acres shall notify any public water provider (e.g., city of Oklahoma City) of the declaration of the delinquency and shall request the termination of water service to the subject physical address as provided for herein.
B. The City of Warr Acres shall request the termination of water service and propose a date on which water service is proposed to be terminated, such date must be at least thirty (30) days after the date the request is sent to the public water service provider. A copy of this request along with a notice from the City of Warr Acres of the date water service is proposed to be terminated shall be sent to the account holder and to the property owner and shall also include a notice that sewer service will be discontinued on or after the date on which water service is proposed to be terminated.
C. The public entity providing water service may terminate water service at the subject property on the proposed date for termination or within thirty (30) days thereafter.
D. Should the sewer or waste water delinquency be resolved during the pendency of the termination of water service, or sometime thereafter, the City of Warr Acres shall provide the public water service provider with notice of the resolution of delinquency no later than the first business day following resolution. Should the sewer or waste water delinquency be resolved during the pendency of the termination of water service, or sometime thereafter, the City of Warr Acres shall provide the account holder and the property owner notice of the resolution of the delinquency, upon request.
E. The City of Warr Acres may effect the termination of sewer service anytime after the date water service is terminated as long as notice was given at least thirty (30) days prior to the date on which water service was actually terminated. (Ord. 1180, 2018)