9-1-12: SHUTTING OFF SUPPLY:
If the City Inspector finds that any plumbing or electrical equipment or installation is defective or that it has been installed in conflict with the provisions of the code, he shall notify the person responsible for the plumbing or electrical equipment or installation, by certified mail, of his findings and orders. If the necessary changes or repairs are not completed within fifteen (15) days (or longer period as specified in the notice) the City Inspector shall have the authority to disconnect or order the discontinuance of water or electric service to the equipment or installation in question. No disconnection shall be made during the pendency of an appeal to the City Council. The Inspector shall present written notification, by certified mail, to any person owning abandoned, dead or dangerous wires, apparatus or fixtures which are no longer used, requiring the removal of same within a reasonable time, to be set by the Inspector, may report the same to the City Council, which may order the removal of same, and order the cost of such removal to be assessed against the property from which removed. (1975 Code § 9-2-15)