§ 33-96. Discontinuance of water service; notice.

(a)

If the City discovers that a Customer: (i) has not installed a required backflow prevention device; or (ii) that a backflow prevention device has been improperly tested or maintained, bypassed or removed; or (iii) that an unprotected cross-connection exists in the Customer's water system, the water service to that service connection shall be disconnected. The service shall not be restored until the condition is remedied.

(b)

Water service to a fire sprinkler system shall not be subject to disconnection under this Section. If a situation, which would otherwise result in discontinuance of water service in subsection (a) above, is not remedied within the time provided in a notice sent to the Customer may be issued a citation for a misdemeanor offense. Each day the situation is allowed to continue thereafter shall constitute a separate violation of this Section.

(c)

Prior to disconnecting any water service because a condition set forth in subsection (a), above, exists, the City shall send a notice to the Customer describing the condition and notifying the Customer the condition must be remedied within forty-five (45) days after mailing of the notice by the City. If such condition is not remedied within said forty-five (45) day period, the City shall send a second notice, by certified mail, to the Customer notifying the Customer that water service will be disconnected in fifteen (15) days if the condition is not remedied within such time period.

(d)

The City may disconnect, without notice, water service to any Customer when the City discovers that the Customer's water service is contaminating the public potable water supply.

(Ord. No. 3003, § 1(Exh. A), 9-27-16)