Title 13 WATER AND SEWERS*
Chapter 13.22 DISCONNECTION OF WATER SERVICE
13.22.070 Procedure for involuntary disconnection.
1. Immediately preceding the actual disconnection of service, the employee
of the utility designated to perform such function shall make a reasonable
attempt to identify himself/herself to the user or any other responsible person
then upon the premises and shall announce the purpose of his/her presence and
shall make a record thereof to be maintained for at least thirty (30)
days.
2. The employee shall have in his/her possession information provided
by the utility, sufficient to enable him/her to inform the user or other
responsible person of the reason for disconnection, including the amount of any
delinquent bill of the user.
3. The employee shall not be required to or
accept payment from the user or other responsible person in order to prevent the
service from being disconnected.
4. When the employee has disconnected the
service, he/she shall give to a responsible person at the user’s premises,
or if no one is at home, shall leave at a conspicuous place on the premises, a
notice stating that service has been disconnected and stating the address and
telephone number of the utility where the user may arrange to have service
reconnected.
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