HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-2261 NOTICE & HEARING PROCEDURES FOR SUSPENSION OF WATER SERVICE. ORDINANCE NO. 2..71b/
AN ORDINANCE relating to public services and utilities; providing
notice and hearing procedures for suspension of water
service; amending Sections 7.68.025 and 7.60.100
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
ik) BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 7.68.025 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.68.025 Water services charges--When due--Suspen-
sion of service--Hearing procedure.
A. All charges for water service shall be due and
payable at the office of the City Treasurer on or before
• the fourteenth day after the bill therefor is rendered.
Water service shall be suspended to any premises for which
the service charge remains unpaid for a period of twenty-
411 one days after the due date, provided, no water service
shall be suspended until a written notice has been served
upon or mailed to the customer, at least seven days prior
to suspending service. Such notice shall state the date
on which service is to be suspended, the amount of delinquent
charges and that a customer may request in writing a hear-
ing before the customer service manager or his designee
to contest the suspension, provided such •request is received
by the customer service manager or his designee before
the suspension date set in the notice of suspension.
B. Upon timely receipt of a request for a hearing,
the customer service manager or his designee shall conduct
a hearing and the customer requesting the hearing shall
be notified in writing ,by the customer service manager
• or his designee of the date, time and place of such hear-
ing. Pending the outcome of such hearing, no service
shall be suspended.
C. In the event of a delinquency in the payment
of charges for domestic water service to any premises,
411 the City shall exercise a lien against such premises
by discontinuing water service thereto and service to
any such premises shall not be reinstated until all
delinquencies and unpaid charges against such premises
for water service, and for cut-off charges, together
with a $5.00 reinstatement fee, have been paid. Such
lien shall not be for more than four month's charges due
or to become due, as provided by law, and shall be exer-
cised subject to the provisions of Section 7.68.271 of
this title.
D. In the event the occupant of a premises is someone
other than the customer, the occupant, or in the case of
a multiple dwelling, the manager or person in charge,
shall be notified in writing of the date of suspension
of service and the amount of delinquency at the same
time such customer is notified."
Section 2. Section 7.60.100 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.60.100 Additional collection method--Water ser-
vice suspension--Notice and hearing procedure.
A. As an additional and concurrent method of collec-
tion of any such delinquent sewerage rate or charge,
the customer service manager may suspend the water ser-
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or supply from the premises to which such charge
for sewerage has attached until such rates and charges
are paid.
B. No water service shall be suspended until a
written notice has been served upon or mailed to the
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customer at least seven days prior to suspending service.
Such notice shall state the date on which service is
to be suspended, the amount of delinquent sewerage charges
and that a customer may request in writing a hearing
before the customer service manager or his designee to
contest the suspension, provided such request is received
by the customer service manager or his designee before
the date service is to be suspended.
C. Upon timely receipt of a request for hearing
the customer service manager or his designee shall conduct
a hearing and the customer requesting the hearing shall
be notified in writing by the customer service manager
or his designee of the time, date and place of such hear-
ing. Pending the outcome of a hearing, no service shall 410
be suspended.
D. When water service has been suspended for non-
payment of a sewer charge, water service shall not be
resumed until all delinquent service charges have been
paid, together with an additional $5.00 reconnection
charge.
E. In the event the occupant of a premises is some-
one other than the customer, the occupant, or in the
case of a multiple dwelling, the manager or person in
charge, shall be notified in writing of the date of the
suspension of service and the amount of delinquency at
the same time such customer is so notified."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as pro-
vided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
day of , 1979.
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