2011-015 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

property. A good faith effort will be made by the City to notify the owner prior to the water being shut off. Subd. 3 Restriction on Shut-off. If, by the date specified in the notice, the City has received the customer's demand for a hearing,then the City shall not shut off the customer's water supply until after the hearing has been held, and the panel required by this subsection has determined that the water supply should be discontinued. If the customer has paid to the City his or her delinquencies, plus the cost of serving the aforesaid notice upon him or her, or has furnished the City with proof of the payment satisfactory to the officer specified in the notice, or has cured any nonmonetary violations to the satisfaction of the officer by the date specified in the notice, then the City shall not shut off the customer's water supply. Subd. 4 Hearing. A. If the customer demands a hearing in writing, the demand must be received by the City before the date specified in the notice provided in Subd. 2 and must specify the customer's return address or post office address for purposes of the notice of hearing. The City Administrator shall bring it to the City Council. The notice of hearing shall specify the date, time and place of the hearing and the purpose thereof. It shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. The date it is deposited in the U.S. mail system is the date that it shall be deemed to have been given. B. If, as a result of the hearing, the City Council finds that the amount claimed to be owed is actually due or that the customer has committed one (1) of the nonmonetary violations described in Subd. I above, and that there is no legal reason why the water supply of the delinquent customer may not be shut off in accordance with this section, then the City shall be authorized to shut off the supply. Where the violation is a nonmonetary one, the panel shall specify the cure for the violation, if any, and give the customer a reasonable opportunity to effect the cure before authorizing the City to disconnect the water supply. Subd. 5 Cold Weather Rule. Where a customer's water service is essential to his or her primary heating service, water shall not be shut off between October 15 of any year and the following April 15 except in accordance with the Minnesota Cold Weather Rule found in M.S. § 216B.097, as amended from time to time. Subd. 6 Restoration of Service. When water service to any premises has been discontinued, service shall not be restored except upon payment of all delinquent amounts due, or correction of the nonmonetary violation of Subd. 1 hereof to the satisfaction of the City Administrator,plus the costs for serving the notices required herein above and plus a fee for disconnection and reconnection in the amounts as are from time to time established by resolution of the Council. 1000.05 Deficiency and Temporary Shut-off Water. The City shall not be liable for any deficiency or failure in the supply of water to consumers, whether occasioned by shutting the water off for the purpose of making repairs or connections, or from any other cause whatever. In case of fire, or alarm of fire, or in making repairs or construction of new works, water may be shut off at any time and kept shut off as long as necessary. 1000.06 Supply from One Service. No more than one housing unit or building shall be supplied from one service connection except by special permission of the City Administrator. Whenever two (2) or