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' § 28-19 ARDEN HILLS CODE held, and the panel required hereinbelow has determined that the water supply should be discontinued. If the customer has paid to the city his/her delinquencies, plus the cost of serving the aforesaid notice upon him/her, or has furnished the city with proof of such payment satisfactory to the officer specified in the notice, or has cured any nonmonetary violations to the satisfac- tion of such off"icer-by the date specified in the notice-then the city shall not shut off the customer's water supply. If the customer demands a hearing in writing-which demand must be received by the city before the date sgecified in the aforesaid notice and must specify the customer's return address or post office address for purposes of the notice of hearing re- quired in the next sentence hereof-the clerk-administrator shall appoint a panel of three (3) impartial residents of the city who shall hold a hearing on the matter with reasonable promptness after the appointment of the last of the three (3) members on the panel. No less than seven (7) days' written notice of the hearing of the panel shall be given to the customer. The notice of hearing shall specify the date, time and place of the hearing and the purpose thereo£ 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. If, as a result of the hearing, the panel finds that the amount claimed to be owing is actually due or that the customer has committed one (1) of the nonmonetary violations described in subsections (a)(l) and (a)(3) 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 non- monetary one, the panel shall specify the cure for such violation, if any, and give the customer a reasonable opportunity to effect such cure before authorizing the city to disconnect the water supply. (c) When water service to any premises has been discontinued, service shall not be restored except upon payment of all delin- quent amounts due, or correction of the nonmonetary violation of subsections (a)(l) or (a)(3) hereof to the satisfaction of the clerk- administrator, plus the costs for serving the notices required hereinabove and plus a fee for disconnection and reconnection in Supp. No. 16 1646