§ 51.38. PENALTY FOR NONPAYMENT.

(A) The Board of Trustees is authorized and directed to discontinue water service to any water consumer or to any property upon failure by the water consumer or the owner of the property to pay any charges legally due the city for sewage disposal plant service, all in accordance with Chapter 30 of the Acts of 1961 of the State General Assembly, upon notification by the city that the charges are unpaid and that the requirements of Chapter 30 of the Acts of 1961 as to the waiting period and giving of notice by the city to the water consumer or owner of property of its intention to discontinue the water service have been complied with. The discontinuance of water service shall remain in effect until the Department of Water Works is notified by the city that all delinquent charges for sewage disposal plant service have been paid. The Department of Water Works is authorized to make its usual charge for the disconnection and reconnection and to collect the charge prior to reestablishing water service.

(B) The giving of notice to the water consumer or property owner shall be done by the Department of Sanitation for and on behalf of the city in accordance with Chapter 30 of the Acts of 1961. The Department of Sanitation shall also give the notice on behalf of the City to the Department of Water Works of the failure of the water consumer or property owner to pay the charges, and notice of payment of the charges when the same are paid. All of the notices shall be given upon forms prescribed by the Board of Public Works and Safety.

(C) The remedy hereby created for the collection of sewage disposal plant service charges shall be deemed to be a new and additional remedy, and may be used, at the option of the city, in place of or together with all other lawful remedies and procedures now existing or hereafter created by law.

(‘89 Code, § 103.18)