9.10.110 Unauthorized resumption of service.
The district shall have authority to shut off a water service without notice to any property or owner of such property where the service has been reconnected to such property without authorization from the district.
The general manager shall have the authority to enforce the shut-off of the water service to a property to which water service was resumed without authorization from the district by taking any or all of the following steps that may be performed in any order:
(1) Installation of a regular lock;
(2) Installation of a heavy duty lock and removal of the meter;
(3) Installation of a curb stop between the service main and meter setter.
Prior to installation of a curb stop, the district shall provide customers with additional notice, both by mail and posted notice, of the district’s intent to install a curb stop, the estimated costs of installing the curb stop, and the amount of payment required to forgo the installation of the curb stop, seven days prior to performing the work. All charges associated with tampering with a meter, breaking a lock, removing a meter, or installing a curb stop shall be charged to the property. [Res. 677 § 12, 2011.]