If any rates, charges, tolls, fees, or assessments for the Town’s domestic water service or irrigation service remain unpaid following the due date, the Town Clerk shall post a notice upon the affected property and also mail the same to the mailing address of the owner and occupant according to the records of the Town. Such notice shall describe the property by street address, the type and amount of unpaid rates, charges, tolls, fees, or assessments, and a warning that if the unpaid amount, together with the Town’s incidental cost in sending such notices, is not paid in full within seven (7) days, all domestic water service and irrigation service to the property shall be discontinued immediately. Provided, however, the notice shall also state that the owner or occupant of the property has a right to request a hearing before the Town Council if the owner or occupant disputes the amount allegedly past due and unpaid. If an owner requests such a hearing, the Town Council, or its designee, shall conduct a hearing for the sole purpose of determining if any rates, charges, tolls, fees, or assessments for the Town’s domestic water service or irrigation service remain unpaid and past due. The Town Council may reverse, modify, or uphold the Town staff’s determination of the unpaid amount. If the Town Council determines that some amount is past due and remains unpaid, the owner or occupant shall immediately pay the amount determined by the Town Council.

If the delinquent rates, charges, tolls, fees, or assessments for the Town’s domestic water service or irrigation service are not paid by the date specified in such notice, or as determined by the Town Council following hearing, the Town shall terminate domestic water service and irrigation service to the property by turning off, disconnecting, or blocking the waterlines serving the premises. (Ord. 618 §4, 2010; Amended Ord. 757 §2, 2019; Amended Ord. 760 §2, 2019)