Chapter 13.28 — MUNICIPAL UTILITY SERVICES

• A. Pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the Constitution of the state of California, as the same may be amended from time to time, or any successor provision or provisions thereto, the City Council finds and declares that the furnishing of water and sewer service and the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse constitute municipal utility services which may be provided to persons or property within the corporate boundaries of the city, or on an extraterritorial basis as otherwise provided by law, directly by the city or pursuant to contract, franchise, permit or otherwise.

• B. All such services, whether provided directly by the city or pursuant to contract, franchise, permit or otherwise, shall be charged for as municipal utility services and the same may be charged for on a consolidated basis by the city.

Every person, on making application for municipal utility services, shall make a service deposit in accordance with and in such amounts as may be established by City Council by ordinance, resolution, executive order or in any other lawful fashion.

No person shall fail or refuse to pay the municipal service charges provided for in this code or established pursuant to this code. If any person shall fail or refuse to pay the lawful charges, including both delinquent and current charges, for any municipal utility service, or portion thereof, the water service to the premises, regardless of tenancy, shall be shut off. Termination of water service for failure to or refusal to pay for municipal utility services, or any portion thereof, shall occur in accordance with all requirements of law, including minimum requirements for notice and opportunity to respond.