Mountain View Municipal Code § 35.5 Right of city to shut off water for failure to pay for municipal services

The furnishing of water, sewer service and the collection and disposal of garbage, and rubbish, as in this code provided for, shall constitute municipal services, and shall be charged for as such.

(Code 1938, Sec. 165.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to pay the municipal service charges, or any part thereof, as provided for in any resolution or ordinance fixing charges or fees as authorized in this code.

(Code 1938, Sec. 174; Ord. No. 16.87, 9/8/87.)

No other or further notice as to the payment of municipal service charges need be given than those provided for in this chapter.

(Code 1938, Sec. 175.)

Excluding persons receiving residential water service, if any person shall fail or refuse to pay the lawful charges, including both delinquent and current charges, for any municipal services, as defined in this Code, within fifteen (15) days after the city mails written notice of delinquency, or if any person shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter relating to the use of water by such person, the water services to the premises of such person shall be shut off. Persons receiving residential water service and failing or refusing to pay the lawful charges are subject to the city's "Discontinuation of Residential Water Service for Nonpayment Policy," as adopted by the city council by resolution.

(Code 1938, Sec. 169; Ord. No. 175.187, 11/12/52; Ord. No. 175.809, 10/29/62: Ord. No. 2.81, 6/8/81.)

(Ord. No. 4.20, § 1, 5/12/20.)

All bills for municipal services (water, sewer and garbage) not collected within thirty (30) days of the date of billing shall be deemed delinquent, and an interest charge of twelve (12) percent per annum of the amount of said delinquent bill shall accrue thereon, on a daily basis, from the thirty-first day after the date of billing, forward, and shall be collected as a part of the principal amount due.

(Ord. No. 41.70, 11/30/70.)

Unless otherwise provided for in this code, water and municipal service, other than the disposal of garbage and rubbish, may be discontinued to premises which may be unoccupied, on application for discontinuance in writing filed with the director of finance by a tenant or the owner of such premises.

(Code 1938, Sec. 171; Ord. No. 42.65, 10/25/65.)

In case the person applying for discontinuance of municipal services is a tenant he shall pay all arrears and penalties, if any, before he shall be entitled to have such service discontinued.

(Code 1938, Sec. 172)

If water turn-on is requested for the same workday or any nonworkday in the case of any discontinuance as provided for in Sec. 35.7, and if water turn-on is requested after water has been shut off for failure to pay municipal service charges as provided in this chapter, the water shall not be turned on until the person desiring same shall make written application to the finance director and pay a turn-on fee as cost of so turning same on. Unauthorized water service turn-on shall result in an additional charge in amounts fixed by resolution or ordinance of the city council.

(Code 1938, Sec. 173; Ord. No. 28.70, 7/27/70; Ord. No. 2.81, 6/8/81; Ord. No. 9.87, 6/9/87; Ord. No. 10.87, 6/30/87; Ord. No. 16.87, 9/8/87)

The owners of premises taking city water, or having sewer connections, shall keep their service pipes, stopcocks, service lines, sewer lateral, plumbing, and all apparatus connected therewith, in good repair at their own expense.

(Code 1938, Sec. 147; Ord. No. 10.13, § 2, 9/20/13)

No owner of any premise taking city water or having sewer connections shall make any claim against the city by reason of the bursting of any pipe, the choking of any sewer, of the disarrangement of any other apparatus or appliance connected therewith.

(Code 1938, Sec. 147.)

Where the property of an applicant for water or sewer service does not front on an existing water or sewer main, water or sewer service connections and main extensions required in order to make service available to the property of applicant shall only be provided by the city pursuant to the terms of a contract between the applicant and the city, setting forth the charges therefor, and the conditions under which such connections and extensions shall be provided. The director of public works shall determine the charges and conditions which shall be set forth in such contract, and the city manager shall be authorized to execute such contract on behalf of the city.

(Ord. No. 175.425, 8/12/57.)

The charges and fees referred to in the preceding section shall only be assessed as to property not previously subject to such charges and fees for the connections or services referred to in the preceding section.

(Ord. No. 175.425, 8/12/57.)

Every person taking water, or having sewer connection, or having garbage or rubbish to dispose of, under the provisions of this chapter, shall be conclusively presumed to have expressed his consent to be bound by the rules and regulations in this chapter.

(Code 1938, Sec. 134; Ord. No. 175.809, 10/29/62.)