CHAPTER 2
SEWERS
ARTICLE 14. ADMINISTRATION
SECTION:
§3770 City Manager To Administer And Enforce Chapter
§3771 Disconnection After Notices; Summary Abatement
§3772 Re-establishment; Costs; Bond To Insure Compliance
§3774 Statement Not Conclusive; Audit Authorized
§3775 Information Confidential
§3770 CITY MANAGER TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE CHAPTER
The City Manager shall be charged with the administration of the sewer system of the City and with enforcement of all of the provisions of this Chapter. (Ord. 471, §XI-A, adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 845, §3, adopted 1985))
§3771 DISCONNECTION AFTER NOTICES; SUMMARY ABATEMENT
In the event of a violation of any terms of this Chapter, or any rule or regulation established pursuant to this Chapter, the City Manager, or his designated agent, in writing shall notify the person or persons causing, allowing or committing such violation, specifying the violation and the time after which (upon the failure of such person or persons to prevent or rectify the violation) the City Manager or his authorized agent will exercise his authority to disconnect the property served by the City sewer system; provided that such time shall not be less than five (5) days after the deposit of such notice in the United Stated Post Office at Ukiah, California, addressed to the person or persons to whom notice is given; provided, however, that in the event such violation results in a public hazard or menace, then such City Manager or his designated agent may enter upon the premises without notice and do such things and expend such sums as may be necessary to abate such hazard, and the reasonable value of the things done and the amounts expended in so doing shall be a charge upon the owner so in violation. (Ord. 471, §XI-B, adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 845, §3, adopted 1985)
§3772 RE-ESTABLISHMENT; COSTS; BOND TO INSURE COMPLIANCE
When service has been disconnected as provided in this Chapter, the City Manager may require that the person or persons who request that such service be re-established furnish a bond in the sum of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) payable to the City, and conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, before granting permission to make such connection. Before such service will be re-established, the person or persons making application for such re-establishment of service shall pay all expenses incurred by the City in causing such disconnection and in re-establishing such connection. (Ord. 471, §XII, adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 845, §3, adopted 1985)
§3773 STATEMENTS
The City Manager, or his authorized agent, and the City Council may require of any person or persons who apply for connection to, or whose premises are connected with, the sewer system of said City, the filing of a statement or affidavit for the guidance of said City Manager, or his authorized agent and said City in ascertaining the amount of the service charge payable under this Chapter, which such statement or affidavit shall contain such information as may be required; and, a failure of such person or persons to file such statement or affidavit containing the information requested or required shall be deemed a violation of this Chapter. (Ord. 471, §XIII, adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 845, §3, adopted 1985)
§3774 STATEMENT NOT CONCLUSIVE; AUDIT AUTHORIZED
No statement or affidavit required by §3773 shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth therein, nor shall the filing of the same preclude the City from collecting by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable under the provisions of this Chapter. Such statement or affidavit, and each of the several items therein contained, shall be subject to audit and verification by the City Manager, or authorized employees of the City, who are hereby authorized to examine, audit, and inspect such books and records of such person or persons as may be necessary in their judgment to verify or ascertain the amount of the monthly service charge. All persons using or making application for use of the sewer system of the City are hereby required to permit an examination of such books and records for the purposes aforesaid. (Ord. 471, §XIII, adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 845, §3, adopted 1985)
§3775 INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL
The information furnished or secured pursuant to §3773 or §3774 shall be confidential and any unwarranted disclosure or use of such information by any officer or employee of the City shall constitute a misdemeanor, and such officer or employee shall be subject to the penalty provisions of this Chapter for violation of this Section. (Ord. 471, §XIII, adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 845, §3, adopted 1985)
§3776 APPEALS
Any person who shall be dissatisfied with any determination hereinafter made hereunder by the City Manager or his authorized agent, may, at any time within thirty (30) days after any such determination by said City Manager or his authorized agent, appeal to the City Council by giving written notice to the City Manager, or his authorized agent, and to the City Clerk, setting forth the determination with which such person is dissatisfied. The City Council may, at any time, upon its own motion appeal from any determination made by the City Manager, or his authorized agent, hereunder. In the event of any such appeal, the City Manager, or his authorized agent, shall transmit to the City Council a report upon the matter appealed. The City Council shall cause notice to be given, at least ten (10) days prior to the time fixed for such hearing, to all persons affected by such appeal, of the time and place fixed by the City Council for hearing such appeal. The City Council shall direct the City Clerk to mail a written notice postage prepaid, to all such persons whose addresses are known to the City Council, and to publish such notice once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City at least five (5) days prior to the date fixed for such hearing.
Pending decisions upon any appeal relative to the amount of any charges hereunder, the person making such appeal shall pay such charge. After the appeal is heard the City Council shall order refunded to the person making such appeal such amount, if any, as the City Council shall determine should be refunded. (Ord. 471, §XIV, adopted 1955; amd. by Ord. 845, §3, adopted 1985)