Chapter 13.50
HAZARDOUS BUILDINGS – SERVICE DISCONTINUANCE
Sections:
13.50.020 Discontinuance of utility services.
13.50.030 Conditions of discontinuation.
13.50.040 No waiver utility charges.
13.50.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter the following words, terms, or phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1) “Utility,” “utility service,” “sewerage system,” shall mean the sewerage collection and disposal system owned and operated by the town of Twisp.
(2) “Building” shall mean any residential, commercial, or other structure, which is connected to and served by the town of Twisp sewerage system, or which may hereafter be connected to and served by said sewerage system.
(3) “Hazardous building” shall mean any building or portion thereof which (a) has been damaged by fire, earthquake, wind, flood, or other violent means, or which because of obsolescence, dilapidated condition, deterioration, or other damage, has been rendered uninhabited or is uninhabitable, and remains so for a period of four consecutive calendar months; or (b) which remains on site after demolition or destruction of the building, in whole or in part; or whenever any building shall be abandoned for at least two consecutive calendar months so as to be, or likely to be or become, an attractive nuisance or hazard to the public.
(4) “Abandoned premises” shall mean any premises from which the “building” (as herein defined) served by the town sewerage system has been completely removed and there is no longer any “building” situated upon the premises which is (are) required to be connected to the town sewerage system pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13.30 TMC, and/or amendments thereto. (Ord. 296 § 1, 1984)
13.50.020 Discontinuance of utility services.
The owner of any hazardous building or abandoned premises which is served by and connected to the utility service of the town of Twisp, or his agent, may apply to the town council for disconnection and/or discontinuance of such utility service being supplied or furnished to such hazardous building or abandoned premises. If the council shall find that the building or structure for which such application is made is a hazardous building or abandoned premises as herein defined, such application for discontinuation or disconnection of utility service may be granted, in compliance with provisions of TMC 13.50.030. (Ord. 296 § 2, 1984)
13.50.030 Conditions of discontinuation.
No application for discontinuation and/or disconnection of utility service shall be granted unless:
(1) All charges for utility services due to the town for utility services, including charges for the current mouth, have been paid in full.
(2) The applicant shall have paid to the town a disconnection charge in the amount that is set by resolution of the town council from time to time.
(3) The applicant shall agree to cause such disconnection to be made at the expense of the applicant, and in accordance with such conditions and subject to such inspection and approval requirements as the town and/or its utility superintendent shall impose at the time when such application is approved by the town. (Ord. 628 § 1(TT), 2011; Ord. 296 § 3, 1984)
13.50.040 No waiver utility charges.
(1) No current and/or accrued charges for utility services furnished or available to any hazardous building or abandoned premises shall be suspended or waived for any period prior to the date when application for discontinuation or disconnection is made to the town council, approved, and the charges provided in TMC 13.50.030 are paid in full, notwithstanding the nonuse of such utility service prior to the date of such application.
(2) The town council shall have 30 days from and after the date of application for discontinuation or disconnection within which to grant or deny such application. In the event such application shall be granted, charges for the utility service shall be suspended and/or discontinued as of the last day of the calendar month in which the application was made. (Ord. 296 § 4, 1984)