VIOLATIONS; RESTRICTION OF SEWER SERVICE
Mesa City Code § 8-4-28
in effect8-4-28: - VIOLATIONS; RESTRICTION OF SEWER SERVICE
(A) Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Chapter may result in the following actions:
1. The City Manager or Water Resources Director may restrict or otherwise limit allowable discharges.
2. The City Manager or Water Resources Director may suspend or revoke any Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit issued to a permittee.
3. The City Manager or Water Resources Director may discontinue water and/or sewer service to the premises, and such service shall not be restored until such violations have been discontinued or eliminated and all outstanding charges paid.
(a) Before discontinuing water and/or sewer service as provided herein, the City Manager or Water Resources Director shall give written notice to the person of the discontinuance and an opportunity to appear before the City Manager or Water Resources Director on any disputed matter relative to the discontinuance of sewer service.
(b) However, the City Manager or Water Resources Director may abate any actual or threatened discharge which would violate any categorical standard or pretreatment requirement imposed by this Chapter by promptly plugging or disconnecting the sewer service.
(c) The discontinuance of sewer service shall be accomplished by physically cutting and blocking the building connection. The cost of reconnecting the sewer service will be assessed and shall be paid to the Water Resources Department.
(B) Upon notice of a final determination by the City Manager or Water Resources Director of an assessment owing or order to correct a violation under this Chapter, the responsible party shall tender the fee assessed and correct the violation within ten (10) days of the date ordered. In the event the violation is not corrected or the assessment is not tendered, it is hereby declared to be, and is, a public nuisance which may be abated by injunctive relief in the Superior Court or by other order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Such action shall be in addition to any other remedy authorized by this Chapter.
(Ord. No. 5959, §§ 2, 3, 8-25-25)
Source: City of Mesa, Arizona, Mesa City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/az/mesa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT8HESAEN_CH4SASERE_8-4-28VIRESESEFetched: 11/1/2026