Same—Hearing for termination of water service.

San Antonio City Code § 34-450

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Sec. 34-450. - Same—Hearing for termination of water service. (a) Applicability. This section is applicable in those instances when (i) the owner fails to repair sewer pipe located within a structure located on the real property, or (ii) the owner fails to repair that portion of the sewer lateral set out in subsection 34-447(b) for which the owner is responsible, (the premises). (b) Requested to obtain order. Where the danger to public health created by a faulty sewer pipe is deemed significant by a sanitary inspector or sanitarian, that person may request a hearing before the director of the city metropolitan health district for the purpose of obtaining an order to terminate water service to the premises. (c) Setting date, time; notice to owner or agent. Upon receipt of such request, the director of the city metropolitan health district shall immediately set a date and time for a hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given in writing to the owner and occupant of the affected premises, served either by personal service or by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing date. In the case of a business entity, such notice shall be given to the registered agent for service as reflected in the records of the secretary of state. (d) Complaint response. At the hearing provided for in this section, the complaining sanitary inspector or sanitarian shall set forth the danger created to the public health by the faulty sewer pipe. The owner or occupant, if either appears, or his legal representative shall be granted an opportunity to respond and cross-examine the complainant or his witnesses, and to present witnesses. Testimony shall, upon request, be given under oath. (e) Determination; issuance of order notice of termination; reinstatement. Thereafter, the director of the city metropolitan health district shall determine if a clear and present danger to the public health has been shown, and if he so finds, he shall issue an order to the city water system ("system") stating his finding and directing the termination of water service to the offending premises; the general manager of the chief executive officer (CEO) shall, upon receipt of the order, give the occupant of the premises written notice of the intention to terminate water service twenty-four (24) hours prior to the termination thereof. Upon the expiration of the twenty-four-hour notice period the chief executive officer (CEO) of the city water system ("system") shall cause water service to the premises to be terminated. Upon written notice from the director of the city metropolitan health district that the sewer pipe has been repaired, the chief executive officer (CEO) shall reinstate water service to the premises. (Code 1959, § 18-68.4; Ord. No. 54344, 9-24-81; Ord. No. 80574, § 11, 8-4-94; Ord. No. 89695, § 1, 4-29-99)

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