A user/owner who wishes to have service disconnected shall give at least five days' notice to the Borough, specifying the date on which service is to be discontinued. A request for such discontinuance of service shall be made in writing. In the absence of proper notice, the user/owner shall be responsible for all service rendered until the time that the Borough shall have notice of the user's/owner's intent to discontinue service. The user/owner shall not disconnect or remove service without the prior written consent of the Borough. A user/owner discontinuing service retains his status as a former user/owner for purposes of paying restoration fees for a period of nine months. All costs for disconnection and/or abandonment of the service line shall be the responsibility of the user/owner.
Service to the user/owner may be terminated by the disconnection or plugging of a lateral or the requiring of the disconnection of water service by the water company providing water service to the improved property for good cause, including, but not limited to, the following:
A.
For making an application for service that contains material misrepresentations;
B.
For willful or negligent infiltration or inflow of water through improper or imperfect pipes, fixtures or connections or for willful or negligent failure to repair leaks in pipes or fixtures;
C.
For tampering with any building sewer or lateral;
D.
For theft of service, which shall include taking service without having made a proper application for service;
E.
For failure to pay, when due, any charges accruing under this Part 3 or any rules/regulations implemented by the Borough;
F.
For refusal of reasonable access to the property for purposes of inspection;
G.
For receipt by the Borough, of an order or notice from the Department of Environmental Protection, health authorities, plumbing inspectors, or another similar agency to discontinue service to the premises on the grounds of violation of any federal, state or local law, or local ordinance, or upon notice to the Borough from any such agency that it has ordered an existing violation on the premises to be discontinued and that such order has not been complied with; or
Whenever service is discontinued or terminated pursuant to the above sections, service shall be restored only upon payment of any and all fees and/or costs required under this Part 3, including advance payment of service reinstatement fees or costs, under any rules/regulations implemented by the Borough, or incurred by the Borough, or by the user/owner in the curing of the problem that gave rise to the termination under § 425-97.