(A) Unauthorized acts. No person shall make any municipal service connection, fail to make any required connection or use, damage or interfere with any municipal utility installation contrary to the requirements of this code. No person shall install or use any private sewage disposal system contrary to the requirements of this title.
('82 Code, § 3.121)
(B) Liability for damages. Any person violating any provision of this title relating to any municipal utility or any person who negligently or intentionally causes damage to any municipal utility or appurtenance thereto, shall be liable to the city for any expense, loss or damage occasioned thereby. In addition, the customer and owner may each also be held liable if the expense, loss or damage could have been avoided by due care on their part.
('82 Code, § 3.122)
(C) Correction of violations.
(1) Upon finding any violation of any provision of this title relating to municipal utility services or private sewage disposal facilities, the Superintendent, Building Inspector shall notify the Clerk. The Clerk shall serve notice upon the occupant or other person in charge of the premises, and upon the owner if not occupying the premises, specifying the nature of each violation and the work which is required to be done. The notice shall also specify the reasonable time considering the nature and amount of work to be done, and the nature of the violations, within which each violation or all the violations must be remedied. If each violation is not corrected within the time specified, the official reporting the violation may cause the violation to be corrected at the expense of the occupant or other person in charge or the owner or both.
(2) Any person who fails to correct any violation when required to do so shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of this section shall not limit the power or of any officer or agency to act pursuant to authority given elsewhere in this code or by law.
