ottawa county sewer district wastewater rules and regulations for ...
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shall discontinue service <strong>and</strong> will not restore same until time of access is<br />
granted.<br />
2.12.0 TERMINATION OF SERVICE - The sanitary engineer shall have the right<br />
to terminate <strong>sewer</strong> service immediately if it is determined that the violation<br />
produces a dangerous, toxic, odorous, destructive, or other condition which,<br />
in the opinion of the sanitary engineer, cannot be tolerated.<br />
2.13.0 LIMITATION OF CONNECTIONS - The sanitary engineer shall have the<br />
right to limit connections due to lack of capacity of any portion of the<br />
treatment works.<br />
2.14.0 APPEALS - The County shall establish <strong>and</strong> maintain an administrative<br />
appeal procedure by which individual users may be heard regarding the<br />
reasonableness of charges levied upon them.<br />
A two (2) step administrative dispute <strong>and</strong> appeal procedure shall provide <strong>for</strong><br />
the following:<br />
A. Dispute Provisions<br />
1. If a dispute should arise in regard to the User Charges due, a written<br />
notice shall be filed with the Sanitary Engineer within twenty-five (25)<br />
days of the billing mailing date.<br />
2. A notice of a dispute filed after the twenty-five (25) days period will<br />
not relieve the User of a 10 percent addition on an adjusted amount.<br />
3. Filing a notice of dispute shall entitle the User to a hearing be<strong>for</strong>e an<br />
officer of the Sanitary Engineering Department as designated by the<br />
Sanitary Engineer within 15 days of the notice of filing.<br />
4. If the dispute is not resolved to the satisfaction of the User, then each<br />
User has the right to file an appeal to the Board of County<br />
Commissioners.<br />
B. Appeal Provisions<br />
1. Within 22 days of the notice of filing, each User shall have the<br />
opportunity <strong>for</strong> written presentation <strong>and</strong> the right to have financial or<br />
legal counsel participate in such presentation to an Appeals Board<br />
appointed by the Board of County Commissioners.<br />
2. Each appeal will be decided promptly, which decision shall either<br />
uphold the original determination or allow adjustment <strong>and</strong>/or<br />
repayment.<br />
3. Each appeal decision will include a written statement of reasons on<br />
which the decision is based.
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