47-11 Amend 902.09 to update outmoded title

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PLACED ON 1ST REBbING & REFERRED TO THE RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE. PLAC.:D ON 2ND READING 1177/11. ORDINANCE NO. 47-11 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE amending Section 902.09 of the Lakewood Codified Ordi- nances to modernize the code by updating an outmoded title. WHEREAS, Lakewood City Council adopted Ordinance 41-11 on October 3, 2011, which updated outmoded municipal officials' and departmental titles and repealed antiquated and ineffectual language within the Codified Ordinances; and WHEREAS, there remains one title, Superintendent, that should have been up- dated in Section 902.09; and WHEREAS, Council endeavors to update the code accordingly; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Re- vised Code, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfaze, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 902.09 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, amended by Ordinance 41-11 to read as follows: 902.09 SHUT-OFF FOR NONPAYMENT. (a) The City shall endeavor to collect delinquent accounts promptly, In any case where satisfactory arrangements for payment have not been made, the Water Department may, after the procedural requirements of sub- section (b) hereof have been complied with, discontinue service to the delinquent customer by shutting off the water at the stop box. When water service to any premises has been discontinued, service shall not be restored except upon the payment of all delinquent amounts due plus a fee for disconnection and reconnection of thirty dollars. ($30..00).. (b) Procedure. Water shall not be shut off until notice and an opportunity for a hearing have first been given to the occupant of the premises in- volved. The notice shall be given by certified mail and shall state that if payment is not made before a date stated in the notice but not less than thirty days after the date on which the notice is given, the water supply to the premises shall be shut off. The notice shall also state that the oc- cupant may, before such date, demand a heazing on the matter in which case the supply shall not be cut off until after the hearing is held. If the customer requests a hearing before the date specified, a hearing shall be held on the matter by the Duector of Finance or his or her designee at least one week after the date on which the request is made. If as a result i