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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE N0. 4184
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, ADDING A
SECTION TO CHAPTER 2, WATER DEPARTMENT, OF TITLE III
(DEPARTMENTS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628 ENTITLED "CODE OF
GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON" ESTABLISHING AN
APPEAL FROM A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CUT OFF WATER SERVICE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I . An additional section is hereby added to Chapter 2,
Water Department, of Title III (Departments) as follows :
Section 3-244: APPEAL FROM NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CUT OFF
WATER SERVICE: Whenever water service is to be shut off due to
violation of any portion of this chapter, such shut off shall be
after reasonable notice to the user. "Reasonable notice" for the
purpose of this section shall mean not less than ten ( 10) days
notice delivered by first class mail to the billing address of the
user, unless the public works director or utilities engineer shall
have determined that some other means of notice will be more likely
to impart actual notice of the planned water shut off. In such
event, "reasonable notice" shall consist of the best, practical
notice, if any, which can be delivered to the offending user under
all of the circumstances .
Any person or legal entity aggrieved by the notice of intention
to shut off water may appeal the proposed shut off of water service
to the City of Renton Finance Director within ten ( 10 ) days of the
date of the determination to shut off water. The consideration of
the Finance Director on the appeal shall be limited to a
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determination of the existence of the alleged violation and the
authority, under the City Code, to shut off water service. The
decision of the Finance Director shall be final unless a writ of
review is obtained from the King County Superior Court within twenty
(20) days after the date of the Finance Director' s decision.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 7th day of
November , 1988 .
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Maxine E. Motor, City C�erk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 7th day of November , 1988 .
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Eai T"Clymer, M�or
Approved as to form:
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Lawrence J. War�n, City Attorney
Date of Publication: November 11 , 1988
Ord.41 : 5-13-88 :as .
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