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The following sanctions may be imposed by the utility authority for failure of the customer to comply with any provisions of this title or with any duly adopted regulation of the utility authority:

(a) Termination of service(s);

(b) Assessment of penalties based on a penalty schedule adopted by regulation of the utility authority;

(c) Assessment of late charges based on a schedule adopted by regulation of the utility authority;

(d) Assessment of penalties based on the drought contingency plan;

(e) Assessment of damages resulting from the customer’s noncompliance;

(f) Forfeiture of all or part of a deposit and any accumulated interest;

(g) Filing of a lien against the customer’s property after the account is declared delinquent;

(h) Enforcing a lien by seeking judgment and satisfaction from the customer’s property from a court of competent jurisdiction;

(i) Filing suit for damages in a court of competent jurisdiction;

(j) Referring violations that may involve criminal conduct to the police and/or prosecutor; and

(k) Seeking injunctive or declaratory relief from a court of competent jurisdiction. [Ord. 71 § 1703, amended, 1/21/2021; Ord. 66 § 1703, amended, 2/6/2020; Ord. 55 § 1703, adopted, 2/21/2019.]