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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND T~E CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA~ 1973, BY AMENDING SECTION 38-43 OF SAID CODE PERTAINING TO FEES TO BE CHARGED WHEN WATER SERVICE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND BY AMEND- ING SECTIONS 38-77 and 38-79 OF SAID CODE PERTAINING TO FEES FOR SEWER AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1~ That Section 38-43 of the Code of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 38-43. Who may turn water back on; fee for turning on upon termination of service for nonpayment~ in- spection fee when water is turned on by un- authorized person. When water service to premises has been shut off by the department of public utilities, no one except a representative of the department of public utilities may turn the water on again. When the water service to a premises has been shut off at the meter cutoff valve for nonpayment, the amount due and a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) for turning on shall be paid before the water service will be restored; provided that, in the event water service to premises has been turned on by an unauthorized person, there shall be an inspection fee of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) to cover the cost of the requisite inspection~ Such fees shall not apply to shutting off water service at the tap cutoff valve, but the provisions of section 38-48[d) shall govern. When a water customer applies for initial water service or moves from one residence to another, there shall be a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7°50) charged for establishing the new account and turning on water at ~he new residence. 2. That Section 38-77 of the Code of the City of Ports- mouth, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 38-77. Charges for service establishedD Any person contracting with the city for sewage disposal service, or the owner, leasee or tenant, or any or all of them, who uses or occupies any real estate which directly or indirectly is or has been connected, with the sewage system of the city, or from or on which originates or has originated sewage or industrial wastes or other wastes which directly or indirectly enter or will enter the sewage system shall pay to the city for the use and services of such system the fees, rents and charges according to the following schedule of rates: