ORDINANCE #4-23-2009-B

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING INTERFERING WITH THE PUBLIC WATER SERVICE OF THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE, COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN.

THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any property owner, occupant, or other person to turn the public water service on or off for any premises within the Village of Nashville without the express written permission of an authorized official or agent of the Village.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall not apply to the authorized termination or start of water service performed by a Village officer, employee, or designated agent.   

SECTION 3. A person who violates this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to punishment by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, the imposition of fines in an amount not more than $500, and court costs. 

SECTION 4.  All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed insofar as the conflicting portions thereof are concerned.

SECTION 5.  This Ordinance shall be published in full in the Maple Valley News, a newspaper of general circulation in the Village, promptly after its adoption, and shall be recorded in the Ordinance Book of the Village and such recording authenticated by the signatures of the Village President and Village Clerk.

SECTION 6.  This Ordinance shall become effective twenty (20) days after its publication.

PASSED and adopted by the Village of Nashville, Michigan on April 23, 2009.

YEAS: Lundquist, Harwood, Holden, Kenyon, Coll, Dunham

NAYS: none             

ABSENT: Austhof

Ordinance No. 4-23-09 adopted.

Frank Dunham, President

Cathy Lentz, Village Clerk