§ 47-269. Procedure after utility official's determination.

(a)

If any facility which the utility official has proposed for abandonment is surplus, the utility official may authorize abandonment of the facility.

(b)

If any facility which the utility official has proposed for abandonment is not surplus, it shall not be abandoned without the approval of the city council, and such approval shall not be given unless and until each customer served directly by the facility at the time of the utility official's abandonment proposal has been offered the opportunity to be heard at a hearing held pursuant to this article. The utility official shall refuse to allow new connections to such facility while the abandonment proposal is pending.

(Code 1968, § 49-604; Ord. No. 81-494, § 1, 3-17-81; Ord. No. 90-635, § 153, 5-23-90)