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. . Ordinance No. 93-1896, page 3 "(e) In cases where the water meter has been disconnected or otherwise terminated by the city water department for nonp~yment of charges for water, sanitary sewer, and garbage services, and service is restored to the consumer (by someone other than authorized city personnel) before all delinquent charges have been fully paid and satisfied, or satisfactory arrangements have been made with the water department to pay such delinquent bill, the city shall immediately proceed to disconnect and discontinue any further service to the consumer and provide a locking mechanism to deny further service to the consumer until the outstanding amount is resolved in compliance with subsection (b) of this section. If a locking mechanism is used, an additional fee will be assessed and, said fee will be set by the city council, upon recommendation of the director of finance, from time to time. If said locking mechanism is removed by someone other than city personnel and allows the consumer to obtain service before the outstanding amount is resolved in compliance with subsection (b) of this section; the service meter will be physically removed to deny any further service and an additional fee will be assessed and said fee will be set by the City Council, upon recommendation of the director of finance, from time to time. "(f) In cases where the water meter has been disconnected or other means taken to terminate service at the location, and the consumer has had service made available through an unauthorized tap or hook-up which was not installed by City personnel, the unauthorized tap or hook-up will be physically removed by city personnel and an administrative penalty will be assessed and said penalty will be set by the City Council, upon recommendation of the director of finance, from time to time. "(g) In cases where the water meter has been disconnected or otherwise terminated by the city water department for nonpayment of charges for water, sanitary sewer, and garbage services, and the consumer has failed to comply with the requirements of the city, the amounts due the city will be transferred to any other service accounts that the consumer has with the city. Section 4. A new section of the Code of Ordinance of the City of La Porte, Sec. 26-12.2, of Article II, Chapter 26, of said Code shall be added, to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 26-12.3 Refusal of service "The city shall refuse service to a consumer as long as any of the following conditions exist.