Section 21-431. NOTICE TO TENANTS

 

431.1At least ten (10) working days prior to terminating water and sewer services to the premises, the General Manager shall send a notice to each apartment unit on the premises.

 

431.2The notice shall be addressed to the authorized tenant(s) in the building, but the tenant(s) need not be identified by name. Identifying the apartment unit and the correct address of the premises shall be sufficient to provide the tenant with the notice required under this subsection.

 

431.3The notice shall provide the tenant(s) with the following information:

 

(a)The owner is delinquent in the payment of water and sewer service charges;

 

(b)Water and sewer services to the premises may be terminated;

 

(c)WASA may permit the tenants to establish a water and sewer account in their own names if the General Manager considers it is practicable under the provisions of § 430.1 of this section;

 

(d)The tenants may petition the Superior Court to establish a receivership;

 

(e)The tenants have the right to deduct all future payments made by the tenants for water and sewer services from rent owed as provided by § 2(g) of D.C. Law 8-136;

 

(f)The tenants may request to receive service in their own name either individually or collectively in accordance with the provisions of § 428;

 

(g)The time period within which the tenants or their authorized agents must request to assume prospective responsibility for water and sewer service charges; and

 

(h)The mailing address and telephone number of the office within WASA, where the tenants can obtain additional information.

 

431.4Each tenant shall agree in writing to establish an individual or collective water and sewer utility service account within thirty (30) days of the date on the notice issued pursuant to § 431.3.

 

431.5Each tenant shall establish individual water and sewer service accounts within sixty (60) days of the date the General Manager finds that the following requirements are met:

 

(a)It is practicable to install individual meters for each unit on the premises, and

 

(b)A tenant group that meets the requirements of this chapter exists.

 

431.6The tenants' group or association shall establish a water and sewer service account within thirty (30) days of the date the Director determines that it is practicable for the tenants to assume prospective responsibility for water and sewer and groundwater sewer service charges.

 

431.7Tenants who move into the premises shall execute the agreement with the tenant group or association or establish an individual account.

 

431.8The failure to execute a written agreement for individual or collective accounts and to establish a water and sewer service account in a timely manner shall result in the termination of water and sewer services to the premises.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 5358 (June 18, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 5358 (June 18, 1999).