ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Plain English: what this chapter covers
This chapter covers Ashburn's city-run water, sewer and natural gas service. It sets the rules on connection permits, deposits, meters, late penalties and shutoffs, disputing a bill, and the city's right to come on your property to read meters and fix lines. It also covers outdoor watering hours, what you can and can't put down the sewer, when you have to tie into city sewer, and how the gas system extends lines to new customers. The actual rates and deposit amounts aren't in the code. They're kept on file with the city clerk.
State Law reference— Limitations on remedies for unpaid utility charges, § 36-60-17; authority for acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of municipal water and sewage systems, Georgia Constitution, art. IX, § II, ¶ III(a), O.C.G.A. § 36-34-5; municipal authority to grant for public utilities, O.C.G.A. § 36-34-2(7); state grants to municipalities for furnishing water and sewer services, O.C.G.A. § 36-40-20l; damages to or interference with public utility property, O.C.G.A. § 16-7-25; blasting or excavating near utility facilities, O.C.G.A. § 25-9-1 et seq.; sale, lease, or other disposition of public utility plants and properties, O.C.G.A. § 36-37-7.
What's in here
- Sec. 86-1 Connection permit
- Sec. 86-2 Unauthorized use of, diversion of, or tampering with city utility distribution system and obstruction of city utility department personnel1
- Sec. 86-3 Charges, fees, and rates for utility service1
- Sec. 86-4 Deposits2
- Sec. 86-5 Meters
- Sec. 86-6 Suspension of service
- Sec. 86-7 Complaints; adjustments1
- Sec. 86-8 Property owners not responsible for unpaid bills
- Sec. 86-9 Access to premises1
- Sec. 86-10 Refusal of service
- Sec. 86-11 Customer's responsibility to notify city when vacating premises
- Sec. 86-12 Non-assignability and transfer
- Secs. 86-13—86-19 Reserved
This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.
Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH86UT_ARTIINGE
Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH86UT_ARTIINGE
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