In the event of a violation of any term of this article or any rule or regulation or resolution established pursuant to this article, the water superintendent in writing shall notify the person or persons causing, allowing or committing such violation, specifying the violation and the time after which (upon the failure of such person or persons to prevent or rectify the violation) the water superintendent will exercise his authority to disconnect the property served by the city; provided, that such time shall not be less than five days after the deposit of such notice in the United States Post Office, Montague, California, addressed to the person or persons to whom notice is given; provided, however, that in the event such violation results in a public hazard or menace, then the water superintendent may enter upon the premises without notice and do such things and expend such sums as may be necessary to abate such hazard and the reasonable value of the things done and amounts expended in so doing shall be a charge upon the owner so in violation. (Ord. 1-83 § 25, 1983)