TITLE 8
UTILITIES
UTILITIES
CHAPTER 1
WATER USE AND SERVICE
WATER USE AND SERVICE
SECTION:
8-1-1: Water Department And Administration
8-1-2: Access Authorized To Town Officers
8-1-3: Analysis Of Town Water Required
8-1-4: Application For Service
8-1-5: Fees, Rates And Charges; Billings; Delinquency
8-1-6: Equipment Furnished By Town
8-1-7: Meters
8-1-8: Fire Protection Pipes
8-1-9: Service Pipes
8-1-10: Building Construction To Be Metered
8-1-11: Plumbers And Plumbing Work
8-1-12: Water Main Extensions
8-1-13: Private Water Services
8-1-14: Developments
8-1-15: Nonpermanent, Seasonal Connections
8-1-16: Fire Hydrants
8-1-17: Water Shut Off Allowed Without Liability To Town
8-1-18: Good Repair Of Private Service Required
8-1-19: Prohibited Acts And Activities
8-1-20: Use Limited By Proclamation During Scarcity
8-1-21: Shut Off For Failure To Comply
A. Water Department Created: The water department is hereby created. It shall comprise all of the property and equipment and personnel necessary to the maintenance and operation of the town water supply and distribution. (1980 Code § 14-101)
B. Employment Of Superintendent: The mayor may appoint, by and with the approval of the town council, a competent person to the position of superintendent of the water department, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the mayor and town council. (1980 Code § 14-102)
C. Duties Of Superintendent: The superintendent of the waterworks system shall under the direction of the mayor and council member in charge of water, have charge of all waters and water sources, water tanks, water mains, fire hydrants, and all the equipment and appurtenances pertaining to the waterworks system. He shall have the direction of the laying of the water mains, and putting in of all service pipes, and the regulation of the supply of water, and shall perform such duties as may be required of him by law or ordinance, or by his contract of employment. He shall report to the mayor and town council monthly, or more often if required, his doings as superintendent, the condition of the waterworks system, and make suggestions as the nature of the service that may be required. The superintendent shall also have the power to issue citations and bring all penalties for any violation of this chapter. (1980 Code § 14-103; amd. 2010 Code)
D. Intergovernmental Agreement: The water supply agreement from Salt Lake City to the town will be adhered to strictly. It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent of waterworks, under the direction of the mayor and town council, to uphold the standards and specifications of the intergovernmental agreement. Breaches of this section shall result in a one hundred dollar ($100.00) fine. (1980 Code § 14-104)
Free access shall at all ordinary hours be allowed to the superintendent of waterworks, or other authorized person, to all places supplied with water from the waterworks system, to examine the apparatus, the amount of water used, the manner of its use, and to make all necessary shutoffs for vacancy, delinquency and violations of this chapter. (1980 Code § 14-141)
It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the waterworks to make or cause to be made at least once every week a bacteriological analysis, according to the standard methods of the U.S. public health service, of the water furnished by the town through its water system, and report the same to the town council once a month. (1980 Code § 14-156)
A. Application Required: No culinary water shall be furnished to any user from the town without an application filed by the applicant on a printed form to be furnished by the department of public works office. (1980 Code § 14-105)
B. Contents Of Application: All applicants shall state fully and truly the purpose for which water is required and shall agree to conform to and be governed by the rules and regulations that may be prescribed by the town council, for the control of the water supply. The applicant shall also, in his application, agree to be responsible for and pay all bills due the town for all materials and/or labor furnished, as well as for all water supplied to the premises. (1980 Code § 14-106)
A. Connection, User Fees: Water system connection fees and water user fees shall be established by resolution. (Ord. 1996-O-04, 9-12-1996)
B. Previous Charges Paid Prior To Service: Before water will be turned on to any premises, all charges against the premises that are due and payable to the town for water, or any service, material or supplies pertaining thereto furnished thereon, must have been paid. (1980 Code § 14-107)
C. Billing Period: Bills for water used through meters shall be rendered monthly or quarterly. The superintendent of waterworks shall determine from time to time when monthly or quarterly meter readings shall be made and bills rendered. (1980 Code § 14-144)
D. Required Turn Off For Nonpayment: If the bills rendered are not paid within thirty (30) days after their rendition, the superintendent of waterworks shall cause the water to be turned off. (1980 Code § 14-145; amd. 2010 Code)
E. Payments Required Before Turn On: Before the water is turned on, all unpaid rates must be paid in full, together with a turn on fee as established by resolution of the town council. (1980 Code § 14-146; amd. 2010 Code)
F. Average Rate Charged Upon Failure Of Meters: When for any reason the water meter shall fail to register, or the meter cannot be read, a bill shall be rendered at the average rate of consumption for like periods of time. (1980 Code § 14-147)
G. Meter Deposits Required From Nonowners: Water takers who are not the owners of the premises on which water service is being supplied, shall pay to the water department for deposit with the town treasurer, an amount sufficient to cover the cost of water rates which may accumulate. The amount deposited shall be not less than twice any monthly or quarterly bill for water consumed over the preceding year on such premises, but in no case shall it be less than ten dollars ($10.00). Water users who are buying under contract or bond for deed premises to which water service is being or is to be supplied shall be deemed owners under this section and need not furnish the deposit herein required. Contractors applying for new water service, claiming to be owners of the property involved, shall be required to make deposits as hereinabove specified. The provisions of this subsection shall apply alike to all water consumers receiving water service, whether within or without the corporate limits of the town. (1980 Code § 14-152)
H. Power Of Town Council To Change Rates: Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the town council from amending, altering or adding to the provisions of this chapter in relation to the water supply or the rules or regulations which may be adopted in conformity therewith; provided, that no alteration in water rates shall apply to any permission given or contact made for the use of water, until after the expiration of such permission or contact. (1980 Code § 14-155)
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