TITLE 8
PUBLIC WAYS, PROPERTY AND UTILITIES

CHAPTER 1
COMBINED WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM

SECTION:

8-1-1: Mandatory Connections Required

8-1-2: Application Required

8-1-3: Water And/Or Sewer Inspection Fees

8-1-4: Water And Sewer Connection Fees And Subclasses

8-1-5: Trunk Line Improvement Charge

8-1-6: Revenue Regulations

8-1-7: Permits Required

8-1-8: Specifications And Rules

8-1-9: Right Of Access For Operation And Maintenance Of System

8-1-10: Procedures For Water And Sewer Main Extensions

8-1-11: Additional Regulations

8-1-12: Use Of Groundwater As A Potable Water Supply Prohibited

8-1-13:    Penalty

8-1-1: MANDATORY CONNECTIONS REQUIRED:

   A.   Use Of Public Water Supply And Sewer Required: It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or party or parties in possession of any house, structure, factory, industrial or commercial establishment or any other building of any other character located on property abutting on the public waterworks and sewerage system, to cause such house, structure, factory, industrial or commercial establishment or any other building of any other character to be connected with the said waterworks and sewerage system within ninety (90) days from the date that water or sewerage facilities become available to such property, whichever is the event last to occur. (1976 Code § 52.009)

   B.   Mandatory Water Supply And Sewer Extensions: Any person required under the provisions of this chapter to connect to the public water system of the village or any person desirous of connecting to the public water system is required, at his expense, to extend any water line through the entire frontage or depth of the person's property as the case may be, to the end of the person's property line. It is the intent of this subsection to provide that all extensions of public water lines shall be to the end of any person's property, thus making future extensions more readily accessible to adjacent property owners. (1976 Code § 52.011)

   C.   Enforcement: A copy of this chapter, properly certified by the village clerk, shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of Lake County, and shall be deemed notice to all owners of real estate of their liability for service supplied to any user of the service of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the village on their properties, and it shall be the duty of the village clerk and such other officers of this village to take all action necessary or required by the laws of the state of Illinois thereunto enabling to file all claims and liens for money due to the village and to prosecute and enforce such claims in the manner, form and time as permitted by the laws of the state of Illinois. (1976 Code § 52.010)

8-1-2: APPLICATION REQUIRED:

No person shall make any connection to the water mains or the sewer mains of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the village, except upon written application to the village clerk and the issuance of a permit by the village clerk for the connection. Each application shall state the name of the applicant, the permit desired, the location to be used, and the fees to be paid; and each application shall contain all additional information needed for the proper guidance of the village officials in the issuing of a permit. (1976 Code § 52.001)

8-1-3: WATER AND/OR SEWER INSPECTION FEES:

See section 13-1-2 of this code. (Ord. 05-12-27, 12-19-2005)

8-1-4: WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES AND SUBCLASSES:

See section 13-1-3 of this code. (Ord. 05-12-27, 12-19-2005)

8-1-5: TRUNK LINE IMPROVEMENT CHARGE:

   A.   There is established a trunk line improvement charge (TLIC), to provide the village with funds for the future expansion or improvement of sanitary sewer facilities and the Main Street trunk line or the Poplar Avenue/Cunningham Lane interceptor sewer.

   B.   The TLIC shall apply to sanitary sewer connections from areas annexed to the village or presently within the village limits which are not served with sanitary sewage facilities as of April 2, 1979, which areas are tributary to the Main Street trunk line or the proposed Poplar Avenue/Cunningham Lane interceptor sewer. The TLIC will not include any area within the village presently served by sanitary sewer facilities.

   C.   The TLIC shall be payable at the time a building permit is requested in regard to any area which is tributary to the Main Street trunk line and the proposed Poplar Avenue/Cunningham Lane interceptor sewer.

   D.   The final determination as to whether an area is tributary to the Main Street trunk line and/or the proposed Poplar Avenue/Cunningham Lane interceptor sewer shall be made by the village engineer, and the opinion of the village engineer shall be binding on all applicants for building permits.

   E.   The TLIC shall be calculated on the "population equivalent" (PE), as defined in section 8-2-1-7 of this title, and charged as follows:

      1.   Seventy two dollars ($72.00) per PE connected in regard to any property tributary to the Main Street sanitary sewer. For the purposes of this section, any property tributary to the Main Street sanitary sewer shall be considered as also being tributary to the proposed Poplar Avenue/Cunningham Lane interceptor sewer.

      2.   Ten dollars ($10.00) per PE connected in regard to any property tributary only to the proposed Poplar Avenue/Cunningham Lane interceptor sewer.

      3.   The charges set forth herein shall be increased at an annual rate determined by the cost of living index as prepared by the federal government from April 2, 1980, to the present date.

   F.   All fees collected pursuant hereto shall be kept in a separate TLIC account by the village treasurer and expended as hereinafter provided.

   G.   At such time that the mayor and village board of trustees shall determine that improvements are required to the Main Street trunk line or that the Poplar Avenue/Cunningham Lane interceptor sewer shall be installed, those funds, or any portion thereof, as determined by the village board of trustees, collected pursuant hereto, shall be used for said improvements. (1976 Code § 52.012)