(A) The city adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Public Health, being R325.11401 to R325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(B) It shall be the duty of the city to cause inspection to be made of all properties served by public water supply where cross-connections with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and re-inspections based on potential hazards involved shall be as established by the city and as approved by the State Department of Public Health.
(C) Representatives of the city shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the city thereof for cross-connections.
(1) On request, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property.
(2) The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
(D) The Waterworks Superintendent is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any connection in violation of this section exists, and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of noncompliance with the provisions of this section.
(E) The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water system supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this section and by the City Plumbing Code (found in Title XV). Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as:
WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING
(F) This section does not supersede the City Plumbing Code or other provisions of this code relating to plumbing.
(G) Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section, or any written order of the Waterworks Superintendent in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this code, punishable as prescribed in § 10.99.
(1991 Code, § 2.45) Penalty, see § 10.99