The City adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), being R 325.11401 to, and including, R 325.11407 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, Act 399, Public Acts 1976, State of Michigan.
(A) It shall be the duty of the City to inspect all properties served by the public water supply where cross-connections with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and re-inspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the City and as approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).
(B) 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 for the purpose of inspecting the internal plumbing system or systems thereof for cross-connections. On request, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the internal plumbing system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
(C) The City is 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 contamination of the public water supply system. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross-connection or cross-connections have been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(D) The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water supply shall be protected from the possible contamination as specified by this section and by the State Plumbing Code. 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:
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(E) This section does not supersede the State Plumbing Code, but is supplementary to it.
('88 Code, Title II, Ch. 22, § 2.40) (Ord. 146, passed 12-4-78; Am. Ord. 572-10-06, passed 10-2-06) Penalty, see § 51.99