(a) Rules and Regulations. The public water supply shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable ordinances, and such auxiliary or supplementary rules and regulations, conformable thereto, as may be promulgated by the Director of Service. (Ord. 15-13. Passed 10-22-13.)
(b) Authority for Ohio cities to develop, implement and enforce rules and regulations for a publicly owned utility is provided for by Title 7 Municipal Corporations, Section 715.08 and Chapter 743 and Ohio Administrative Code Section 3745.
(c) Authority for Ohio cities to develop, implement and enforce rules and regulations for the Water Department is provided for by Public Laws 93-523, 3745-81 through 3745-99.
(d) The Environmental Protection Agency, United States and Ohio, require the efficient operation and maintenance of a publicly owned utility as described in the parameters and limitations of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (PL 92-500), The Stand-Alone Amendments of 1987 (PL 100-4) and any other amendments to the above. The stated requirements envision the development, implementation and enforcement of rules and regulations for the specified utility.
(e) It is stipulated as a condition of the granting of water supply to the Municipality that all persons now using the water supply, or who may hereafter make application therefore, shall be considered as having agreed to be bound by all the provisions of this chapter as are herein or as may be prescribed.
(f) All major water main extensions to the Municipal waterworks system shall be approved by the Planning Commission and Council.
(g) The size of the mains and the materials to be used in all water main construction now or hereafter proposed shall in every case be as set forth by the Service Director.
(Ord. 25-10. Passed 12-14-10.)
(h) Use of Public Water Required. The owners of all houses, building or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or any other purposes which are situated within the Municipality and which abut any street, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public water main of the Municipality, are hereby required, at their expense, to install suitable plumbing facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper water main in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and any rules or regulations promulgated by the Service Director, within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that such public water main is within three hundred (300) feet of the property line. Exception: Future expansion of water mains to properties that are presently served by a private water system will not be required to tap into the water main unless so ordered by Council.
(Ord. 15-13. Passed 10-22-13.)
(Ord. 15-13. Passed 10-22-13.)