ARTICLE I. SERVICE REGULATIONS (11-12-010 et seq.)

11-12-010 Definitions.

   For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

   “Commissioner” means the city's commissioner of water management.

   “Department” means the city's department of water management.

   “Family” means any number of persons not to exceed 12, including children and employees.

   “Full payment certificate” means a certificate issued by the comptroller indicating that all water and sewer charges and penalties that accrued to a water account are paid in full or otherwise not transferable to the subsequent owner.

   “Owner” means: (1) the legal title holder or holders to any premises, or dwelling units, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; (2) the beneficial owner or owners of an Illinois Land Trust if legal title is held by such a trust; (3) the purchaser under a real estate installment sales contract; (4) any person serving as executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of an estate if legal title is held by the estate; or (5) any person, including the agent of the legal title holder, who is authorized or entitled to control, manage or dispose of any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit.

   “Premises” means a lot or a part of a lot, a building or a part of a building, or any other parcel or tract of land.

   "Unified statement of charges" means the statement sent to the billed party showing amounts due for refuse collection, water and sewer charges assessed or charged under: (i) Chapter 11-12 for water taxes, rates or rents, or charges for installation or disconnection of water service; (ii) Chapter 3-12 for sewer service and sewerage usage; and (iii) Article II of Chapter 7-28 for refuse collection.

(Prior code § 185-1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. XII, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 12062, Art. IX, § 3)

 

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11-12-015 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. XII, § 4, repealed § 11-12-150, which pertained to definitions of commissioner and department.

11-12-020 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. XII, § 4, repealed § 11-12-150, which pertained to a definition of family.

11-12-030 Costs for installing or, disconnecting service.

   The cost of installing, severing, disconnecting, cutting off or shutting off water service pipes, private supply pipes, shutoff rod boxes, including roundway stopcocks, shall be borne by the person for whose premises such water pipe is to be or has been installed, severed, disconnected, cut off or shut off.

(Prior code § 185-3)

11-12-040 Maintenance and repairs.

   Every person having service from the Chicago Waterworks System shall, at his own cost and expense, keep in repair all pipes, including private supply pipes or fire hydrants, leading from the shutoff rod box to his building or premises, and prevent all waste of water from such pipes. If any such pipe be permitted to remain out of repair, the commissioner may, after a two-day prior notice in writing, cut off the water from said premises; and whenever the water is so cut off it shall not be permitted to be again turned on until such pipe or pipes have been placed in proper repair. The notice herein provided for may be served by personal service, or by mailing it to the owner or occupant, or person in possession, charge or control of the premises.

(Prior code § 185-4; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-01, p. 55444, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)

11-12-050 Permit to use water.

   No person to whom permission is granted to make a connection with a service or supply pipe shall allow any person to take service from the new service or supply pipe unless a permit for such use has been granted by the department of water management, and in the absence of such permission the new service or supply pipe shall be turned off at the curb stopcock, and such stopcock shall not again be turned on until proper permit shall be in the possession of the person about to perform such turning on.

   The fees imposed by this chapter shall not apply to permits issued to the Department of Fleet and Facility Management or its contractors, for work undertaken for public or governmental use.

(Prior code § 185-5; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-07, p. 97533, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. III, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 203)