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No person, whether owner or occupant, or in possession, charge or control of any building, structure or premises into which water service is introduced or to which water is supplied through the Chicago Waterworks System, shall be allowed to supply other persons or families, or to supply any water from such building or premises to a building, structure or premises other than the one for which such water service is introduced, unless a permit from the commissioner shall first have been secured.
If any person, either as owner or occupant, or in possession, charge or control of any such building, structure or premises, violates any of the provisions of this section, the supply of water to the building, structure or premises of such person shall be shut off and stopped forthwith, and any amount which shall have been paid for water service shall be forfeited to the city. Where the water service shall be cut off for a violation of the provisions of this section, it shall not be turned on again until there shall have been paid to the city such sum of money as the commissioner shall deem properly due for the amount of water furnished or used in violation of the provisions of this section, and until the expense for cutting off the water service on account of such violation shall have been paid.
(Prior code § 185-6; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)
No person shall take water from any fire plug, hydrant, valve, faucet, pipe or any other opening connected with the Chicago Waterworks System, nor shall any person open any such fire plug, hydrant, valve or faucet for the purpose of taking water, or for any purpose, unless such person shall first have made application for use of water for such purpose and have received permission from the commissioner, or unless such person is an employee of the City of Chicago, and is acting in the discharge of his duties as such. No person shall possess a hydrant key used to open any such fire plug or hydrant without the permission of the commissioner, or the permission of the Fire Commissioner.
No person to whom a permit is issued for the use of water for any purpose whatsoever, including construction purposes, tamping, irrigating, testing, flushing, domestic supply, etc., shall use or consent to the use of any water not authorized by said permit, or consent to the use of such water by any other person. Any person to whom such permit is issued shall at all times use precaution to prevent any waste of water or damage, and upon completion of the work for which such use of water is authorized, or upon the expiration of the time specified in such permit, he shall be required to close off all stopcocks and valves; provided, however, that if a permit has been issued for service from water service pipes controlled by such valves they may be allowed to remain open.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 20 days or both; and for such subsequent offense shall be fined $1,500 or imprisoned for not to exceed 30 days or both. Community service may be imposed in lieu of, or in addition to, the monetary fines and imprisonment provided by this section.
(Prior code § 185-7; Amend Coun. J. 5-25-88, p. 14025; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12; Amend Coun. J. 7-19-07, p. 4736, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-5-07, p. 6882, § 1)
No person shall wilfully or carelessly break or injure any of the public or private hydrants, or pollute or unnecessarily waste the water at any such hydrant, or obstruct the use of any fire hydrant, or place any material in front thereof, or within five feet from either side thereof.
(Prior code § 185-8; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-01, p. 55444, § 4)
(a) No person, other than a duly authorized city officer or person acting at the express direction of such city officer, shall knowingly obtain or exert control over a fire hydrant or any part thereof. For purposes of this section, “obtain or exert control” shall include without limitation removing, possessing, giving, selling, accepting, purchasing, reselling or recycling.
(b) Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment not to exceed ten days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for a first offense, and shall be subject to a fine of $500.00, or imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each subsequent offense.
(c) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person holding a recycling facility permit issued pursuant to Chapter 11-4, or agent or employee thereof, who violates this section shall be subject to suspension of any such permit for a first violation of this section, and shall be subject to revocation of any such permit for any subsequent violation. Any proceedings to implement such suspension or revocation shall be carried out by the commissioner of health pursuant to procedures set forth in Chapter 11-4. The remedy provided in this subsection (c) shall be in addition to any remedy otherwise available to the city under the code.
(Added Coun. J. 3-12-08, p. 22763, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)
No person shall in any manner take, draw, or use water by means of a direct connection from any water tunnel, conduit, or other bore, constructed or owned by the city, except upon express authority granted by the city council; and the terms and conditions upon which water may be so taken, drawn or used, and the rates to be charged, shall also be fixed by the city council.
(Prior code § 185-9)
If after the water supply shall have been turned on to any building, structure or premises it shall be found by the commissioner, or by any officer or employee of the department, that fraudulent representations have been made by such applicant, or that water is being used in or upon such building, structure or premises for purposes not set forth in the application made for the water supply to such building, structure or premises, or that there is willful and unreasonable use or waste of water in or upon such building, structure or premises, the commissioner shall have the authority, and it shall be his duty, to cut off and stop the supply of water to such building, structure or premises forthwith, unless the person or persons responsible for such fraudulent representation, or for such use of water, or willful or unreasonable waste thereof, shall pay to the city such additional sum of money for such water supply, or on account of such unreasonable waste of water, as the commissioner shall find to be properly due the city, or such sum as would have been charged for the use of such water under the provisions of this chapter if the facts concerning the use of such water were truthfully set forth in such application.
If it shall be found that there is a waste of water in or about any building, structure or premises, to which water is supplied from the Chicago Waterworks System, through or by means of a leak in any water pipe located in any such building or structure or in or on any such premises, or by using an opening for cooling or like purposes, the commissioner shall cause the water supply to be cut off from such building, structure, or premises, unless such waste or use shall be stopped or shall cease within 24 hours after he shall have given notice to the owner, occupant or person in possession, charge or control of such building, structure or premises to stop such waste or use. Where the water supply is cut off from any building, structure or premises on account of neglect, failure or refusal of any person so notified to stop leakage, the water supply shall not again be turned on until the cost and expense to the city of cutting off and again turning on such water supply shall have been paid by such owner, occupant or person in possession, charge or control.
(Prior code § 185-10; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)
Whenever two or more individuals occupying separate and independent apartments, suites of rooms, or separate floors in any building, or whenever separate and independent buildings occupied by different individuals, are supplied with water from one service pipe connected with the distributing water main, the commissioner may cut off and withhold the water supply from such service pipe for failure on the part of any one of such individuals to comply with all the provisions of this chapter, or for failure on the part of any person responsible for the payment of any sum of money due to the city for water service so supplied to pay the same.
(Prior code § 185-11; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)
Where service or supply pipes are severed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, such severing or cutting off shall be done at the water mains or as near thereto as practicable, and no water shall again be supplied to such building, structure or premises, or be permitted to be turned on therein or thereto, until the cost and expense of such severing and also any other unpaid rates that may be still outstanding have been paid and a permit for the restoration of service has been obtained from the commissioner.
If it shall be found that the water supply has been turned on, or into any such building, structure or premises in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall have the authority, and it shall be his duty to sever, or to order the severing of the service or supply pipes by and through which water is supplied to such building, structure or premises.
The charges hereinbefore provided shall be paid by the person owning or occupying, or in possession, charge or control of such building, structure or premises at the time it is desired to have the water turned on or supplied thereto, irrespective of whether such person shall have been the one guilty of violating the provisions of this chapter, such person being held responsible for any tampering with the shutoff rod boxes on his premises or in his building or structure, and also being held responsible for any unlawful or unauthorized turning on of the water supply into or upon his building, structure or premises.
(Prior code § 185-12; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)
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