ARTICLE VII. ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER PROVISIONS (11-12-620 et seq.)

11-12-620 Administrative powers and duties.

   The commissioner, or any employee he may designate for that purpose, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, and for that purpose shall be qualified as a special police officer in accordance with the ordinances of the city.

   The commissioner is authorized to promulgate from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 185-55; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)

11-12-630 Violation – Penalty.

   Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter other than those dealing with the use of space in water tunnels, where no other penalty is specifically provided, shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense; and the cutting off of the water supply to any premises, or the forfeiture of water rates paid, or the imposition of any liability or expense herein otherwise provided, for or on account of any violation of any of the aforesaid provisions of this chapter, shall not be held to exempt any such person from the penalty herein provided.

(Prior code § 185-56)

ARTICLE VIII. SERVICE TO PREMISES WITHOUT THE CITY (11-12-640 et seq.)

11-12-640 Out-of-city service.

   The commissioner is authorized to supply water at the city limits to private persons or corporations for all premises located in any area outside the corporate limits of the city, but only when specifically in each case authorized to do so by order of the city council. The authority herein granted to the said commissioner shall not be extended to private persons or corporations when said service can be furnished by the city, village, township or sanitary district within the boundaries of which the private persons or corporations are located; provided, however, when said service cannot be furnished immediately then upon written notice to said commissioner from the properly authorized officials that they have no water supply in the immediate vicinity and have no objection to the City of Chicago supplying said service, provided it meets with the city's approval, then the service may be obtained after it is duly authorized so to do by an order of the city council.

(Prior code § 185-56.1; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)

11-12-650 Application.

   Application for such service shall be made to the commissioner on a form prescribed by said commissioner. The application shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the location and description of the premises to be served, the quantity of water desired, and the period of time during which such service is desired, and the applicant shall in said application covenant and agree (1) to bear the entire cost of installing, operating, maintaining and repairing all connections and private supply pipes, shutoff rod or valve boxes and valve basins, roundway stopcock or valves, meter or meters and meter basins or vaults or other appliances deemed necessary by the commissioner in connection with supplying such water service; (2) to allow the city and its representatives to make at all reasonable times tests for tightness of piping in the applicant's mains and connections; (3) to comply with all sanitary regulations of the city to safeguard the water supply; (4) to prevent excess use and waste of water; (5) to use city water exclusively; (6) not to resell or furnish water to any other person, and not to permit any connection to be made to applicant's main; (7) to abide by and conform to all of the provisions of Chapter 11-8 of this Code as though the same had been incorporated into and made a part of said application and made applicable to the supplying of city water to private persons or corporations for premises located beyond the corporate limits of the city, and to obey all rules and regulations regarding water service to the applicant's premises as are promulgated by the commissioner from time to time; (8) to install on the applicant's premises water mains and connections of the same size, type and durability as in the judgment of the commissioner are required and are provided for by provisions of this Code applicable to users of city water within the city limits; (9) that all water mains and connections laid by applicant shall become the property of the city, without cost or expense to the city, in the event the territory within which applicant's premises are located should be annexed to the City of Chicago, so as to permit the use of such mains and connections by the city as part of its municipal water system; (10) to construct, maintain and operate such water storage facilities as may from time to time be required by the commissioner. Such application shall be signed by the applicant and acknowledged before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths, and if the applicant is a corporation it shall be duly signed and acknowledged by the corporate officers authorized to execute the same. In addition to the requirements stated above, and apart from and separate from any insurance requirement under this section, the applicant shall indemnify, defend and hold the City of Chicago and its assignees and employees harmless from all losses, damages, injuries, claims, demands and expenses arising from or caused by the making of the connection and the furnishing of such water supply.

(Prior code § 185-56.2; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. VI, § 43)

11-12-660 Permit.

   Upon the approval of such application by the commissioner, said commissioner may authorize the issuance of a permit to tap the city's water mains at a location to be designated by him for the purpose of securing water supply for the premises of applicant, said permit to be issued to and the work therein authorized to be done by a bonded and licensed plumber in accordance with the ordinances of the city. The fee for issuing such permit shall be $10.00 for each connection of three inches or less in diameter and $25.00 for each connection over three inches in diameter.

   Such permit shall not be transferred or assigned to another person.

(Prior code § 185-56.3; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)