(A) (1) Every person desiring a new water service tap shall make application therefore in writing to the Village Clerk. The application shall state the location of the premises, the legal description, the size of the pipe required, and the approximate location where the service will enter the premises. Taps or connections to the water mains will then be under the supervision of the Commissioner of Water. Taps shall be paid for before they are made and no person other than an authorized person shall make any such tap or connection. Effective immediately, the fees for a water tap or connection for all buildings shall be as follows:
(a) Single-family residence - $750;
(b) Residential duplex, triplex, or quad - $750 per unit; and
(c) Commercial and industrial - $1,500.
(2) The expense of labor and materials to install the tap or connection to bring the water lines to the property line of the premises and all other labor and materials shall be paid for by the applicant. Prior to or at the same time the tap or connection is made to the water main, an authorized employee of the Village Water Department shall install a water meter for the premises upon payment by the applicant to the Village Clerk of the actual costs thereof. No person other than an authorized employee of the Village Water Department shall install the water meter and payment of the charge shall be made before it is installed.
(3) If a public street or alley is excavated or otherwise disturbed in making either water or sewer connections, the property owner or applicant shall pay for all labor and materials to repair or replace the street or alley to its original condition.
(4) All permitted excavations must be completed and the street or alley returned to its original condition within 15 days.
(5) This division (A) shall be published in pamphlet form and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication as required by law.
(Ord. 1995-08, passed 12-12-1995)
(B) (1) (a) The village shall not supply potable water to any property outside of the corporate limits of the Village of Diamond except under the circumstances contained herein.
(b) Supplying water to property outside of the corporate limits of the village shall be discontinued 10 days from the passage of this division (B), and the service to any such property shall be disconnected.
(c) The owner of each property to be disconnected from the village water supply shall be notified in writing as soon as practically possible of the date on which disconnection from the water supply will occur.
(2) The foregoing notwithstanding, the village shall not disconnect any property from the village water supply where a contractual obligation exists to continue to supply water to the property and the village shall continue to supply water to the property in accordance with the terms of the contractual obligation.
(3) In the event that the disconnection would be unduly burdensome, otherwise present a particular hardship on the person(s) being supplied with water, or where the person(s) is negotiating in good faith toward a contract for supply of water, the Mayor shall be empowered to grant an extension of time before water to the property will be disconnected of up to 10 days.
(4) This division (B) shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval as provided by law and shall be published in pamphlet form.
(Ord. 2002-05, passed 8-13-2002)
(C) Applicants requesting connection to a water main within the village shall pay a service connection (tap on) fee in the amount of $1,000 per connection.
(Ord. 2004-08, passed 3-9-2004) Penalty, see § 50.99