(A) There is hereby established an executive department of the Village of Diamond to be known as the Water Department, and the Commission is hereby authorized to appoint a Superintendent of the Water Department, and all other necessary employees, and the Superintendent shall have the general management and control of the waterworks system, subject, however, to the supervision of the Commission.
(B) No water shall be turned on for use on or in any premises, until an application therefor in writing has been made for that purpose and filed with the Village Clerk, stating the purpose for which the water is to be used. Only the owner in fee simple can request water to be turned on.
(C) No person shall in any manner obstruct the access to any stop-cock, hydrant, or valve, or any public faucet or opening for taking water in any street, alley, public ground, or place connected with or part of the water system, nor pile or place any lumber, brick, or building material or other article, thing, or hindrance whatsoever within 12 feet or the same, or so as to in any manner hinder, delay, or obstruct the members of a fire department in reaching the same. It shall be unlawful for any person in any manner to interfere with or obstruct the flow, retention, storage, or authorized use of water in the water system, reservoir, or plant, or any part thereof, or to injure, deface, remove, or displace any water main, hydrant, service pipe, water meter, shut-off box, public fountain, valve, engine, or building connected with the water system, or plant, or to cause, suffer, or permit any of these things to be done.
(D) No person not duly authorized shall turn the water on at any fire hydrant or service cock, or use water therefrom when so turned on.
(E) All connections and water applied for hereunder, and all the water used hereunder, shall be upon the express condition that the village shall not be liable, nor shall any claim be made against it for damages or injury caused by reason of the breaking of any main, branches, service pipes, apparatus or appurtenances connected with the system or plant, or any part or portion of the plant, or for any interruption of the supply by reason of the breakage of machinery, or by reason of stoppage, alterations, extensions, or renewals.
(F) The following rules and regulations for the consumers of water and plumbers are hereby adopted and established.
(1) Application for permit. No water shall be furnished or supplied to any consumer for any purpose whatever, until the consumer shall make application therefor. Applications for water service connections must be made in writing to the Village Clerk by the owner or agent of the property to be served. The application shall state the location of the house or the premises to be served, the legal description of the premises, the size of pipe required, and the approximate location where the service will enter the premises. The owner or agent shall pay to the Village Clerk the permit fee and deposit hereinafter provided at the time of making the application.
(2) Permit. The application for service shall thereupon be referred to the Building Inspector who shall issue a permit for the making of a tap or connection.
(3) Village to furnish materials. When the permit fee herein provided has been paid in full, the village shall furnish to the owner a corporation cock, shut-off box, and buffalo box. No corporation cock, shut-off box, or buffalo box shall be used on any service connection other than the ones furnished by the village.
(4) Permit fee. The amount of the permit fee shall be the total actual cost to the village of the corporation cock, shut-off box, and buffalo box furnished by the village.
(5) Work by licensed plumber. All plumbing work in making taps or connections to the water mains shall be done by a duly licensed plumber.
(6) Work at owner’s cost. All work in making water service connections, including excavation of the street, tapping the main and plumbing, and refilling and paving the street, shall be done with village approval and all at the direct expense of the property owner. The property owner is responsible for the maintenance of the service line and the connection. The failure on the part of any property owner receiving water service to maintain the connection or the service line causing water waste, will be cause for discontinuance of service or for the repairing of the same by the Public Works Department and charging the costs thereof to the property owner. Necessary repairs to service lines shall be made by the property owner within 7 days of written notice from the village. If the property owner refuses or fails to make necessary repairs within said time period, the village shall have the right to shut off water service to the property. In the event the village determines, in its sole opinion, that the water waste is a threat to the public health and safety of the village residents, the village shall shut off water service to the property without prior notice to the property owner. In the event the village elects to repair the service line using its Public Works Department, the owner shall reimburse the village for (i) its cost of labor at the Grundy County Prevailing Wage rate; (ii) the actual cost of materials used for the repair; and (iii) a 5% administrative fee.
(7) Location of connection. No person, firm, or corporation shall make any excavation in any street for a water service connection at any place other than that designated by the Building Inspector. All the excavations shall be properly guarded with barricades and warning lights.
(8) Inspection. No excavation for water service connection shall be filled, and no connection shall be covered until the connection or any part thereof has been inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
(9) Paving. No paving of an excavation shall be made until the re-opening of the street and preparation for the for repairing, laying, or relaying mains, hydrants, or other connections or repairing any part of the water system, or from failure of the water supply, or by increasing the water pressure at any time, or from concentration or restricted use of water as above.
(G) No owner or plumber shall be permitted to conduct water pipes into any 2 distinct premises or tenements unless separate and distinct stop-cocks shall be placed on the outside of the premises along the property line opposite the same, nor shall any pipe be allowed to cross lots or buildings to adjoining premises.
(H) The right is reserved to suspend the use of lawn fountains and hoses for sprinkling lawns and gardens, whenever in the opinion of the Village Commission public exigencies require it.
(I) In all cases where, 1 service pipe supplies 2 or more separate consumers in a building, each consumer shall be charged separately and the charge shall be payable by the owner of the premises or building.
(J) This section after its passage and approval shall, within 10 days of the passage and approval, be published by posting and shall become effective as provided by law.
(Ord. passed 7-11-1960
; Am. Ord. 2019-21, passed 11-12-2019
) Penalty, see § 52.99