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(a) The City reserves the right to provide temporary bulk water sales to supplement water use when a permanent water connection cannot be made or water service is not available. To make arrangements for bulk water sales, call (440) 322-2927.
(b) Potable water haulers must present an annual Lorain County Health Department Inspection Certification to the City each year. This certificate is to be presented upon receipt from the Health Department. Water for construction or other special use will also be provided at these facilities. It is the responsibility of these water haulers to adapt connections to City piping. Cost of this service will be at the current rate charged by the City, as stipulated in the fee ordinance.
(Ord. 2017-10. Passed 2-6-17.)
(a) At the discretion of the Safety Service Director or her/his designee, a special permit may be issued for the use of a fire hydrant for securing a supply of water for construction purposes, in cases where a permanent supply or connection is not then feasible or will not be required. The right is hereby reserved to revoke a permit for the use of a fire hydrant. Charges for such permit shall be as determined by the rates established in the fee ordinance.
(b) A fire hydrant used for construction purposes, pursuant to permission first obtained, must have a reducing coupling and union attached to the nozzle of the hydrant, with an independent valve for regulation of the supply and a City-approved backflow prevention device. The main valve of the fire hydrant must be opened full at the beginning of work each day and remain open until stoppage of work for the day, the water supply to be regulated by the independent valve. The fire hydrant is to be operated only by a spanner which may be obtained from the City at the expense of the user.
(Ord. 2017-10. Passed 2-6-17.)
The City will provide for the availability of certain hydrants designated by the City, to be used with approved meter and backflow preventer, for temporary short-term water use when a permanent water connection cannot be made or water service is not available at the time of use. The City reserves the right to refuse any temporary use of water if in the opinion of the City it is detrimental or harmful to the safety of the Public Water Supply. Approved meters and backflow prevention devices may be supplied by the City upon approval of use and all applicable fees and deposits are paid. Cost of this service will be at the current water rate charged by the City. Temporary water service rental meters are not to be used for long-term service, and are renewable only for each thirty day period or increment, if approved by the City.
(Ord. 2017-10. Passed 2-6-17.)
Fire hydrants are intended primarily for the use of the Fire Department, and such use shall not be interfered with in any manner. A permit for the use thereof for other purposes is given only in cases where such use is considered to be an absolute necessity. The operating of fire hydrants and the drawing of water therefrom by unauthorized persons is strictly prohibited. Violators of this rule will be required to pay an assessed fee as stipulated by the fee ordinance to cover expenses and damages incurred, as well as being subject to such other penalties as may be provided as stipulated by law. No person unless authorized by the City Water Distribution Division or Fire Department shall open, operate or remove the nozzle cap from a public or private fire hydrant to which water is supplied in whole or in part by the City, or draw water therefrom, except for the purpose of extinguishing fires, without first having secured the necessary permits to do so.
(Ord. 2017-10. Passed 2-6-17.)
The City, for the purpose of establishing a more efficient and satisfactory service, establishes a policy that there shall be no provision of water services to any real property located outside the corporate limits of the City without an agreement by the owner(s) of said real property to sign a petition for annexation to the City immediately upon said real property becoming contiguous to the City. Such agreement may name the Mayor, or his or her designee, as the agent for annexation proceedings pursuant to R.C. Chapter 709.
(Ord. 2017-128. Passed 9-5-17.)
Beginning July 1, 2018, the City will only allow master metering systems for any mobile or modular home parks within the City. Mobile and/or modular homes will be metered, read, and billed by the mobile home park management. All current (and future) mobile home parks will be billed via the master meter measuring all consumption (water and sewer) that services the area.
(Ord. 2017-171. Passed 11-20-17.)
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