(A) Use of town water. No person shall take or carry away water from any fire hydrant, public fountain, plug, street washer or other public place, except for firefighting purposes, without prior approval of the Town Manager or his or her designee. Any person receiving water in any manner as described above shall receive the water through a water meter provided by the town and shall pay for the water received in accordance with the water rates in effect at the time.
(B) Private water supplies.
(1) Prohibited use. It shall be unlawful for any person to furnish, supply or provide any water from a private well or pumps in or to any dwelling house, boardinghouse, inn, hotel, café or other commercial establishment, or any room of the same when the dwelling house or any room therein, is rented or offered for rent to the public, or when the boardinghouse, inn, hotel, café or other commercial establishment is open to, or used by, the public.
(2) Permitted use. Private wells, ponds or other water sources shall be allowed for irrigation of lawns, yards, gardens and the like. However, no private water system shall be in any way connected to any water or sewer system constituting a part of the town water or sewer system, nor to any private systems connected in any way to the town systems.
(3) Providing water to others. No owner, occupant or agent having access to or control of a private water system shall sell, give, lease, rent or in any other manner furnish, supply or provide any water from a private source to any other person for the purpose of, or when used for, human consumption.
(C) Access to property. The Director of Public Works or his or her assistant shall at all reasonable hours have free access to all premises, public or private, for the purpose of examining hydrants, fixtures or connections or for reading or repairing water meters on which town water pressure is maintained.
(D) Performance of work. All work on the water system and all connections or disconnections thereto shall be performed by the authorized employees of the town or its authorized contractors. All work shall be performed in accordance with the Plumbing Code of the state and the town and amendments thereto that the Board may from time to time adopt.
(E) Unauthorized tampering prohibited.
(1) No person shall touch, tamper with or in any manner manipulate or turn the cut-offs on the waterlines, mains or appurtenances forming a part of the water system of the town, nor shall any person tamper with or harm in any manner whatsoever any water line, main or any appurtenance thereto. No person other than authorized town employees shall throw or deposit any material or substance into any waterline, main or appurtenance thereto. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a person authorized by town officials to cut off or cut on the town supply of water.
(2) Penalty. The penalty for meter tampering shall be $200.
(Ord. passed 3-12-2002; Am. Ord. 16-167, passed 6-21-2016) Penalty, see § 10.99