921.03 CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR WATER CONNECTION.

   No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than regular public water supply of the City enters the supply or distributing system of the City.

921.04 SURVEYS OF PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES.

   The Mayor shall cause surveys and investigations to be made of all industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where private, auxiliary or emergency water supplies other than the public water supply are known to exist or where such supplies are likely to exist. These surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Mayor deems necessary.

921.05 RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION.

   The Mayor or the Mayor's duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter at any time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system of the City, for the purpose of inspecting the piping systems. On demand, the owner, lessess or occupants of any property so served shall furnish the Mayor any information which it requests regarding water supply used or useful on the property. Refusal of this information when demanded shall be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections pursuant to this chapter.

921.06 DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SERVICE.

   The Mayor is authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this chapter is known to exist, and to take other precautionary measures the Mayor deems necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to the property shall not be restored until the connection has been eliminated or corrected in compliance with this chapter.

921.07 TAP-IN FEES; WATER LINE EXTENSIONS; FIRE PLUGS.

   Tapping charges and water line extensions for water customers of the City shall be subject to the following regulations:

   (a)   The owner or developer shall assume the entire cost for the construction of all extensions;

   (b)   For each service connection there shall be paid to the City the regular established fee for individual house service taps or commercial taps, meter charge, system capacity charge and frontage charge according to a schedule on file in the office of the Treasurer.

   (c)   Applicants for the City water service must furnish the City with properly engineered plans for the proposed water line extension. These plans shall meet the City water works standards and the design shall meet the approval of the City Engineer. Subsequent extensions of the lines shall require properly engineered plans and shall be subject to the tapping charges set forth herein;

   (d)   The installation of fireplugs shall be mandatory and these installations shall be at the expense of the owner or developer. The location and design of the fire plugs shall be in accordance with the design criteria established by the Superintendent of the Water Department, the City Engineer and the Mayor;

   (e)   A charge shall be required in each instance, the amount to be determined by the Mayor for entering upon the street right of way. This charge shall be used for replacement of existing surface in the right of way. (See Section 901.02)

921.08 TAP-IN FEE WHERE NO WATER LINE ASSESSMENT PAID.

   There is established a fee to be paid by the property owners who tap City water lines. Property owners who have not paid an assessment for a water line shall, in addition to the normal tapping fee, pay a prorated front foot fee for a water line. The amount of the fee shall be determined on a lineal foot basis for foot frontage and shall be established by the Mayor.

921.09 WELL WATER TESTING FEE.

   The Mayor shall charge a fee for each testing of well water, relative to its hardness, bacterial content, etc., at the City filtration plant. The fee shall be assessed for the purpose of covering the cost of labor and chemicals involved therein.