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921.05 TAP-IN FEES; SERVICE OUTSIDE THE MUNICIPALITY.
   (a)   Water tap fees shall be the same as sewer tap-in fees. Upon payment of the fees the Service Director is authorized to proceed with the water service to the property line of the applicant. The location of the meter or meters shall be determined by the Service Director or the Superintendent of Water Distribution.
   (b)   If the Service Director determines the new service will not impair existing services in the area, new water service on existing lines outside the Municipality may be provided upon Council’s approval and payment of the proper fees.
   (c)   Fees established by subsection (a) hereof, shall not be applicable to water taps for commercial or industrial purposes, where such taps are made solely for the purposes of providing fire protection or for the operation of sprinkler systems. Such water taps shall not be used for the purpose of providing ordinary water service.
   (d)   Tap-in fees for fire protection and the operation of sprinkler systems are hereby established in the following amounts:
Base fee regardless of size of service: three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus actual costs of material, labor and overhead for tap- in, valve, lines or other work performed by the City and determines by the Superintendent of the Water Department to be necessary for the tap-ins. An estimate of such costs shall be provided to the consumer before work is commenced and an itemized bill presented upon completion. Such bill is due upon completion, but the payment may be deferred for thirty days upon agreement of the Superintendent of the Water Department.
(Ord. 32-82. Passed 9-1-82.)
921.06 ADJUSTMENTS; ESTIMATED BILLINGS.
   (a)   The Superintendent of Water and Sewer Services is hereby authorized to adjust where necessary water and sewer billings for consumers by estimating the above billings, where meter readings are unattainable and to adjust for interrupted service due to frozen lines, frozen meters and other problems arising from extreme weather conditions during the winter months, and excess of water usage created by lines which have burst where fairness and equity so require. (Ord. 27-87. Passed 8-19-87.)
   (b)   These billings will be estimated based on the average billings for the past six months.
   (c)   All above estimates and corrections to be completed on the billing mailed to the consumer on May 1, of the current year.
(Ord. 2-84. Passed 1-4-84.)
921.07 BACKFLOW PREVENTION.
   (a)   If, in the judgment of the Safety-Service Director, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety and the public water system, the Safety-Service Director will give notice to the water consumer to install such an approved device immediately. The water consumer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the Safety-Service Director and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Director.
   (b)   No person, firm or corporation 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 the regular public water supply of the City may enter the supply or distributing system of the Municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Safety- Service Director and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
   (c)   It shall be the duty of the Safety-Service Director to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Director shall deem necessary.
   (d)   The Safety-Service Director or his duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system of Greenfield for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Safety-Service Director any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Safety Service Director be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
   (e)   The Safety-Service Director is hereby 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 section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions shall have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section.
   (f)   The Safety-Service Director is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations for the purposes of definitions of terms, surveys required, determinations of where backflow protection is required, types of backflow protection, nature of backflow devices, installation, inspection, booster pumps and consequences of violations of this section or regulations adopted hereunder, including denial or discontinuance of service after notice.
(Ord. 33-89. Passed 10-4-89.)
921.08 FEE STRUCTURE FOR PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WHICH HAS UN-METERED WATER.
   (a)   The initial fee structure will utilize 5,000 gallons per month.
   (b)   This structure will exist until January 1, 1996.
   (c)   All properties will be required to have a meter placed either on their well or in the sewer discharge line by January 1, 1996.
   (d)   The City will make available these meters for purchase at the City’s costs.
(Ord. 28-94. Passed 11-16-94.)
921.09 WATER SYSTEM.
   (a)   Every sink, lavatory, bathtub or shower, drinking fountain, toilet or other plumbing fixture (Water System) shall be properly connected to a public water system and shall be supplied with hot or tempered and cold running water in accordance with the applicable building code in effect, except for when the water has been shut off temporarily, at the owner’s request, because the owner is out of town for an extended period of time.
   (b)   The Water System shall be installed and maintained to provide a supply of water in sufficient volume and at pressure adequate to enable the Water System to function properly, safely, and free from defects and leaks.
   (c)   Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the following penalties:
      (1)   For the first violation, a minor misdemeanor.
      (2)   For the second violation, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
      (3)   For all subsequent violations after the second violation, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
         (Ord. 02-2019. Passed 2-5-19.)