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925.01 SPECIFICATIONS.
   (a)   All water mains shall be of ductile iron or P.V.C. C-900 plastic pipe, and shall be installed to City specifications. The minimum thickness for ductile iron pipe shall be Class 52 for 4" through 10" diameter, and Class 54 for 12" diameter or larger. All ductile iron pipe shall have a bituminous coating complying with A.W.W.A. C-104 specifications and shall have an outside coating of bitumastic enamel, or approved equal. The chemical constituents of the ductile iron pipe shall meet the physical property recommendations of A.S.T.M. A-339 to insure that the pipe is suitable for satisfactory drilling and cutting. If P.V.C. C-900 plastic pipe is used, depending on location, such use may be precluded by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Utilities Director or other authorities of the City. Such P.V.C. pipe shall conform to ANSI/A.W.W.A. C-900-81, then shall be DR 25 Class (100 P.S.I.) or DR 18 (150 P.S.I.) or DR 14 (200 P.S.I.), depending upon applications. All P.V.C. pipe shall have buried underground detectable tape blue in color, and with metal wire enclosed for protection.
   (b)   All costs of plans, surveying, construction, authorized supervision and material furnished for connecting to or extension of main lines shall be the obligation of the developer of the subdivision or property owners requesting such extension.
   (c)   Three sets of plans shall be submitted, one to meet the approval of each of the following: the Ohio Inspection Bureau, the Ohio State Health Department and the Heath City Council.
   (d)   The contractor or individuals who know or should know of suspected soil contamination by organic compounds in such areas as gasoline stations, fuel storage areas, hill areas, and any other site where gasoline storage tanks may overflow, must notify the City of such conditions before installing plastic pipe, water main, or P.V.C. service connections.
   (e)   The trench width at the top of a pipe shall not exceed the pipe diameter by more than two feet, the installer shall heave the bottom of the trench in such a way as to provide a uniform bedding for the pipe, then shall excavate under joints so they do not act as support for the pipe.
   (f)   As to embedment, the installer shall lay in selected backfill in increments no greater than 6", and carefully tamped same into place. This shall be done until the tamped backfill reaches the springline of the pipe. The initial backfill shall be installed to 6" minimum over the top of the pipe with select excavated material taking care so as to prevent stones larger than one and one-half inches by settling or being placed near the pipe itself. The installer shall fill the remainder of the trench site with excavated material.
   (g)   Unless otherwise specified, the duration of any pressure test shall be one hour minimum. The test pressure should not exceed one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the normal operating pressure at the lowest elevation in the segment being tested, with the required minimum of 150 P.S.I.
   (h)   All water mains shall be laid 5' from ground level to the bottom of the main line installed.
   (i)   Subsequent construction and the completion of pressure testing, the water within the water main shall contain a minimum of fifty mg/l of chlorine residual for the forty-eight hour period. Then, after having been flushed clean, a sample shall be taken for bacterial testing and cleared before the line is put into service. (Ord. 79-89. Passed 10-2-89.)
   (j)   All service connections to mains, with the exception of service connections installed during the course of subdivision construction, shall be made by the City water distribution crew, after the appropriate permit has been obtained. Further, all water services from a main corporation connection, or a main intended for future dedication as a corporate main, to a curb box shut-off valve shall be copper type K.
(Ord. 16-96. Passed 2-20-96.)
   (k)   The property owner shall install from a curb box shut-off to a dwelling polyethylene 5100 200 P.S.I. in required copper tube size with underground detectable tape, blue in color and with metal wire enclosed for detection. All such services shall be at a minimum of three and one-half feet in depth.
   (l)   Lines shall extend to supply all properties in the addition and have hydrants with one four and one-half inch and two two and one-half inch standard fitting, and hydrants shall be placed every 500 feet with hydrant or blow off on any dead end to flush and clean the line. Hydrants shall be five and one-fourths inch in diameter and will be painted to City specifications, which is yellow barrel and blue caps.
   (m)   A hydrant shall be M and HT 129 or approved equivalent.
   (n)   Hydrant watch valve and box shall be installed between a main line and hydrant. All hydrant leads shall be a minimum of six inch line.
   (o)   Main line gate valves shall be installed at the location directed by the City. Valves shall be M & H or equal, and all materials used and construction procedures shall conform to A.W.W.A. specifications.
   (p)   Easement for laying and maintaining service must be provided for.
   (q)   All work shall be inspected by an agent of the Division of Utilities and his time shall be charged to the developer.
   (r)   Upon completion and approval, the lines shall become the property of the City. Standard tapping fee shall be charged to each property as described in Section 921.01(z).
(Ord. 79-89. Passed 10-2-89.)
925.02 MUTUAL WATER AID.
   (a)   The Director of Public Utilities of the City of Heath, in conjunction with and aided by the Director of Public Service of the City of Newark, may declare an emergency situation to exist for which mutual water aid would be expedient, for any period of time up to fourteen days; if such emergency period runs for more than fourteen days, but less than thirty days, the Mayors of the respective communities shall, acting in conjunction, determine that the emergency continues to exist, and shall on that basis allow emergency aid to continue. After a period of thirty days, action by the Council of the City of Heath and the Council of the City of Newark shall be required to determine if the situation is, as continuing, a true emergency, for which emergency water aid may be continued.
   (b)   In any event, the rate of pay for such service shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per day, paid by the City receiving such emergency water aid to the City supplying such water, and each City shall, and the City of Heath does hereby agree, to hold the City of Newark harmless for any and all damage which may result from any pressure differential between the water system of the City of Health and the water system of the City of Newark.
(Ord. 9-67. Passed 3-20-67.)
925.03 RESERVED.
   (EDITOR’S NOTE: This section is reserved for future legislation.)
925.04 CONNECTIONS.
   No person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public water main or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Director of Utilities. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director of Utilities. The application form to be furnished by the City shall contain an authorization to the City on the part of the applicant of the right to enter any premises in which water meters shall be installed, at any reasonable time, for reading the same, as well as for repair and service of the same.
(1967 Code Sec. 921.01)
925.05 METERS. (REPEALED)
   EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 925.05 was repealed by Ordinance 88-2009, passed November 2, 2009.
925.06 BARRICADES REQUIRED.
   All excavations for water tapping purposes shall be adequately guarded with barricades so as to protect the public from hazard.
(1967 Code Sec. 921.03)
925.07 BULK WATER SALES CHARGE.
   Water sales to bulk haulers shall be charged at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each one thousand five hundred (1,500) gallon or any part thereof.
(Ord. 73-2023. Passed 9-18-23.)
925.08 CERTIFICATION OF A LIEN FOR DELINQUENT WATER CHARGES.
   (a)   Each water charge charged under or pursuant to a valid ordinance of the City of Heath is made a lien upon the corresponding lot, parcel of land, building or premises served by a connection to the water system of the City and, if the same is not paid within ninety days after it shall become due and payable, it shall be certified to the Auditor of Licking County, at which time the lien shall vest, and the Auditor shall place the same on the tax duplicate of the County with the interest and penalties allowed by law and be collected as other taxes.
   (b)   Consistent with the regulations of the Division of Utilities and these Codified Ordinances, the owners of real estate premises installing or maintaining water service shall be liable for all water charges incurred for service at said premises. Tenants of the owners of real estate premises serviced with water may contract with the City of Heath for such water service but such contract shall be in no way construed as to relieve the owner of the real estate premises liability for said water service charges.
   (d)   In addition to certifying to the County Auditor that water charges are unpaid and a lien as provided in subsection (a) hereof, the Division of Utilities is authorized and directed to shut off the water service to those real estate premises until such unpaid water charges have been paid consistent with the regulations of the Division of Utilities and these Codified Ordinances.
   (d)   The owner of real estate premises, by installing or maintaining water service from the City, is deemed to assent to all rights and regulations of the Division of Utilities and ordinances of the City of Heath pertaining to water service and distribution.
(Ord. 37-2006. Passed 6-19-2006.)