(A) Installing and maintaining service lines. The user shall be responsible for installation and maintenance of service lines between the manhole or sewer main and the residence or business of the user. Such service lines must be installed according to the specifications as required by the village. Service lines must not be covered until they are inspected and approved by a duly authorized village representative. The user will not connect any service line or any plumbing connected with the service line until approved by the village. The service line must meet any requirements of the state’s Environmental Protection Agency.
(B) Easements. The user shall give such easements and rights-of-way as necessary to the village and allow access for the purpose of construction, repair, maintenance, and relocation or expansion of the sewer system. The necessity shall be determined by the Board.
(C) Damage to the village.
(1) No user shall tamper, adjust, damage, or in any manner interfere with the components or operation of the sewer system owned by the village. The penalty for tampering, damaging, adjusting, or in any manner interfering with the components of the operation of the system shall be in an amount as set by the Board and payable to the village. If the penalty is not paid within 30 days after the amount is determined by the Village Board, the Village Board may shut off the sewer service. The amount of penalty shall be determined by the Village Board.
(2) In addition to the penalty, the user shall reimburse the village for the actual cost of repairing any damage arising from the user’s act. The user shall report any known evidence of tampering, adjusting, damaging, or interference with operation of the system, owned by the village, to the Village Mayor and Village Board. Any malicious act or damage to the system that is not appropriately punishable by the foregoing shall be prosecuted through a court of law.
(D) Specified uses. Users may discharge into the sewage collection facility of the village only waste which is produced in the ordinary domestic or farm use upon the premises of the user, provided:
(1) No user shall charge another person for the discharge of waste through the user’s property.
(2) Each dwelling, apartment, business, and livestock tap is a separate unit. The user must make application for service for each unit, and each unit shall have a separate service line, unless otherwise approved by the Village Board. Each user shall pay the minimum monthly rate and other rates and fees hereby established for each unit.
(3) Uses other than ordinary domestic and farm use may be approved by the Village Board upon such specific terms and conditions as may be set forth by the Village Board in each case.
(Ord. 153, passed 7-9-1990)