(A) Upon approval of the original application to supply water service to a premises and the payment of the connection fee, the village will tap the main water supply line, insert a corporation cock, install a curb stop, and install the water meter. The village shall be responsible for maintenance and repairs of the line from the water main to the curb box.
(B) Service lines beyond the curb box shall be installed and maintained by and at the expense of the consumer and shall be of size and quality approved by the village. Installation of service lines shall meet or exceed village specifications for such work, which specifications shall be as adopted from time to time by the Village Council.
(C) If any service line, or portions thereof, passes over or through premises which at the time of installation are the property of persons other than the owner of the premises to be supplied by the service line, evidence of an easement acceptable to the village must be presented to the village before a connection permit will be issued for such service line.
(D) No service line shall be laid in the same ditch or trench with any gas pipe, sewer pipe, or any other facility of a public service utility nor within three feet of any open excavation, conduit, or vault.
(E) No person other than the village shall open, close, operate, or otherwise meddle or tamper with any curb stop.
(F) The cost of water service connections from the village water mains to private premises may not be paid from the proceeds of a bond issue or from the revenues of the water supply system.
(G) Property owners who, by reason of financial hardship, are unable to pay the connection fee may request to have the fee deferred until a later time under the following conditions and according to policies adopted by Council from time to time:
(1) Paying such fee would, by reason of age, indigency, or any other factor affecting ability to pay, tend to cause the property owner to become a public charge, or would otherwise work undue hardship upon the property owner;
(2) Referring the connection fee from collection would not impair the financial standing of the village or the village’s sewage disposal system;
(3) Deferring the collection of the connection fee is in the best interest of the village; and
(4) The connection fee shall be deferred unless the property owners execute a note to the village secured by a real estate mortgage of the property being connected in order to ensure the eventual payment of the fee with the following conditions:
(a) The balance(s) due upon any other mortgages that are liens on the property to be connected and that have precedence over the village’s mortgages are such as to leave a sufficient equity in the property as to provide adequate protection and security to the village for the eventual payment;
(b) The note and mortgage may provide for an extension beyond the death of the mortgagor if necessary to protect the homestead of a surviving spouse or other dependent of the mortgagor;
(c) The note may bear interest at a rate determined by the Village Council;
(d) The note shall be payable in such number of years as the Village Council may determine, but in any event shall be due and payable in full upon the death of the mortgagors or the sale of the property;
(e) The note shall provide that failure to pay real property taxes upon or personal property taxes in connection with the mortgaged property may be grounds for acceleration of the due date of such note and mortgage; and
(f) The note shall require the mortgagor to keep the real property insured with companies and in amounts acceptable to the village.
(H) The Director shall keep a record of all water service line connection permits granted under the authority of this chapter, which record shall include the name of the applicant and contractor, the location of the work, and the place in the street where the connection is to be made.
(I) Water service line connection permits are issued for a specific property and are not transferable from one property to another. A permit runs with the land and stays with the property for which the permit was issued.
(J) Except as may be otherwise provided in a separate written agreement approved by no less than five of seven members of the Village Council, when application is made for permission to connect premises located outside of the village limits to the village’s water supply system, the Village Council may authorize the Village Manager to grant a permit for said connection upon the following terms and conditions:
(1) The premises for which the connection application is made abuts or is adjacent to a public right-of-way where a properly sized water supply main exists;
(2) The owner of the premises for which connection is sought submits with the application written permission from the governmental unit in which the premises are located to make the connection and an agreement from the governmental unit that it will place any delinquent water supply charges or assessments, plus interest and penalties, on the real property taxes of this property according to the procedures contained in Public Acts of 94 of 1933, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 141.101 et seq;;
(3) The owner of the premises for which connection is sought acknowledges that all plumbing facilities within the building to be connected are installed according to the Plumbing Code, Public Act 733 of 2002, being M.C.L.A. § 338.3511, currently enforced by the village;
(4) The owner of the premises for which connection is sought agrees to place a water meter in a location that meets village requirements;
(5) The owner of the premises for which connection is sought agrees to install in the building water line at or near the public right-of-way line an approved mechanism that can be accessed only by the village and that, when accessed, will stop the flow of water to the sanitary sewer main;
(6) The owner of the premises for which connection is sought agrees to be bound by the rules and regulations of the village for the furnishing of water supply service to the connected building including rates, fees, and charges; and
(7) The owner of the premises for which connection is sought shall pay at the time of application a connection fee equal to 200% of the connection permit fee charged to premises situated within the village limits.
(K) (1) A separate and independent water service line shall be provided for every building, except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private water service line is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, easement, or driveway, the building water service line serving the front building may be extended to the rear building, and the whole shall be considered as one building water service line.
(2) No privately owned water service line, whether said line is located on the property being connected to the water supply service system, on the property of another as provided for in an easement, or in a public right-of-way, shall be used to connect more than one premises.
(1984 Code, § 7-01-04-040) (Ord. 277, passed 6-10-1997; Ord. 352, passed 11-10-2002)