(A) The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated within the city or abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or in the future may be located a public water main, are hereby required at the owner's expense to install suitable facilities to connect to the water main in accordance with the provisions of this chapter upon notification from the Commission.
(B) The existence within the city, wherever public water mains are available, of wells, cisterns, water storage facilities or any other such facilities for the supply of water, other than the municipal water system, is hereby declared to be a menace to public health, safety and the general welfare of the citizens and inhabitants of the city, and is determined and declared to constitute a public nuisance that shall be removed upon official notice from the Commission.
(C) At such time as a water main becomes available, as defined in this chapter, to a property served by a private water system or facility, a direct connection shall be made to the municipal water system in compliance with this chapter within 90 days of official notice from the Commission to do so.
(Ord. 31-2007, passed 9-18-2007)