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The City Manager may make and issue additional rules and regulations concerning the Water Supply System, connection thereto, meter installation and maintenance, connection and meter installation fees, hydrants and water mains and the appurtenances thereto, not inconsistent with this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall be effective upon approval by the City Council. The rules and regulations now in effect shall continue until changed in accordance with this section.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-7-99; Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
No person, except an employee of the City in the performance of his or her duties, shall open or use any fire hydrant except in case of emergency, without first securing a written permit from the City and paying such charges as may be prescribed. Violation of this section shall be a civil infraction.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-7-99; Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
Whenever the City determines that it is necessary to acquire, construct, furnish and equip improvements, replacements or extraordinary repairs to the Water Supply System, and to borrow money and issue bonds to pay those costs, the City shall adopt a separate bond authorizing ordinance in compliance with the provisions of Act 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-7-99; Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
No person, except an employee of the City in the performance of his or her duties, shall willfully or carelessly break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the Water Supply System.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-7-99; Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
Any person wishing to perform work on a connection to the Water Supply System shall notify the MISS DIG at least seventy-two (72) hours before performing the work, and the Department at least twenty-four (24) hours before performing the work.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-7-99; Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
To comply with certain State and Federal laws, the following regulations relating to cross-connections in the System shall be enforced.
(a) The City of Ionia adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross-Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Public Health, being R 325.11401 to R 325.11407 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Department to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water supply where cross-connections with the public water supply are deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the City and as approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
(c) The representative of the City of Ionia shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the Water Supply System of the City of Ionia for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross-connections. On request, the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
(d) The City is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any connection in violation of this chapter exists and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the Municipal Water Supply System. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross-connection(s) has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(e) The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water supply shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this chapter and by the State and BOCA Plumbing Codes. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner:
WATER UNSAFE
FOR DRINKING
(f) This chapter does not supersede the State Plumbing Code or any City ordinance, but is supplementary to them.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-7-99; Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (b), any property or structure in or on which water is used or consumed and which has City water “available” to it shall be connected to the City Water Supply System. Such connection shall be made within ninety (90) days of written notice from the City to do so. For purposes of this section, City water shall be considered “available” if the City Water Supply System is located within two hundred (200) feet of the nearest property line of said property.
(b) The installation of new private wells is prohibited, except for properties that do not have City water “available.” A private well existing on the date of the adoption of this section may continue to be used until it is no longer operable, subject to division (c). A private well that has been disconnected from any structure on the property that is still operable shall be used solely for outdoor purposes only. A private well that is disconnected from a structure and that is still in service shall be subject to inspection as part of the City’s cross connection program.
(c) When a private well is no longer operable, its use shall be discontinued and the well disconnected, unless it is repaired within forty-five (45) days from the date that it becomes inoperable. A private well that is inoperable and/or unable to be repaired shall be properly abandoned within forty-five (45) days of its inoperability in accordance with the requirements of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Proof of the abandonment shall be filed with the Ionia County Health Department and the City’s Utilities Department which shall inspect the well to confirm its proper abandonment.
(Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
(a) Geothermal heat pumps. It is recognized that residential buildings in the City may be constructed, or be retrofitted with geothermal heat pumps. It is recognized that these climate control systems use substantial amounts of water. It is also recognized that this water, which for the purposes of this chapter shall be identified as sending water, can cause excess wetness or flooding on nearby properties, resulting in undesirable conditions. It is further recognized that if sending water mixes with other water, which for the purpose of this chapter shall be identified as receiving water, it can have a potentially detrimental impact on the ecosystem in and around the receiving waters, resulting in undesirable conditions.
(b) Drainage. Owners of buildings in the City equipped with geothermal heat pump systems must install a closed loop system that will continuously process (heated or cooled) sending water and circulate it through the enclosed or sealed heat pump system, with no discharge of returning water out of the heat pump.
(c) Discharge of water. No sending water from a geothermal heat pump system shall be directly or indirectly discharged out of the closed loop system.
(d) Liability. The owner of a geothermal heat pump system shall be fully responsible for the proper operation and for the maintenance of the geothermal heat pump system, and shall he liable for any damage caused by any discharge of sending water from the system.
(e) Penalty. Violation of this Section shall be deemed a municipal civil infraction and punishable by a fine commensurate with the amount or amounts established by the Ionia City Council, as set forth in the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, which conflict with this chapter, are hereby repealed, to the extent of such conflict. This section shall not operate to repeal any provision of any prior ordinance or resolution adopted by the City, the repeal of which would impair the obligation of the City or the Water Supply System with regard to any outstanding bonds of the City secured by a lien on the net revenues of the Water Supply System.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 9-7-99; Ord. 466. Passed 6-2-09.)
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