A. Form And Contents Of Application: Applications for service shall be in written form as prescribed by the superintendent and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: 1) the name and address of the person for whom the service is desired; 2) the legal description and street address of the premises where the service is to be furnished; 3) the acknowledgment of responsibility for all charges assessed for service furnished as result of such application; 4) the kind of connection sought, the purpose for which water is to be used, whether anything other than normal domestic wastewater is to be discharged and all plumbing work necessary to connect to the combined system; 5) an acknowledgment of the content of and a consent to be bound by the provisions of this title and amendments thereto, duly signed and witnessed, by the person responsible for charges for service. (Ord. SWO-89-1, 8-8-1989)
B. Purchase And Sale Of Real Property: In addition to all other requirements in this section, the following regulations shall apply whenever ownership or control of real property served by the combined system is sold or transferred:
1. As a condition precedent to receiving or continuing to receive utility service from the combined system, any person that purchases real estate served by the combined system is obligated to: a) provide proof of ownership; b) submit an application for service as provided herein; c) submit a security deposit (in the case of commercial, multi-family and rental properties) to ensure that future charges for sewer and water service provided to the premises shall be promptly paid; d) enter into a service contract as provided herein; e) satisfy any unpaid charges, liens, fees, or costs due from the seller or the real estate for services provided to premises; f) pay the connection or reconnection fee due for premises; and g) such other information as may be required to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this title. (Ord. SWO-99-4, 12-14-1999)
2. As a condition precedent to the release of any charges, liens, fees or costs for services provided to the seller or seller’s real estate, any person that sells real estate served by the combined system is obligated to: a) give the superintendent notice not less than five (5) business days prior to the date on which the sale or transfer of the premises is to be closed requesting a final meter reading, and the issuance of a final bill for any unpaid charges, liens, fees, or costs due for services provided to the seller or the premises; b) make an appointment for a final meter reading and to provide access to the premises as necessary for the superintendent to cause such meter or meters to be read; c) provide the name and address of the purchaser or transferee, the legal description and common address of the premises, and the date on which the sale or transfer of the premises is to be sold; d) pay in good funds any unpaid charges, liens, fees, or costs due from the seller or the real estate for services provided to premises; e) provide such other information as may be required to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this title. Payoff statements will be provided upon request. In the event that the township is given notice of the final read request less than forty eight (48) hours before the closing, a one hundred dollar ($100.00) convenience fee shall be added to the final bill.
3. In the event that ownership or control of property served by the combined system is transferred without complying with the requirements of this section, sewer and water utility service to the premises shall be discontinued until the owner has fully complied with this section. Once utility service has been discontinued, service shall not be reconnected until a reconnection fee has been paid.
4. Upon complying with the requirements of this section for reinstating sewer and water utility service to the owner’s premises, the owner shall make an appointment for reinstating utility service. The charge for reinstating sewer and water utility service shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per service.
5. An owner of any premises which receives the benefit of utility service from the combined system shall remain responsible for the payment of any and all charges for utility services provided to a lessee, tenant or occupant of the owner’s premises. Landlords shall be required to establish and maintain a security deposit for the leased premises to secure full and timely payment of the customer account if an account is held in the name of a tenant.
C. Engineering Specifications: Any connections to the combined system shall be made in accordance with the recommendations of the town engineer, the requirements of this code, the Illinois plumbing code 1 and all other applicable governmental rules, regulations or permits. When required by the superintendent, the applicant shall submit engineering drawings and specifications for review by the town engineer.
D. Service Contract: No connection shall be made to the combined system until the applicant has executed a written agreement with the town containing the terms and conditions for supplying utility service to the applicant’s premises. Said terms and conditions are in addition to and supplement the requirements of the ordinances, rules and regulations of the town as now or hereafter amended.
E. Security Deposit And Connection Fees: Applicable connection fees shall be paid prior to execution of a utility service contract. An additional sum shall be paid to the superintendent at that time to guarantee that the connection is made in a good and workmanlike manner and to guarantee the restoration of any public property damaged during the course of constructing the connection. The security deposit shall be the greater of: 1) the amount of the applicable connection fee; or 2) the amount determined by the superintendent as reasonably required to correct defects in materials and workmanship and to repair damage to public property if the applicant fails to perform the connection and restoration work correctly. If the superintendent is satisfied that any defects in materials or workmanship have been corrected and that public property damaged directly or indirectly as a result of such work has been properly restored, the security deposit, or such part thereof which has not been used to restore damaged public work or to cure defects in materials or workmanship, shall be refunded, without interest, to the applicant.
F. Bond: No connection shall be made to the combined system unless the person applying therefor shall have on file in the office of the superintendent satisfactory proof of the plumbing contractor’s surety bond in the amount required under the Illinois plumbing code.
G. Connection To Combined System: When the applicant hereunder has complied with all of the provisions of this title, the applicant’s premises may be connected to the combined system in accordance with the requirements of this title and a duly executed utility service contract. Connection shall be made by an Illinois licensed plumber to the roundway, buffalo box or water stub and to the public sanitary sewer by means of a building sewer.
H. Penalty: Any person who shall install any sewer and water service pipes or do any work in connection therewith, except for minor repairs, without having first complied with the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (Ord. SWO-89-1, 8-8-1989; amd. Ord. SWO-99-4, 12-14-1999; Ord. SWO-2009-3, 5-4-2009; Ord. SWO-2011-3, 5-10-2011; Ord. SWO-2014-2, 3-11-2014; Ord. SWO-2022-1, 2-8-2022)
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| 1 | 1. 225 ILCS 305/33. |