§ 51.31 DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE.

   Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, service may be temporarily discontinued for willful disregard of this subchapter and a reconnect fee as set forth in the fee schedule may be imposed before restoration of service. In the event of continued gross noncompliance of this division the removal of meter will be deemed proper and service will be discontinued and all tap fees and deposits forfeited. Reconnection will only be made by payment of current due amounts, and new tap fees and deposits shall be paid.

(Prior Code, § 8-43) (Ord. passed 11-6-1986)

§ 51.32 SCHEDULE.

Phase I	Voluntary conservation	Nonessential
	Water use	8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Phase II	Mandatory conservation	Nonessential
	Water use	10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Phase III	Mandatory conservation	No nonessential water use
	First violation	Warning ticket
	Second violation	Fine
Phase IV	Mandatory conservation
	Domestic use only
	Industrial and business use by allocation
	Increased fine for violators
Phase V	Mandatory conservation
	Domestic use only
	No industrial or business use
	Increased fine and cutoff of water supply at meter for violators

 

(Prior Code, § 8-44) (Ord. passed 11-6-1986) Penalty, see § 51.99

BACKFLOW AND CROSS-CONNECTIONS

§ 51.45 INTRODUCTION.

   (A)   The purpose of this subchapter is to define the authority of the City of Lincolnton (hereinafter the “city”) in the elimination of all cross-connections within its public potable water supply.

   (B)   This subchapter shall apply to all users connected to the city’s public potable water supply regardless of whether the user is located within the city limits or outside of the city limits.

   (C)   This subchapter will comply with the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), the North Carolina State Administrative Code (Title 15A, Subchapter 8C), and the North Carolina State Building Code (Volume II) as they pertain to cross-connections with the public water supply.

(Ord. passed - - ; Ord. O-10-24, passed 8-1-2024)

§ 51.46 OBJECTIVES OF SUBCHAPTER.

   The specific objectives of this subchapter are as follows:

   (A)   To protect the public potable water supply against actual or potential contamination by isolating within each consumer’s water system, contaminants or pollutants which could, under adverse conditions, backflow through uncontrolled cross-connections into the public water system.

   (B)   To eliminate or control existing cross-connections, actual or potential, between each consumer’s potable water system and non-potable or industrial piping system(s).

   (C)   To provide a continuing inspection program of cross-connection control which will systematically and effectively control all actual or potential cross-connections that may be installed in the future.

(Ord. O-10-24, passed 8-1-2024)