CHAPTER 52: WATER REGULATIONS
Section
General Regulations
   52.01   Regulations controlling the use of water
   52.02   Interference with work on utilities
   52.03   Tapping water prohibited
   52.04   Subdivision approval
   52.05   Flood hazard areas
   52.06   Removal of utility from jurisdiction of Indiana Regulatory Commission
Rates and Charges
   52.20   Charge to be paid for all service rendered
   52.21   Tapping/inspection fees
   52.22   User classes and billing methods; water service rates and charges; minimum charges; fire protection charges and fees
   52.23   Meter deposit
   52.24   Temporary users
   52.25   Collection and payment policies, charges and disconnection
   52.26   Shutting off water; notice; unauthorized turning on/off water services; obstruction of meters; water meter access
   52.27     Rural utility water resellers; rates
Water Conservation Program
   52.40   Application of water conservation procedures
   52.41   Definitions
   52.42   Role of Mayor, Board and Utility Manager
   52.43   Four levels of conservation
   52.44   Voluntary conservation
   52.45   Restricted water use
   52.46   Level 3 - prohibited water use
   52.47   Level 4 - water rationing
   52.48   Notice of water conservation level to users
   52.49   Enforcement
   52.50   Discontinuance of water service
GENERAL REGULATIONS
§ 52.01 REGULATIONS CONTROLLING THE USE OF WATER.
   The following rules and regulations are adopted and prescribed for the government and control of the use of water from the city water works system:
   (A)   All officers and employees of the city shall have access, at all reasonable hours, to premises where water is used.
   (B)   The hydrants, plugs, slop-boxes, service pipes, hose, and all other attachments shall be kept in complete repair by the owner, or occupant, of the premises where the water is used.
   (C)   No water shall be used by any consumer, or permitted by him to be used from his connection, for other than the purpose specified for such connection.
   (D)   No leak shall be permitted, or water allowed to flow, and waste unnecessarily.
   (E)   No person, without a written permit from the Water Superintendent, or the Board of Public Works and Safety, shall turn a stopcock of the water works system, for the purpose of turning the water either on, or off.
   (F)   Any person having a connection for sprinkling purposes, shall confine such sprinkling to the premises where such connection is located.
   (G)   In all cases where more than one consumer is supplied from a pipe, or pipes, governed by one stopcock, then one person must be responsible for the payment of all charges, and the keeping in good repair of all pipes, hydrants, and other connection or attachments.
   (H)   Cisterns located on premises where there is no hydrant shall not be filled from a hydrant, except by permit from the Water Superintendent, or the Board of Public Works and Safety.
('66 Code, § 52.01) (Ord., passed 5-2-05; Am. Ord. passed 8-25-10)
Penalty, see § 10.99
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