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
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
No person, firm, or corporation shall interfere in any manner with any officer or employee of the city while such officer or employee is working on or with any watercourse, sewer, drain, street, alley, or other way or part of the sewage or drainage system of the city, regardless of whether the land upon which such watercourse, sewer, drain, street, alley, or other way or part of the system where such officers or employees are at the time inspecting or working, is privately or publicly owned.
('66 Code, § 50.01) (Ord. passed 10-4-30) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall cut any drain, culvert or ditch within the city, or to obstruct the natural course of any drain or the natural flow of water, within the city.
('66 Code, § 52.03) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) The City Board of Public Works and Safety is authorized to refuse approval of any plans for a subdivision, either within or without the city which is to be served by the municipal water service unless the plans show on their face the location of a six-inch water main within the subdivision. The plans shall show the type of water main and method of construction, and the installation of T's in the main for the installation of fire plugs. The Board is further authorized to refuse the approval of any subdivision or the extension of water service to any subdivision if the plans and construction specifications do not fully meet good engineering practices.
(B) The Board shall inspect the installation of any water main to insure that it is properly installed in accordance with the best engineering practice and in conformity with the approval given by the Board, and if the construction does not comply fully, the Board is authorized to withhold water service until the construction meets the full requirements.
(C) The Board of Public Works and Safety is authorized to determine the type of construction to be approved and the regulations governing preparation of plans and construction and installation of water mains.
('66 Code, § 52.04) (Ord., passed 6-15-56)
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