(A) Discontinuance of service. The city may discontinue service to any water consumer without notice for necessary repairs or, upon notice as provided in § 51.05(E), for nonpayment of charges, or for violation of rules and regulations affecting utility service.
(B) Supply from one service. No more than 1 house or building shall be supplied from one service connection except by special permission of the City Council. Whenever 2 or more parties are supplied from 1 pipe connecting with a service main, each building or part of building separately supplied shall have a separate stop box and a separate meter.
(C) Turning on water, tapping mains. No person except an authorized city employee shall turn on any water supply at the stop box or tap any distributing main or pipe of the water supply system or insert a stop cock or other appurtenance therein without city approval.
(D) Repair of leaks.
(1) The consumer or owner shall be responsible for maintaining the service line from the curb stop box into the building served.
(2) If the owner fails to repair any leak in such service line within 24 hours after notice by the city, the city may turn the water off.
(3) The water shall not then be turned on again until the sum in the amount duly established by the City Council from time to time has been paid to the city.
(4) When the waste of water is great or damage is likely to result from the leak, the city shall turn the water off immediately upon the giving of notice if repair is not commenced immediately.
(5) If the consumer or owner does not immediately commence to repair the leak, the city may repair the leak and the cost will be paid by the owner in accordance with the provisions of § 92.04.
(E) Use of fire hydrants. No person other than an authorized city employee shall operate a fire hydrant or interfere in any way with the city water system.
(F) Private water supply.
(1) No water pipe of the city water supply system shall be connected with any pump, well, or tank that is connected with any other source of water supply.
(2) When any such connection is found, the City Administrator shall notify the owner to sever the connection and if this is not done immediately, the city shall turn off the water supply forthwith.
(3) Before any new connection to the city system is permitted, the Department shall ascertain that no cross connection will exist when the new connection is made.
(G) Restricted hours.
(1) Whenever the City Council determines that a shortage of water supply threatens the city, it may limit the times and hours during which city water may be used for sprinkling, irrigation, car washing, air conditioning, or other specified uses.
(2) As per the City of Mapleton's Water Emergency and Conservation Plan no person shall use or permit water to be used in violation of the emergency plan and any customer who does so shall be charged a fee in the amount duly established by the City Council from time to time for each day violation and the charge shall be added to the customer's next water bill.
(3) If the emergency requires immediate compliance with terms of the emergency plan, the City Council may provide for the delivery of a copy of the emergency plan to the premises of each customer, and any customer who has received such notice and thereafter uses or permits water to be used in violation of the emergency plan shall be subject to the charge provided above.
(4) Continued violation shall be cause for discontinuance of water service.
(H) Permitting use by others.
(1) No person shall permit city water to be used for any purpose except upon the consumer's own premises.
(2) Obtaining water from a hydrant for construction purposes shall not be allowed.
(I) Reconnect fee. If service is discontinued at the request of the owner or consumer, there shall be a fee in the amount duly established by the City Council from time to time for reconnecting the service.
(Ord. passed 8-1-2006; Am. Ord. passed 11-5-2013) Penalty, see §
10.99