(a) Committing nuisance on water works grounds. No person shall throw objects into or recover objects from any reservoirs, or deposit filth or trespass, or commit a nuisance of any kind upon grounds set apart for the use of the city water works.
(b) Hunting on water works grounds prohibited. No person shall hunt or shoot or otherwise kill any bird or animal on any of the grounds or mutilate or in any other way injure any tree or shrub upon the grounds or upon any property set apart for the use of the city water works, or in any way injure any property on the grounds. This shall not apply to extermination of harmful animals or the removal of trees or shrubs by the city or authorized contractors.
(c) Wasting water. No unauthorized person shall leave open any fire hydrant or unmetered faucet connected with the city water works so as to allow water to flow from the same when the water is not being used.
(d) Fixed pressure not guaranteed. The Department does not guarantee consumers full volume, fixed pressure or an effective, continuous supply of water, the matters being subject to the varying conditions which may affect the operation and maintenance of the mains, services, pumping stations, reservoirs, and other parts of the city water works system.
(e) Right of entry for inspection. Authorized employees of the Department shall have the right at any reasonable time to enter the premises for the purpose of inspecting any water service branch or fire protection service and any or all piping or equipment connected thereto.
(f) Discharge of nonacceptable industrial wastes prohibited. The discharge of nonacceptable industrial wastes, as hereinafter defined, into the system, whether directly or indirectly, is hereby prohibited. Where investigation reveals the presence in the system of nonacceptable industrial wastes emanating from any lot, land, building or premises, located within or without the corporate limits of the city, the owner, lessor, renter or occupant of the lot, land, building or premises, shall be required to treat, neutralize or in other ways prepare the noxious substance therein, to the satisfaction of Council.
(g) Sanitary sewage and industrial wastes defined. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms SANITARY SEWAGE, ACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES and NONACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES shall be defined as follows.
(1) ACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid organic waste materials not containing toxic or explosive elements or other substances injurious to sewers or sewage treatment processes, which result from any commercial, manufacturing or industrial operation or process.
(2) NONACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes in which are incorporated minerals, oil, acid, toxic metallic or chemical substances, resulting from any commercial, manufacturing or industrial operation or process.
(3) SANITARY SEWAGE. The waste from water closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, bath tubs, showers, household laundries, cellar floor drains, bars, soda fountains, cuspidors, refrigerator drips and drinking fountains, and other water-borne waste not constituting an industrial waste.
(h) Turn off and turn on charges. There shall be no charge when the city is requested to turn off the water service at the curb box or removing the water meter. There shall be no water charge during the period water service is discontinued. A fee shall be charged when the city is requested to restore services. The fees shall be as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the fee shall be as set by ordinance from time to time.
(Ord. 90-61, passed 5-14-1990)
(i) Water haulers. The city reserves the right to limit or discontinue sale of water to water haulers when it is determined not to be in the best interests of the city. The City Manager has the authority to establish reasonable limitations on the bulk sale of water. The City Manager may grant authority to water haulers who are delivering water to residents and businesses within the city while excluding water haulers who are delivering the water to users outside the city. Council or City Manager approval is required before a private water tap is provided to a water hauler.
(Ord. 90-130, passed 10-22-1990)
(j) Sewer charges may be adjusted. The owner of residential property and manufacturing, business and commercial establishments, who use large quantities of water which is not all discharged into the sewer system, may file application for consideration of adjustment of their sewer billing with the Public Utilities Director who shall determine a fair and equitable adjustment of the billing.
(k) Maintenance from valve into premises. The portion of a water branch from the curb valve into the meter, shall be maintained in proper condition by the owner. Repairs shall be promptly made. Failure to repair a leak or leaks within reasonable time shall be sufficient cause to justify the Department in discontinuing the service. When service has been discontinued for failure to repair leaks, it will not be restored until the Department has been notified and is satisfied, after inspection that repairs have been properly completed.
(l) Water branches not to be laid in sewer trenches. No water service branch shall at any time be laid in the same trench with a sewer connection. In extreme cases, shelving will be permitted, in which cases, the shelf shall be 18 inches wide and the water service pipe so staked as to prevent its slipping into the sewer trench.
(m) Inspection of meters.
(1) When requested by an owner or his or her agent, the city water works will remove, test and reinstall a meter. If, upon testing, the meter is found to be registering more water than actually is passing through it, and the difference is in excess of the tolerance permitted by the American Water Works Association Standards, no charge shall be made. Otherwise, the owner or his or her agent shall pay a service charge as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the charge shall be as set by ordinance from time to time.
(2) If the city water works, on its own initiative, removes a meter and checks it or replaces it with a new meter, there is no charge.
(n) Maintenance and repair; shut off or service of fire hydrants.
(1) The Public Utilities Director is the person responsible for maintenance and repairs of fire hydrants and, as such, is the only one with the authority to shut off and turn on service to any fire hydrant. The only exception to the authority to turn on and shut off fire hydrants is the authority of the Fire Chief to authorize turning on or off service or ordering the Water Department to divert water to more effectively fight a fire.
(2) Whenever it becomes necessary to shut off service to any fire hydrant or whenever service to any fire hydrant is turned back on after having been shut off, the person ordering the action shall notify the City Administration and Fire Company as soon as possible, but not later than 12 hours after the act. Failure to report the fact to the persons mentioned within the 12-hour limit may be considered a neglect of duty on the part of that person and thereby may subject him or her to disciplinary action, including dismissal.
(3) No person, other than the following shall or by his or her agent or employees cause to make use of a fire hydrant or shut off or turn on service to a fire hydrant:
A. A city employee within the scope of his or her employment with the city;
B. The Fire Chief or his or her authorized designee in the exercise of his or her duties for the Fire Company; or
C. A licensee during the term and at the location of the hydrant for which his or her license has been issued.
(Ord. 90-61, passed 5-14-1990)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01