(A) The CONSUMER, as referred to throughout these General Rules and Regulations, is defined as the property owner, inasmuch as the property owner is, according to law, responsible for payment of all bills and is owner of the necessary piping and connections of his or her premises.
(B) All water that passes through the meter installed in the service line that supplies the consumer shall be charged as wastewater and paid for by the consumer, whether actually used or consumed by the consumer or whether wasted or lost by leakage of consumer's piping or equipment. This does not apply to properly approved and installed non-sewered meters, which are billed for water usage only.
(C) The consumer shall be responsible for any tampering, interfering with or breaking of the seals of meters or other equipment of the village installed on the consumer's premises, and will be held liable for same, including any illegal diversion of water according to law.
(D) The consumer agrees that no one except the employees of the village shall be allowed to make any internal or external adjustments to any meter or any other piece of apparatus which is the property of the village. The consumer also agrees to notify the Utility immediately after or prior to any changes in the usage, piping or plumbing connected to a non-sewered meter. The non-sewered status of such meter (or any new installation) is strictly contingent on the village's approval.
(E) Only authorized employees of the village shall have the authority to turn the water service on or off at the curb valve and no other person shall be permitted to such water on or off without first having approval of the village.
(F) If a blockage occurs on the building sewer between the consumer's building and the sewer main, the property owner shall repair same. The village is only responsible for the main sewer line and the connection point to it or wye branch. If it is deemed the village's responsibility then the repair will be made in a reasonable time considering weather, traffic, workload, notification of utility protection services prior to excavation, scheduling of outside contractors, and the like. If, upon excavation, it is determined that the property owner's service line is blocked, broken or that an illegal connection exists, then the property owner must reimburse the village for time and equipment used to repair, identify, and/or correct the problem.
(G) The village shall not be responsible for any inconvenience or damages caused by items.
(H) No person shall turn, lift, remove, raise, or tamper with any cover or any manhole, basin, inlet or other appurtenance of any public sanitary sewer without written authorization from the village.
(I) No person, other than one employed by the village and while on duty, shall enter any public sanitary sewer or appurtenance thereof, without written authorization from the village.
(J) No person shall break or damage any public sanitary sewer or appurtenance or part thereof.
(Ord. 04-11-3, § 500.02, passed 6-7-05) Penalty, see § 52.999