(A) The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, education, recreation or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located, or may in the future be located, or within 1,320 feet of the property line there is located, a municipal water line are hereby required, at their expense, to connect their facility with the proper municipal water line (in accordance with all municipal requirements) and pay all municipal fees and use charges therefor, within 120 days after the date of official municipal notice to do so.
(B) It shall be hereinafter unlawful for any person to maintain or establish a private water well to serve a facility, unless he or she shall first be connected to the municipal water system and pay the monthly water fees and charges; provided, he or she meets all the requirements for mandatory hook-up established in division (A) above.
(C) No unauthorized person shall make any connections with any municipal water line without first having made application therefor to the City Clerk and the Public Works Authority, and without first having paid the established fee.
(D) (1) Where a municipal water line does not lie within 1,320 feet of the property line, or is not scheduled to be placed within 1,320 feet of the property line in the near future (one to five years), an individual may utilize or establish a private water well without connection to the municipal water system and, therefore, without payment of the municipal water system fees and charges.
(2) A water well permit must be obtained from the office of the City Clerk. The permit shall be issued only for wells described hereinabove, or for non-residential or non-commercial uses only. A permit fee of $100 shall be charged.
(E) The requirements of this section shall not apply to persons currently being served directly by an existing rural water district.
(2002 Code, § 52.02) Penalty, see § 10.99