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a. It shall be unlawful for any person other than an employee of the department of environmental protection, or the fire department to open, use, operate, or tamper with a fire hydrant or high pressure hydrant, in the city, or a valve in the water supply system of the city, without a permit in writing from the commissioner of environmental protection. It shall also be unlawful to leave such a hydrant open for a longer period than shall be limited in the permit, or use water for other purposes than shall have been authorized by such commissioner.
b. The commissioner may grant a permit to a person, other than an employee of the department of environmental protection or of the fire department, to open, use or operate a fire hydrant in the city, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the commissioner and upon payment by such permittee of a fee of five dollars for each day for which such permit is granted. A permittee shall be required, at the time of making application for such permit, to pay to the department a sum sufficient to cover the total fee for the entire period for which such permit is granted. If the work for which such permit is granted is completed on a date prior to the termination date of such permit, the permittee shall be entitled to a refund of the fee paid for each day subsequent to such completion date. The commissioner may grant a permit pursuant to this section to any agency or to a non-profit organization for the purpose of providing street showers for children, without payment of the fee required by this subdivision.
c. The commissioner shall have the power, subject to the approval of the board of estimate, to increase the amount of the fee prescribed by subdivision b hereof, to an amount sufficient to cover the cost to the city of the supervision and inspection of hydrants in connection with the granting of permits under the provisions of this section.
d. Every permittee shall open, use or operate such hydrant in accordance with such rules and regulations and such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the commissioner for the purpose of protecting and maintaining the hydrant in a continuously accessible and usable condition. A permit granted pursuant to this section may be revoked by the commissioner for the failure by the permittee to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the permit or any applicable provision of law.
e. The opening, use or operation of a fire hydrant, under a permit issued pursuant to this section, shall be subject to inspection by an employee or employees of the department of environmental protection, duly appointed in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law, and assigned to such duties in accordance with the provisions of section eleven hundred three of the charter. The compensation of any such employee or employees shall be paid by the city in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred twenty-three of the charter. No permittee shall be required to pay the compensation of any employee, or any part thereof, as a condition to the granting of a permit for the opening, use or operation of a fire hydrant.
a. No later than June 1, 2019, the department of environmental protection shall make information about known lead water service lines available on the city's website in the form of an online interactive map, pursuant to section 23-803. The department of environmental protection, or individuals authorized by such department, shall make best efforts to identify all lead water service lines, including privately owned service lines, by consulting relevant city or public records or by any other relevant means.
b. Such online interactive map shall:
1. Be searchable by address or borough, block and lot number;
2. Identify, to the best of the department of environmental protection's ability, through a color scheme or other identification method, lead water service lines, and, if the composition is unknown, mark it as such until such department can determine its composition;
3. Indicate which lead water service lines are owned by the city; and
4. Provide relevant information to users, including information about lead contamination prevention, lead water test kits and any other relevant resources.
c. If a property is serviced by a lead water service line, the department of environmental protection shall:
1. If applicable, provide information to relevant property owners about the process and permissions required in making a connection to a pipe for the purposes of replacing lead water service lines; and
2. Replace any known lead water service lines that are owned by the city as soon as practicable but no later than December 31, 2025.
d. No later than June 1, 2019 and every June 1 thereafter, the department of environmental protection shall provide to the council and the mayor an annual report containing information on the following:
1. Locations of all known lead water service lines;
2. Efforts underway to replace lead water supply mains and service lines; and
3. The status of public outreach and education efforts on the prevention of lead contamination.
e. The department of environmental protection may include with any such report a recommendation to the mayor and the council about whether continued reporting on such topic is necessary and appropriate.
(L.L. 2019/065, 4/14/2019, eff. 4/14/2019)
It shall be unlawful to demolish any building in the city without first having obtained a permit from the department of environmental protection, providing for the withdrawal of existing taps supplying the premises, in the manner specified in the permit.
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