921.01 Opening fire hydrant; equipment, permit, deposit and refund.
921.02 Water use emergency.
921.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Compulsory water connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.06, 943.23
Water pollutant control - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 6111
Water supply - see OAC Ch. 4101:2-51-37
Backflow - see OAC Ch. 4101:2-51-38
Tampering - see GEN. OFF. 545.19
(a) No person shall open or connect with a fire hydrant for the purpose of obtaining water therefrom, without first obtaining a permit to make such opening or connection from the Service Director.
(b) Equipment and wrenches furnished by the City shall be used in making such opening or connection and shall be returned promptly to the City.
(c) Upon obtaining a permit to open or connect to a fire hydrant, the applicant for such permit shall deposit with the Service Director the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) which deposit shall assure payment to the City in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for each day applicant shall open or connect to a fire hydrant.
(d) Any opening or connection shall not continue for a period longer than thirty days unless the applicant first obtains an extension of the then current permit from the Service Director. Upon obtaining an extension the applicant shall pay in full all charges at a rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day which are then due. Applicant shall further pay an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) deposit which shall be used to pay the aforesaid daily rate for the extension period.
(e) When the opening to a fire hydrant is closed or the connection is discontinued within the permit period and the applicant has an unused balance with respect to the deposit already paid to the City, then the City shall return to the applicant the aforesaid balance of applicant's deposit.
(Ord. 78-50. Passed 5-16-78.)
(a) Upon notice from the City of Cleveland, Division of Water and Heat of the Department of Public Utilities, that a shortage of water supply exists which threatens the public health and safety and that the shortage makes it necessary to curtail water use within all or any part of the City, the Mayor shall proclaim a water use emergency throughout all or any part of the City.
(b) A water use emergency proclamation shall specify:
(1) The geographic area affected by the water use emergency;
(2) The length of time the emergency shall be in effect, which time shall not exceed seven days; and
(3) The degree of water use curtailment.
(c) During a water use emergency, the Mayor may order a water use curtailment by prohibiting unnecessary use or consumption of water during all or specified hours of the day and/or may order that specified premises curtail necessary use or consumption of water on specified days only as the Mayor shall determine to be necessary.
(d) A proclamation of water use emergency shall become effective at the time of issuance by the Mayor. Notice thereof shall be given to a newspaper of general circulation in the City and shall be reported to a local radio and television station for broadcast.
(e) As used in this section, "unnecessary use or consumption" means the use or consumption of water for purposes other than personal health, safety, sanitation and bodily consumption. "Unnecessary use or consumption" of water includes, but is not limited to, sprinkling or watering lawns, other land irrigation, the washing of automobiles, houses or other structures and the use of water for recreational purposes such as the maintenance of swimming pools. The use of water for private construction such as the mixing and curing of concrete, the puddling of backfill in excavations, the moistening of masonry walls preparatory to pointing or sealing, and other similar uses is not an unnecessary use or consumption of water. The use of water to scrub and rinse areas such as hard-surfaced drives, garage floors, patios and similar uses where necessary for the purpose of sanitation and protection of health is not an unnecessary use and consumption of water.
(f) No person or entity shall during a water use emergency use water in violation of the terms and conditions of the Mayor's water use emergency proclamation. (Ord. 83-50. Passed 6-7-83.)
(a) Whoever violates any provision of Section 921.01 is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Any such violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued.
(b) Whoever violates Section 921.02 is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree for each subsequent offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(Ord. 83-50. Passed 6-7-83.)