(A) Backflow device; notice and installation. If, in the judgement of the Village Administrator, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Village Administrator will give notice to the water consumer to install such an approved device immediately. The water consumer shall, at his or her own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the Village Administrator and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Village Administrator.
(B) Cross-connections prohibited. No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the village may enter the supply or distributing system of the village, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Village Administrator and by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) Surveys and investigations. It shall be the duty of the Village Administrator to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties serviced by the public water supply where actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Village Administrator shall deem necessary.
(D) Right of entry. The Village Administrator or his or her duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the village for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Village Administrator any information which he or she may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Village Administrator, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this subchapter.
(E) Discontinuance of water service; restoration. The Village Administrator is authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this subchapter is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions shall have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(F) Illegal or unauthorized taps. The Village Administrator shall have the right to require a new tap, including payment of the then established tap charge, for any illegal taps which are discovered during the course of enforcement of this subchapter, or the Village Administrator may, at his or her election, charge a minimum usage charge for any additional taps which were unknown for water or sewage usage flowing through any such illegal or unauthorized taps. Only one such remedy or charge shall be elected by the Village Administrator. If the violating property owner fails to pay either the tap charge or the minimum usage charge for the duration of the illegal tap, then the Village Administrator shall have the right to remove any such illegal taps which are found as set forth in this subchapter.
(Ord. 723, passed 9-15-81) Penalty, see § 10.99