(a) For all fire protection service installations made after the effective date of this section requiring a separate fire service line, the consumer shall install at his expense, subject to the inspection and approval of the Administrator, all of the piping system necessary to extend from the consumer’s system and connect to the existing Municipal water main.
(b) All separate fire service lines shall have installed, before service is established, an approved meter installation. Such meter and the installation shall meet the specifications and approval of the Administrator and the entire installation shall be at the expense of the consumer. The applicable rates as herein noted shall be paid for metered fire service lines.
(c) The Village reserves the right to order the installation of a meter on an existing fire protection line upon violation of applicable ordinances and the rules and regulations of the Administrator.
(d) No charge except the minimum charge shall be made for any measured water flow resulting from the use of water for fire fighting purposes when such fire has been reported to the Fire Department serving the area involved. (Ord. 3-81. Passed 2-2-81.)
(e) Where an unmetered tap for a fire service line is installed, the following monthly charges shall be paid in lieu of the minimum charges per month prescribed in the current Municipal ordinances that include the water rates and charges:
Size of Fire Service Tap (inches) | Monthly Rate |
4 | $250.00 |
6 | 280.00 |
8 | 305.00 |
10 | 405.00 |
Said rates shall be effective July 1, 2000.
(Ord. 39-00. Passed 6-19-00.)
(f) No person shall break a seal or withdraw water from any unmetered fire protection system, except in the case of fire, without prior approval of the Superintendent of the Division of Water.
(g) When a property is served with both a fire protection service and water service, the amount to be paid for the combined service shall be the charge computed by using the applicable commodity rate or the minimum fire protection charge, whichever is larger.
(h) When a property is served with one or more fire protection services and one or more water services, the owner or contract holder may notify the Administrator at the time of application for service, or as of January 1 of each year, which commodity service shall be combined with which of such fire protection services for billing purposes. In the event no such notice is received, the Administrator shall make such determination.
(i) All outlets, except sprinkler heads, on unmetered fire protection service shall be sealed under the supervision of the Administrator. No person shall break a seal or withdraw water from any unmetered fire protection system, except in the case of fire, without prior approval of the Superintendent of the Division of Water. (Ord. 3-81. Passed 2-2-81.)