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(a) The City will not accept ownership or maintenance responsibilities for any water or sanitary sewer lines constructed on private property unless such acceptance shall be based upon a recommendation of the Service-Safety Director.
(b) Upon receipt of a recommendation by the Service-Safety Director that a water or sanitary sewer line constructed upon private property be accepted for ownership and maintenance, Council shall consider the following factors in deciding whether to accept such line:
(1) The size of the line to be given to the City;
(2) The location and length of the line;
(3) The possible future need for other property owners to tap into the line;
(4) The possibility that the line may need to be extended in the future to serve other properties.
(5) The need that the line, including any appurtenances thereto, may require maintenance which can be more readily provided by the City.
(c) No water or sanitary sewer line shall be accepted for ownership or maintenance by this City unless it shall be constructed in accordance with City specifications, has been subject to appropriate inspection to see that it is actually built in accordance with those specifications and complies with all rules of the City, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and with respect to sanitary sewer lines, is in compliance with the contract for the disposal of sewage between this City and the City of Mansfield.
(d) The Service-Safety Director, Planning Commission and City Engineer are instructed to make all persons who propose to dedicate water or sanitary sewer lines to this City aware of the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)
(a) No person shall connect to any water line, tamper with or remove any meter or registering device placed by the City or insert a meter by-pass without the written permission of the safety/service director. If City personnel find that any by-pass has been inserted and there is evidence that the meter or registering device has been tampered with, water service to the unit may be terminated. The water shall not be turned on again until the consumer or owner of the premises pays for the estimated quantity of water which has been used and not registered, and, in addition thereto, the standard fee for turning off and the standard fee for turning on such water. Payment of the fees will not in any way relieve any person from criminal prosecution. Meters damaged by abuse, misuse, accident or any act of carelessness shall be repaired or replaced at the expense of the customer.
(b) No person shall operate, open or otherwise tamper with any valve, corporation stop, curb stop, or other device; nor in any way take water for private use unlawfully or without first having secured written permission from the safety/service director and its designated employees.
(c) No person shall tamper with, damage or disturb any fire hydrant, or any part thereof, nor take any water from such hydrant under any circumstances, without written authorization from the safety/service director. In case any damage is done to a fire hydrant by any person, s/he shall, upon demand of the Water Department, pay for such damages and all costs and expenses incurred by reason thereof.
(d) Any person who attempts to or does connect property to a water line as defined herein or a connection with such line, without written authorization from the safety/service director required herein, is hereby determined to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the first violation. For the second violation, a fine of one-thousand dollars ($1000.00) and loss of working permits for one year. For the third violation, an indefinite loss of working permits shall, upon conviction be imposed.
(e) Each 24-hr. period a connection in violation of this section remains connected to a water line, or a connection to such a line, shall be deemed a separate violation of this section and shall be punished in subsection (d) hereof.
(Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)
(a) No person, partnership, corporation or representative thereof shall tap any water line within the City unless such water line is a part of the water distribution system of the City or unless the City has heretofore authorized the construction of such water line pursuant to Section 905.10 or unless first receiving permission from Council or unless permission from Council is first obtained.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon prosecution shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first offense and for a second offense shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(c) All costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of the water service shall be paid by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the water service.
(d) A separate and independent water service shall be provided for every metered user and for every fire service line. A single tap may be split for duplex residences under the discretion of the Safety/Service Director. A single tap or connection may be made on the water main for both domestic and fire service, however, the service lines must be separated, and provisions made for isolation with valves prior to entering private property. Where a property owner seeks to modify existing water service lines and the existing water services do not comply with the provision for separate and independent water services for every metered user as required in this section, the property owner shall establish separate and independent water service lines as described in the City's water system rules and regulations.
(e) The applicant for the water service permit shall notify the Water Superintendent when the water service is ready for inspection and connection to the water main. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the water superintendent or his representative.
(f) All excavations for water line installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City.
(g) All residential shutoff curb boxes will be placed outside the driveway boundaries of the property where a water line is being installed. If repairs are made to a service line where the valve box is located in a driveway, it will be moved outside of the driveway at the time of repair at the expense of the owner.
(Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)
(a) If in the opinion of the Seryice-Safety Director or Water Department Superintendent and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Ontario Water Department including the standards of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency incorporated therein dealing with the backflow of contaminants, and approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Service-Safety Director will give notice to the water consumer to install such an approved device immediately. The water consumer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the Service-Safety Director and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Service-Safety Director.
(b) 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 this City may enter the supply or distributing system of this City unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Service-Safety Director and by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) It shall be the duty of the Service-Safety Director to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served 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 Service-Safety Director shall deem necessary.
(d) The Service-Safety Director, Water Department Superintendent or a duly authorized representative of either shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system of this City 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 Service-Safety Director or Water Department Superintendent information which he 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 either of these officials, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(e) The Service-Safety Director is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after 90 days past due from the date set forth by the City of Ontario and/or its authorized representatives, to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section 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 Section. (Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)
(EDITOR"S NOTE: Pursuant to Resolution 95-4 passed February 16, 1995 Council declared it to be the policy of Council not to extend water or sanitary sewer service nor construct water or sanitary sewer lines outside of the corporate limits of the City.
(a) All taps into City water lines shall be made only by City employees or by a private contractor hired by the City.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the City to extend any existing water line in order to serve any property.
(c) The size of the tap to be installed shall be determined by the property owner and specified in the application, but in no event smaller than one inch (1"). The City shall not be responsible for the inadequacy of the service provided because of the size of the tap selected.
(Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)
(a) The installation of any private potable water supply well at a property within the corporate limits of the City, where a municipal water main line is available within 100 feet of the property line, is prohibited as set forth herein. Also, persons or entities who have connected into the City Municipal Water System are prohibited from installing potable water supply wells.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Potable water - any water that is used for drinking, showering, bathing or cooking.
(2) City - property located within the corporation limits of the City of Ontario.
(c) Water Supplies. All private water systems supplied by private potable water supply wells that are in existence prior to the date of this ordinance, and which are located within the City, or which provide potable water to properties within the City, are exempt from the requirements of this ordinance.
(d) Duty or Standard: Notice, Order.
(1) All persons and entities shall comply and abide by this ordinance within 120 days of issuance of this ordinance.
(2) Any person or entity that violates or fails to comply with this ordinance or provisions of this ordinance shall be given written notice of violation or the failure to comply and an order to correct within a specified time period.
(3) All new wells must be pre-approved and inspected by the City of Ontario in accordance with current backflow prevention and well head protection policy.
(e) Penalty. Any person or entity that installs or constructs a potable water supply well within the City or who is connected to the City water supply and fails or refuses to comply with this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each and every day the violation or noncompliance is found to exist shall be a separate offense.
(Ord. 22-36. Passed 7-13-22.)
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is now addressed in Section 921.035.)
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