No person shall take water from or cause water to flow from any public or private fire hydrant within the Village, except for the purpose of extinguish fire, unless such person shall have first obtained a permit to so do from the Village Manager or unless such person is an employee or officer of the Village and is acting in the discharge of his duties as such. Such permit shall be issued upon application being made to the Village Manager or Designee and upon payment of the required fees.
Such application for permit shall state the particular fire hydrant or hydrants from which water is to be taken or permitted to flow, the time at which such use of water will commence and cease, the estimated period that said hydrant will be open and water flowing therefrom, the size of pipe or hose, if any, which will be connected to said fire hydrant or hydrants, the capacity of any tank into which water shall be poured and an estimate of the number of gallons of water that will be permitted to flow from said fire hydrant during the permit period.
The Village Manager shall fix the fee for the issuance of such permit, which fee shall be based on the estimated amount of water that will be permitted to flow from said fire hydrant or hydrants based on the rates provided for water service; provided however, that in the event said water is to be permitted to flow from said fire hydrant or hydrants to flush or test a water main or any extension thereof, the fee may be waived by the Village Manager. Village approved metering and/or backflow protection equipment must be installed by the permittee.
Said permit shall provide when said fire hydrant or hydrants may be opened and water taken or permitted to flow therefrom; provided however, that no such permit shall provide for the use of flowing water from any fire hydrant for the purpose of flushing a water main or any extension thereof without the approval and presence of the Village Utility Inspector.
No person to whom such permit is issued shall consent to the use of water permitted to flow from said fire hydrant by any other person, and any person to whom such permit is issued shall at all times use precaution to prevent any waste of water or damage, and upon completion of the purpose for which said water use was authorized or upon the expiration of the time specified in said permit, he shall be required to completely close said fire hydrant. (Ord. 283, 12-9-63)