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(A) If, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, Chapter 225, Act 320, §§ 1 et seq., or in the judgment of the city, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the city will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the State Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of the approved devices as required by the State Plumbing Code and local regulations.
(B) No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the city enters the supply or distribution system of the municipality, unless the private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of that supply shall have been approved by the city and the State Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the city to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. These surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every 2 years, or as often as the city shall deem necessary. Records of these surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least 5 years.
(D) The approved cross-connection control device inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the city or its authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the city any information which it may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on that property. The refusal of this information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the city, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(E) The City Clerk of this city is hereby 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 section is known to exist, and to take other precautionary measures as he or she may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to the property shall not be restored until those conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section, and until a reconnection fee is paid to the city. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the city is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such an action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.
(F) The consumer responsible for backsiphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained, or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of cleanup of the potable water supply system.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) All water services used or laid on city property shall be of K copper construction.
(B) At no time will plastic or galvanized pipe be used regardless of who is laying the pipe.
(1969 Code, § 27-128) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
No water shall be turned on for service in any premises in which the plumbing does not comply with the ordinances of the city and state plumbing code, provided that water may be turned on for construction work in unfinished buildings, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(1969 Code, § 27-123) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998; Am. Ord. 2004-60, passed 10-25-2004) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) Excavations for installing service pipes and laterals or repairing the same shall be made in compliance with state plumbing code and with the ordinance or code provisions relating to making excavations in streets; provided that it shall be unlawful to place any service pipe in the same excavation with, or directly over, any drainpipe or sewer lateral.
(B) Any connections made to the city water system from the stop box to the house, structure, factory, industrial or commercial establishment, or any other building or structure, shall require the boring of any city street or city sidewalk, unless the City Water Department gives written permission for this city street or city sidewalk to be cut. If the city street or city sidewalk are cut with the Water Department's written permission, then repairs to that street or sidewalk shall be made in accordance with the standards as set by the City Street Department.
(1969 Code, § 27-131) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998; Am. Ord. 2004-60, passed 10-25-2004; Am. Ord. 2005-30, passed 7-25-2005) Penalty, see § 51.999
Shut-off boxes or service boxes shall be placed on every service pipe, and shall be located between the curb line and the sidewalk line where this is practicable. These boxes shall be so located that they are easily accessible and shall be protected from frost.
(1969 Code, § 27-130) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
No owner or plumber shall be permitted to connect water pipes into any 2 distinct premises or tenements unless separate and distinct stop-cocks shall be placed on the outside of each such premises along the sidewalk opposite the same, nor shall any pipe be allowed to cross lots of buildings to adjoining premises. Duplex flats, double houses, and apartment houses shall be considered as 1 premises. A premises shall be construed to cover all buildings and divisions under 1 common roof, owned by 1 party, who will be charged for all services to the premises.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
During construction of any building and before any water is installed, the contractor constructing the building may be permitted to use the city water supply by making application therefor and paying the flat fee prescribed by the City Council.
(1969 Code, § 27-115)
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