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(A) Service failure. All waterworks service supplied by the waterworks system shall be upon the express condition that the city shall not be liable nor shall any claim be made against it for damages or injury caused by reason of the breaking of any main, branches, service pipes, apparatus, or appurtenances connected with the system or any part or portion thereof, or for any interruption of the supply by reason of the breakage of machinery, or by reason of stoppage, alterations, extensions, or renewals.
(1969 Code, § 27-111)
(B) Service interruption. The city reserves the right to shut off water at any time in the mains for the purpose of repairing, cleaning, making connections with or extensions to same, or for the concentrating of water in any part of the city in case of fire, and for restricting the use of water in case of deficiency in supply, including the suspension of the use of water for sprinkling lawns or gardens. No claim shall be made against the city by reason of the breaking of any service pipe or service cock, or damage arising from shutting off of water for repairing, laying, or relaying mains, hydrants, or other connections, or repairing any part of the water system, or from failure of the water supply, or by increasing the water pressure at any time, or from concentrated or restricted use of water as above.
(1969 Code, § 27-116) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998)
It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the City Council to tamper with, alter, or damage any part of the city waterworks or supply system, or any meter.
(1969 Code, § 27-112) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998; Am. Ord. 2004-60, passed 10-25-2004) Penalty, see § 51.999
The city and its employees and the State Environmental Protection Agency shall have ready access at all reasonable times to the premises, places, or buildings where water service is supplied for the purpose of inspecting, examining, and testing the consumption, use, and flow of water; and it shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, prevent, or obstruct the city or its duly authorized agent or the State Environmental Protection Agency in its duties hereunder. Every user of the system shall take the same upon the conditions prescribed in this section.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) The City Water Department employees and other duly authorized employees of the city and the State Environmental Protection Agency, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The city or its representative shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewer or waterway or facilities for waste treatment.
(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to above in division (A) of this section, the City Water Department or duly authorized employees of the city and the State Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees, and the city shall indemnify the company against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain conditions.
(C) The City Water Department and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the waterworks lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
Any person found to be violating any provision of §§ 51.015 et seq., 51.040 et seq., or 51.060 et seq., except § 51.061, shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in the notice, permanently cease all violations.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the city by reason of that violation.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
The owner of all residential or commercial properties that are located outside the city limits and used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes that request to be served by the city’s public water system must annex to the city before water service will be provided. If the property is ineligible to annex, then the property owner must sign an agreement that they will annex to the city. The annexation is to be finalized when the property becomes eligible for annexation. However, the city shall not be required to extend water to the subject property if water is not already available.
(1969 Code. § 27-117)
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