(A) Discontinuance of service. The city may discontinue service to any water consumer without notice for necessary repairs or, upon notice as provided in § 51.05(D), for nonpayment of charges, or for violation of rules and regulations affecting utility service.
(B) Supply from one service. No more than one house or building shall be supplied from one service connection except by special permission of the Council. Whenever two or more parties are supplied from one pipe connecting with a service main, each building or part of building separately supplied shall have a separate stop box and a separate meter.
(C) Turning on water, tapping mains. No person except a licensed plumber or an authorized city employee shall turn on any water supply at the stop box or tap any distributing main or pipe of the water supply system or insert a stop cock or other appurtenance therein without a city permit.
(D) Repair of leaks. The consumer or owner shall be responsible for maintaining the service pipe from the curb box into the building service. If he or she fails to repair any leak in such service pipe within 24 hours after notice by the city, the city may turn the water off. When the waste of water is great or damage is likely to result from the leak, the city shall turn the water off immediately upon the giving of notice if repair is not commenced immediately. The City Administrator-Treasurer may work a payment schedule at this discretion.
(E) Use of fire hydrants. No person other than an authorized city employee shall operate a fire hydrant or interfere in any way with the city water system without first obtaining authority to do so from the City Administrator-Treasurer.
(F) Private water supply. No water pipe of the city water supply system shall be connected with any pump, well or tank that is connected with any other source of water supply. When any such connection if found, the City Administrator-Treasurer shall notify the owner to sever the connection and if this is not done immediately, the city shall turn off the water supply forthwith. Before any new connection to the city system is permitted, the Department shall ascertain that no cross connection will exist when the new connection is made.
(G) Restricted hours. Whenever the Council determines that a shortage of water supply threatens the city, it may, by resolution, limit the times and hours during which city water may be used for sprinkling, irrigation, car washing, air conditioning or other specified uses. After publication of the resolution or two days after the mailing of the resolution to each customer, no person shall use or permit water to be used in violation of the resolution and any customer who does so shall be charged $100 for each day of violation and the charge shall be added to his or her next water bill. If the emergency requires immediate compliance with terms of the resolution, the Council may provide for the delivery of a copy of the resolution to the premises of each customer, and any customer who has received such notice and thereafter uses or permits water to be used in violation of the resolution shall be subject to the charge provided above. Continued violation shall be cause for discontinuance of water service.
(H) Permitting use by others. No person shall permit city water to be used for any purpose except upon his or her own premises except in any emergency and then only if written permission is first obtained from the City Administrator-Treasurer. Anyone wishing to obtain water from a hydrant for construction purposes shall make application to the City Administrator-Treasurer’s office for such services.
(2009 Code, § 402.01) Penalty, see § 52.99