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WATER SYSTEM REGULATIONS
957.01 DEFINITIONS.
   (a)   "Potable water" means water which does not contain contamination, objectionable pollution or infection and is considered satisfactory for domestic consumption.
   (b)   "Water main" means the water pipe located in a street or easement and from which the domestic water supply is delivered to the service pipe leading to the property.
   (c)   "Service pipe" means the water pipe extending from the curb stop to the building served.
   (d)   "Water system" is a comprehensive term which includes facilities for supplying, treating, pumping and distributing potable water.
   (e)   "Bookkeeping Clerk" means the person or agent duly appointed to conduct the business office of the water system.
   (f)   "Superintendent" means the person or agent of the water system duly appointed to supervise the operation, maintenance, inspection and repair of the system.
   (g)   "Engineer" means the registered professional engineer licensed to practice in the State of Ohio, duly appointed by Council.
   (h)   "Person" means any individual, firm, company, corporation or group.
   (i)   "Public Service Director" means the Director of Public Service of the City.
   (j)   "Owner" means any person, group of persons, corporation, partnership or firm which holds title to a parcel or lot adjacent to the City water system or desires to purchase water from the City.
   (k)   "Fixture" or "appurtenance" means any valve, valve box, hydrant, meter, curb or corporation stop, curb box, tank, building, electric power pole or line, electric service mast or any other physical article owned or operated by or essential to the operation of the water system.
957.02 WATER SERVICE BUILDER'S LICENSE.
   Any person desiring to install service pipes or tap the mains on any part of the water system shall make application to the Director of Public Service for a water service builder's license. Application for the license shall be furnished by the Director and shall be executed by the applicant and submitted together with evidence of prior experience, a performance bond on an approved company in the amount of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000), a certificate of bodily injury liability and property damage insurance, minimum amount of bodily injury of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each occurrence, aggregate of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and a minimum amount of property damage of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each occurrence, aggregate of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and an application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The license shall be issued annually terminating December 31 of each year and shall not be transferable. The licensee shall carry the license and shall exhibit the same to any authorized agent of the Municipality on demand. Poor workmanship or violation of any of the regulations set forth hereinafter shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the license by the Director. No service pipe shall be installed by any person without a license.
   A Class "A" license will be issued for contractors desiring and qualified to tap water mains as well as install service pipe. A Class "B" license will be issued to persons desiring and qualified to install service pipe only. The Director shall be sole judge of the qualifications of the applicants.
(Ord. 42-78. Passed 3-27-78.)
957.03 METER TO BE UNOBSTRUCTED FOR READING.
   (a)   It shall be the owner's responsibility to keep the location of the meter clear of the obstructions to permit the reading of the meter. Nothing shall be placed, built or stored over or around the meter setting which will interfere with the accessibility of the meter for reading or replacement. A change of the location of the meter shall be subject to the approval of the City and the property owner shall pay the cost and expense of moving the meter. No person, other than a City employee or authorized representative, shall connect, disconnect or in any manner tamper with, adjust or service any water meter.
   (b)   No person shall cover up or interfere.-with any curb box, main water valve box, hydrant valve box, water meter, hydrant or manhole.
(Ord. 101-89. Passed 9-11-89.)
957.04 SERVICE PIPES.
   A service pipe shall be installed for each dwelling or commercial enterprise adjacent to the water system. Each dwelling or commercial occupancy shall have a separate connection to the system, regardless of whether or not the dwelling or commercial occupancies are owned by one person. Multiple dwellings shall have separate connections for each dwelling unit except where this would create a manifest hardship, in which case the Public Service Director may grant special permission to the owner to use a single connection. Commercial establishments shall have separate connections to the system regardless of whether or not these occupy a single structure. No permit shall be issued which contemplates the construction or installation of any multiple use connections.
957.05 INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
   (a)   After the service pipe permit has been issued to the owner, the owner shall notify the Superintendent when the proposed connection is to be installed. Such notification shall not be valid unless made at least four hours prior to completion of the installation of the connection. The Superintendent shall inspect the connection and direct the owner or his agent to make such corrections, alterations or repairs as may be necessary. The connection installed shall not be backfilled until the Superintendent has indicated that the connection is properly installed. The owner shall receive from the Superintendent written acknowledgement of inspection after the connection is properly installed.
   (b)   It shall be the responsibility of the owner to properly install the connection, and inspection shall not in any way relieve the owner of maintaining, operating and repairing the connection if and/or when required, nor shall the Public Service Director be liable for any damages arising from the installation or use of the connection.
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