(A) When any person, firm, or corporation outside the village limits desires to receive a water supply from the water mains, they shall make application to the Director of Public Works in substantially the following form:
APPLICATION TO THE VILLAGE OF ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS
FOR
WATER SERVICE OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE LIMITS
The undersigned, hereinafter called the applicant, hereby applies to the Village of Romeoville, Illinois, for water service to the following described place or places outside the village limits, and for permission to make connection to the water system of the village for that purpose. In suppport of such application the applicant represents:
(1) The street address or location of the property to be served is which is legally described as .
(2) Size of service pipe connection is .
(3) Estimated volume of water to be used per annum is gallons.
(4) Character of property, residential, commercial, industrial (strike out inapplicable.)
(5) Number and character of independent building to be served:
(6) Other information or remarks .
The applicant further states that he has read and is familiar with the provisions of the ordinance entitled and known as the "Romeoville Water Ordinance," and particularly those provisions thereof relating to the furnishing of water to users outside the village limits, and agrees that if this application is approved and the water connection made, he will abide by and be governed by the provisions of the ordinance and all amendments which may hereafter be made thereto, and by all other laws and regulations thereto appertaining now or hereafter in force.
This application, if and when approved by the Village Board, shall, together with the applicable provisions of the appropriate ordinances and laws, constitute the Agreement between the applicant and the village.
The village may, in its discretion require that this application, following its approval 2be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, Will County, Illinois.
Applicant
Approval recommended 19
Approved by Village Board at meeting held 19
Village Clerk
(B) The application shall be reviewed by the Director of Public Works, who shall make recommendations thereon to the Village Board. No connection for water service outside the village shall be made unless and until the applications are approved by the Village Board.
(C) Making water connections and furnishing water to every user outside the village shall be subject to the following:
(1) The water connection and furnishing of water shall conform in its entirety with the provisions of this chapter and the plumbing code of the village as either or both may now exist or hereafter be amended.
(2) The furnishing of water by the village, and the use by the consumer shall at all times be subject to all rules and regulations affecting water users within the village, unless otherwise specified, and shall be subject to any special regulations governing outside the village water users.
(3) In case any territory is annexed to the village in which any water pipes are laid in accordance with these provisions, all pipes which are placed in or under any highway, street, or alley shall, on annexation, become the property of the village.
(4) In the event of the annexation to the village of territory which shall include the premises of the owners, the owners agree that they will not hinder by legal or other means any local improvements for which they may in the future be assessed or which may be levied against the premises, and further agree that they will not sign any petition opposing the annexation to the village of the territory in which the premises are located.
(5) The location of the water meter shall be at the discretion of the village.
(6) It shall be the responsibility of the owners of the property outside the village to which water is furnished to keep in good repair all water pipe and fittings between the village main and the meter, and to promptly report leaks or damage to the village.
(7) The connection fee for buildings outside the corporate limits shall be 200% of the corresponding fee for buildings within the corporate limits of the village, as set forth in § 50.18. The connection fee and all other costs of extending village water distribution lines to the premises of the applicant shall be paid by the applicant before the connection is made.
(8) No additional connection for the furnishing of a water supply to any other building or place than that specified in the application shall be made or permitted unless and until a new application is made and approved in the manner set out above and the connection fee paid.
('71 Code, Ch. 13 § 1-15) (Ord. 192, passed 11-5-58; Am. Ord. 267, passed 11-15-67; Am. Ord. 316, passed 7-21-71)