(a) Application. Application for water tap-in or extension of the Salem Water System shall be made to the Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities. The application shall contain: (1) description of the land to be served, (2) building site description, (3) service requirements, (4) copy of the deed to the property, and (5) such other information as the Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities may require from time to time.
(b) Water Tap-In.
(1) The Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities is delegated the authority to grant or deny water tap-ins from the existing or future water main systems within the City of Salem and from the existing or future water mains outside the City of Salem with the exception of the Salem-Elkton Water Main as outlined below.
(2) Elkton Federal Prison Water Main. Water main tap-ins to any property or corporation from the water main known as the Elkton Federal Prison Water Main shall fall within the authority of the Salem Utilities Commission pursuant to prior Ordinance 070717-47 granting them such authority.
(c) Water Main Extensions.
(1) Within City Limits. The Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities is delegated authority to grant or deny extension of water mains within the City of Salem.
(2) Outside City Limits. The Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities shall refer to the Utilities Committee of Council for any application for water main system extensions outside the corporate limits of the City of Salem. Approval of such application must be by concurrence of the Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities and the Utilities Committee of Council, and upon Resolution of Council.
(3) Design Requirements. Plans for a proposed water main extension shall be prepared by a registered certified engineer in accordance with the specifications and approval of the Salem Utilities Department and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(d) Annexation to the City of Salem Required.
(1) Property owners who are requesting water services from the City of Salem whose property is in whole or in part outside the City limits yet contiguous to the City of Salem shall first annex into the City of Salem before receiving a water service tap-in.
(2) Property owners whose property is exclusively outside the limits of the City of Salem, but whose property is contiguous to an existing City water main or any such City water main constructed in the future, may make application for water service with the Salem Utilities Department and if application is approved, said property owner shall provide a deed restriction agreeing to annex into the City of Salem at such time as the property being served becomes contiguous to the City limits. The deed restriction shall be in the exact form provided by the Salem Utilities Department. Upon approval of the deed restriction by the Salem Utilities Department, the property owner shall have said restriction recorded on the property owner's deed at the respective County Recorder's Office with jurisdiction over said property and a copy of the recording of the deed restriction shall be delivered to the Salem Utilities Department together with the payment of any appropriate fees before the water service tap-in is made. The property owner shall be required to begin the process of annexation to the City of Salem within ninety (90) days of said property becoming contiguous to the City and shall be required to cooperate and participate with the City or other adjacent or contiguous property owners by signing an application for annexation pursuant to any mass or multiple property annexation which can or should result in said owner's property becoming contiguous to the City of Salem.
(e) Monthly Report. The Utilities Superintendent or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities shall provide to Council and the Salem Utilities Commission a monthly report of all water connections and extensions requested and granted (including the names of property owners, location, action taken and any comments of the Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities ).
(f) Moratorium. The Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities may issue a moratorium on water service connections when the Superintendent of Utilities or designee of the Superintendent of Utilities determines that the safe operating capacity or the integrity of any segment of the City Water System has been reached or exceeded. (Ord. 140520- 32. Passed 5-20-14.)