(A) It shall be the duty of the Department to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water supply where cross connections with the public water supply is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the City Manager, or as required by the Michigan Department of Public Health.
(B) The Department Inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply system of the city for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross connections. On request the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on the property. The refusal of the information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connections.
(C) The Department is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any connection in violation of this section exists, and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply system. Water service to the property shall not be restored until the cross connections have been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this section.
(D) The potable water supply made available on the properties served by the public water system shall be protected from possible contamination as specified by this section and by the state Plumbing Code. Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous manner as:
WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING
(E) This section does not supersede the State Plumbing Code or other provisions of this code relating to plumbing.
(F) Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section, or any written order of the City Manager, in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this code, punishable as prescribed in § 10.99.