(A) All water service shall be supplied through Village owned and supplied meters connected to an MIU
or MXU
and the Village's Automatic Meter Reading System and located upon the customer's premises. The customer shall reimburse the Village the cost of the meter and the MIU
or MXU
, and an active phone line shall be in place and the number on file with the Village before water service will be provided.
(B) All air conditioning units shall be equipped with water conservation devices so water from the Village service shall be used for make-up and flushing purposes only. No conditioning system shall consume water in excess of 2/10 of a gallon per minute per ton. Each air conditioning system shall be metered and equipped and maintained with the AMR.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, other than the Village to sell or resell potable water received from the Village system or within the corporate limits of the Village to sell, resell or distribute potable water from any source to any other premises or person, firm or corporation, unless such resale and/or distribution has been authorized by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village.
(D) Subject to the provisions of this chapter and pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 3730.307 (c) 4) and the Illinois Plumbing Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 890) and the Lawn Irrigation Contractor and Lawn Sprinkler System Registration Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 892), except for building construction purposes, no water service shall be provided to premises in which the plumbing does not comply with the Village plumbing code. In addition:
(1) In all new construction and in all repair and/or replacement of fixtures or trim, only fixtures and trim not exceeding the maximum flow rates and/or water use authorized by the United States Code will be installed.
(2) Faucets of lavatories located in restrooms intended for public use shall be of the metering or self-closing type.
(3) Carwash installations shall be equipped with a water recycling system which meets the approval of the Chief Inspector.
(4) All new and replacement fixtures must be labeled WaterSense product as specified by USEPA.
(E) Exclusive of firefighting and Department of Sewer and Water personnel, it shall be unlawful at any time for any person to take any water from any fire hydrant without proper authority.
(F) The Village reserves the right to further limit or suspend the use of water for the sprinkling or irrigation of lawns and gardens or for any other special purposes when the Village President and Board of Trustees shall determine that the public exigencies and emergencies require the action. If in the opinion of the Village President of the Village or the Village Manager/Comptroller public exigencies and emergencies so require, because of the possibility that the water supply will not meet the demand, the Village President of the Village or the Village Manager/Comptroller may unilaterally declare and take the action he or she may deem necessary and appropriate prior to the next regularly scheduled or specially scheduled meeting of the Village President and Board of Trustees. At the next meeting of the President and Board after the Village President's action, the emergency conservation action shall be abated, continued or made more stringent by the appropriate action of the Village President and Board of Trustees. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use the potable water received from the Village service for the purpose of sprinkling and/or irrigation for the duration of any period during which the Village President of the Village and/or the Village Manager/Comptroller has declared such use restricted or forbidden. In addition to the foregoing:
(1) Commencing May 15 through September 15 of each year, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use or allow the use of any water, whether drawn directly or indirectly, from the waterworks system for the purpose of watering and/or sprinkling lawns and/or gardens, except as provided herein below:
(a) All such watering and/or sprinkling at residential, business and/or industrial locations with even-numbered addresses shall be accomplished any time before or after the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on days ending in even numbers (i.e. June 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, etc.).
(b) All such watering and/or sprinkling at residential, business and/or industrial locations with odd-numbered addresses shall be accomplished any time before or after the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on days ending in odd numbers (i.e. June 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, etc.).
(2) Any new or replacement sprinkler system shall be equipped with a WaterSense labeled irrigation controller and shall be in compliance with Section 2.5(g) of the Illinois Plumbing License Law [ILCS Ch. 225, Act 320].
(3) Fully automated irrigation and sprinkler systems that are piped underground and electronically controlled may operate any day of the week, but only between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m., provided that in emergency conditions, sprinkling or irrigation shall be permitted only on an odd-even basis (on odd-numbered calendar days, if the last digit in the street address is odd or on the even-numbered days if the last digit in the street address is even).
(4) Newly sodded areas of lawns or newly planted shrubbery that is less than three (3) months of age, may be watered by special permit issued by the Director of Community Development, pursuant to the regulations contained herein below:
(a) The applicant for such special permit shall make application in duplicate on forms provided by the Director of Community Development, which form shall require the following information:
1. The name of the applicant;
2. Whether the applicant is an individual, co-partnership or corporation;
3. The residence and/or business address of the applicant;
4. The place (address) where the newly sodded area is located;
5. The consecutive dates (not exceeding 15 days) for which the permit is being requested.
(b) Upon completion of the application forms, the applicant shall and filing same with the Director.
(c) Upon receipt of any such special permit application, the Director of Community Development shall forward the application to the Village Clerk who shall collect payment of the proper fee and thereafter issue a special permit to sprinkle lawns to the applicant. Such permit shall allow the permittee unlimited sprinkling privileges for a period of time not to exceed 15 consecutive days, commencing with the date of issuance, the dates of which shall be shown thereof. The permit shall be posted in clear view at the location for which such special permit was issued. The permit may be renewed once but shall not thereafter be renewed and may not thereafter be reapplied for.
(Ord. 00-2245, passed 8-22-00; Am. Ord. 05-2519, passed 4-26-05; Am. Ord. 15-3019, passed 10-1-15) Penalty, see § 53.99