Loading...
No person having a water tap on his or her premises and permitted to use water therefrom shall supply water to other families or persons, or allow other persons to take water from the premises except for drinking or domestic purposes.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-12) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
No person shall waste water from the town water system. No leaks in service pipes, connecting pipes, or any water fixture shall be permitted, and if not promptly repaired to stop such waste of water, after notice from the Town Council or Public Utilities Commissioner, water shall be shut off and not again turned on until such leak is repaired.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-13) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
(A) Notice when water shut off. Notice to property owners or occupants/tenants, by the town or by any officer or employee thereof, when water is to be turned off for any official reason, shall not be required; however, the town may, at its discretion, notify property owners or occupants/tenants when water is to be shut off to any premises.
(B) Water turned off; consent to turn on. When the water has been turned off from any consumer, they shall not turn it on nor permit it to be turned on without the consent of the town.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-14) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004)
(A) Free access following notice. The Public Utilities Commissioner, employees of the Water Department, Chief of Police, police officers, the Mayor, and all other officers, agents, or inspectors of the town shall have free access at all reasonable hours, upon reasonable notice, to enter any premises where water is used, for the purpose of maintenance and repair of facilities and for the purpose of ascertaining any violations of any of the provision of this chapter, and such right of access is hereby declared to be a condition of water service which is accepted by property owners, occupiers, and tenants by accepting service from the town water system.
(B) Denial of access. If access as herein provided is denied by the owner or other person(s) in rightful possession of property, the town may shut off water service and discontinue any further utility service to the premises.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-15) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004)
During any time that water is in short supply or there is any water emergency whatsoever, the Mayor and the Town Council may establish reasonable rules and regulations for the town. Said reasonable rules and regulations may include, but not by way of limitation, the power to regulate water use on any uniform basis deemed necessary by the Town Council and the power to impose lawn watering and other water use restrictions within and without the town.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-16) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004)
(A) Sprinkling and nonessential purposes; notice.
(1) The use of water from the town water utility for lawn and garden sprinkling or other nonessential purposes may be prohibited or restricted by resolution of the Town Council.
(2) Except as provided in division (C) below, the order shall be effective when notice thereof is published at Town Hall. The town may give notice by other reasonable means to disseminate the restrictions, including mailing notices or distributing notices to the residences. However, the only required notice is publication at Town Hall. Ignorance of the restrictions after the day of the publication is not a defense to a charge of violating this chapter.
(3) Upon the publication of the notice, the sprinkling restrictions or prohibitions so prescribed shall take effect and any violator thereof shall be punished as provided in § 1-4-1. The town shall also post notification of the removal of water restrictions in the same manner as notice is given declaring water restrictions.
(B) Purposes for restricting use enumerated. The town may adopt, amend, enforce, and remove restrictions upon the use of municipal water by resolution for the purpose of protecting the town’s surface and underground water resources and the municipal water system. The restrictions may include but are not limited to:
(1) Regulation of the hours, duration, and days when outdoor watering of vegetation is permitted;
(2) Regulation of the types of outdoor vegetation which may be watered;
(3) Prohibition of watering outdoor vegetation;
(4) Prohibition of washing hard surfaced areas;
(5) Regulating or prohibiting washing vehicles except in businesses open to the public for washing vehicles in self-service or automated bays;
(6) Requiring signage for irrigation from private wells; and
(7) Regulating or prohibiting watering turf, trees, shrubs, and flowers in public parks, cemeteries, and golf courses.
(C) Emergency; immediate curtailment. In the event of a major fire or other emergency that should require the immediate curtailment of the use of water from the water utility, the Mayor or his or her designee shall have the authority to make such restrictions as he or she deems necessary for the protection of the public.
(D) Effect of section. All restrictions adopted by town under this section are effective within the town limits and any property connected to the town’s water utility.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-17) (Ord. 366, passed 8-16-2012)
(A) Installation.
(1) Each water user existing as of the effective date hereof shall have installed by and at the expense of the town a water meter of a quality and capacity acceptable to the town. All water meters will be and remain property of the town.
(2) All such water meters shall be installed by the town with no expense to the property owner and shall be installed at the property line or as otherwise determined by the town. If the town is required to go upon private property or property the ownership of which is in dispute, access to the property for installation and later maintenance and repair of said water meter is hereby deemed a condition for further utility service to said property by the town, and denial of such access shall result in termination of water services to the property.
(B) Maintenance and damage of meters. Normal maintenance of meters shall be performed by the Town Water Department. The costs of repairs to any meter and/or backflow prevention device, caused intentionally, negligently, or by lack of proper care, shall be borne by the property owner.
(C) Tampering with meters, refusal of access. No person shall, in any way, tamper with any water meter installed in or outside the town, or refuse any officers above referred access to any such meter.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-18) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
Loading...