Section
General Provisions
51.01 Definitions
51.02 Deposit required for services
Extensions
51.15 Extension of water and sewer system
51.16 Standards and specifications for extensions
51.17 Payment of certain connection charges to person paying cost of extension
51.18 Maintenance, sewer main and water main extensions
Rates, Charges and Collection
51.30 Revenue to be placed in Waterworks and Sewerage Fund; disbursements
51.31 Persons liable for joint and single service charge
51.32 Establishment of rates for use and services of system
51.33 Special contracts not affected
51.34 Persons liable for payment of services
51.35 Preparation of bills; due date; place for payment
51.36 Penalty for late payment
51.37 Water service disconnection authorized
51.38 Charges to be a lien upon premises
51.39 Abandoned connection
51.40 Annual review
51.41 EPA access to records
51.42 Appeals
Backflow and Cross-Connection Control
51.55 Requirements for plumbing installed within the city
51.56 Approval required for connection between public and private water supply
51.57 Surveys of properties served by public water supply
51.58 Right of entry
51.59 Liability for cleanup costs
51.60 Violations
51.61 Use of ground water as a potable water supply prohibited within the corporate limits of the city
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Works.
CHARGES.
(1) BASIC USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public
water system.
(2) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGE. A charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct the water works.
(3) DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal and coverage (of loan, bond and the like) outstanding.
(4) LOCAL CAPITAL COST CHARGE. Charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance and replacement costs (i.e., debt service and capital improvement costs).
(5) REPLACEMENT COSTS.
(a) Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
(b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE includes REPLACEMENT.
(6) USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the water works will be operated.
(7) USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of water works for the costs of operation, maintenance and replacement.
(8) WATER FUND. The principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the water system.
(9) WATER SERVICE CHARGE.
(a) The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of water facilities.
(b) The
SERVICE CHARGE shall be computed as outlined in this chapter and shall consist of the basic user charge and the local capital cost if applicable.
CITY. The City of Sparta, Illinois.
CURB COCK.
(1) A shutoff valve attached to a water service pipe from a water main to a building installed near the curb, which may be operated by a valve key to start or stop flow in the water supply lines of a building.
(2) Also called a
CURB STOP.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the state’s Environmental Protection Agency.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FEDERAL ACT. The Federal 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq.) amendments.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER.
(1) A unit of the concentration of water constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1.000 ml of water.
(2) It has replaced the unit formerly-used commonly “parts per million”, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water analysis.
ORDINANCE. Ord. 03-01, passed 2-24-2003.
PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the IEPA Divisions of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
PPM. Parts per million by weight.
SERVICE BOX. A valve box used with corporation of curb cock.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
STATE ACT. The state’s Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970, being 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq.
STATE LOAN. The state’s participation in the financing of the construction of water works as provided for by 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq. and for making such loans as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois.
(1994 Code, § 51.01) (Ord. 2003-01, passed 2-24-2003)
(A) Whenever any premises shall, after 10-1-2015, become connected to the combined system for water service and sewerage service, or to the water service system only, a deposit of $200 shall be made for each commercial or dwelling structure so connected.
(B) The deposit shall be held by the city and shall be applied to the thirtieth day of the month in which it is due.
(C) When the water service shall be disconnected, the amount of deposit, less any amount applied to the payment of charges, shall be refunded to the depositor without interest.
(1994 Code, § 51.02) (Ord. 55, passed 1-22-1951; Ord. 179, passed 3-25-1968; Ord. 298, passed 10-22-1979; Ord. 94-011, passed 10-11-1994; Ord. 2003-01, passed 2-24-2003; Ord. 04-11, passed 9-27-2004; Ord. 15-09, passed 8-24-2015)
EXTENSIONS
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