(a) A policy on cross-connection control, attached to original Ordinance 1998-59 as Exhibit A, is hereby enacted.
(b) The Superintendent of Water and the City Planning Inspector are hereby empowered to make any and all revisions to the policy on cross-connection control on an as needed basis once this policy is put into effect.
(c) If in the judgment of the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water system, the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector will give notice to the water consumer to install such an approved device immediately. The water consumer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner approved by the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector.
(d) No person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of Steubenville may enter the supply or distributing system of this Municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector of the City.
(e) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist, such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector shall deem necessary.
(f) The Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector of the City or their or its duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of Steubenville for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector any information, which they may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Superintendent of Water and Plumbing Inspector, be deemed evidence of presence of improper connections as provided by this section.
(Ord. 1998-59. Passed 4-14-98.)