A. Responsibility: Whereas it has become a burden involving considerable time and effort on the part of the City personnel to accomplish compliance in certain cases where water service must be terminated, the burden will now be placed upon the responsible party to pay for and expedite the required termination in that if an existing water service pipe will no longer be used for any reason or will not be used for a period in excess of six (6) months, it shall be the responsibility of the owner to terminate this line. Termination shall be made by excavating at or as near as practical to the property line, cutting off the pipe, insertion of an expansion-type plug or other approved plug and then encasement of this end in concrete.
B. Permanent Removal Or Demolition: In the case of discontinuance due to removal from the site or demolition of a building, the service line must be properly terminated prior to removal or demolition and in keeping with this requirement, a permit for removal or demolition shall not be issued until proper verification of this termination has been made.
C. Termination In Conjunction With New Service:
1. In the case of a service replacement with a new tap at the main, a cash deposit as set by the City of Sycamore Consolidated Fee Schedule shall be paid to the City Clerk. From this deposit shall be deducted any expense incurred by the City for completion of this work. This termination must be done on the same day as the installation of the new service or the City will contract with an independent contractor of their choosing for the completion of this work.
2. After proper termination has been verified by inspection, the balance of the deposit shall be returned to the applicant, without interest.
D. Penalty: Any person violating any provision of this Section shall be subject to penalty as provided in the City of Sycamore Consolidated Fee Schedule. (Ord. 89.57, 12-4-1989; amd. 1994 Code; Ord. 2023.04, 5-1-2023)