A. Water To Secondary Buildings, Locations: Adding additional locations such as an accessory dwelling or accessory building shall require the written approval of the water superintendent, be within the water service district, and shall conform to Chapter 2 Backflow and Cross Connections.
B. Use Without Payment: It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to utilize the culinary water system without proper payment therefor. It shall be unlawful to open any pipe, line, connection, stopcock, valve or other fixtures attached to the system of culinary water supply unless it is done pursuant to proper application and authorization.
C. Turning On Water After Being Turned Off: It shall be unlawful for any person, after the water has been turned off from the premises for nonpayment or otherwise, to turn on or to allow the water to be turned on without authority from the superintendent or town clerk.
D. Separate Connections Required: Connections to multi-family dwellings, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes, shall be through a single connection and the property owner shall be liable to the town for all water services utilized on all such premises.
E. Interconnections: No interconnection, cross connection or other joining of the culinary and irrigation systems by any existing or future water user of the town shall be permitted, and any such interconnection shall be punishable as a class B misdemeanor and the owner of record of such property shall bear all costs associated with the destruction and removal of such interconnecting device or apparatus.
F. Open Discharge Of Pressurized System: There shall be no open discharge of water from the culinary water system which may intermingle culinary water with irrigation water. Any such discharge from the culinary water system shall be a violation of this system and shall be punishable as a class B misdemeanor. The owner of record of such property found to have any open discharge shall bear all costs required repair or rectify the violation.
G. Unauthorized Users: It shall be unlawful for any water service user to permit any person from other premises or any unauthorized person to use or obtain water service regularly from his premises or water facilities, either outside or inside his premises.
H. Faulty Equipment:
1. It shall be unlawful for any water user to:
a. Waste water;
b. Allow it to be wasted by open stops, taps, valves or leaky pipes, or to allow tanks or water troughs to leak or overflow;
c. Wastefully run water from hydrants, faucets or stops or through basins, water closets, urinals, sinks or other apparatus;
d. Use the water for purposes other than for those which he has applied or to use water in violation of the rules and regulations for controlling the water supply.
2. Users of water from the culinary water system shall not permit water to continue to run wastefully and without due efforts to conserve water. If, in the judgment of the superintendent, a user of culinary water engages in practices which result in the needless waste of water and continues to do so after the notice to discontinue has been given, the superintendent or any officer may refer the matter to the town council.
3. The town council may thereupon consider terminating the right of the individual to use culinary water. If it elects to consider the matter of termination, it shall give notice to the water user of the intention to terminate his water connection at least five (5) days prior to the meeting of the town council at which termination of water service is to be considered. The notice shall inform him of the time and place of the meeting and of the charges which lead to the consideration of the termination.
4. A water user whose right to utilize culinary water is being reviewed shall have opportunity to appear, with or without counsel, and present his reasons why his water service should not be discontinued.
5. After such hearing, the town council shall make a determination. If the determination is to discontinue the wasteful water user's service connection, it shall notify him of that decision and of the period during which the service will remain discontinued. (Ord., 10-14-2010; amd. 2016 Code; Ord. 2023-01, 1-12-2023)