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(A) Installing and maintaining service lines. The user shall be responsible for installation and maintenance of service lines between the meter and the residence or business. Such service lines must be at least 3/4" in diameter, and must be installed at a minimum depth of 2-1/2 feet. Service lines must have a minimum working pressure rating of 160 psi at 73.4 F and must be constructed of one of the following types of materials: Copper, (Type K), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene or polybutylene. Service lines must not be covered until they are inspected and approved by a duly authorized city representative. The user will not connect any service line or any plumbing connected with the service line to any other water source. The service line must meet any requirements of the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(B) Provisions for location of meter. The user shall permit the meter to be located upon their property.
(C) Easements. The user shall give such easements and rights-of-way as necessary to the city and allow access for the purposes of construction, repair, maintenance, meter reading, relocation or expansion of the water system. The necessity shall be determined by the city.
(D) Damage to city property.
(1) No user shall tamper, adjust, damage, or in any manner interfere with the components or operations of the water system owned by the city. The shutoff valve shall be opened only by a duly authorized representative of the city. Penalty for tampering, damaging, adjusting, or in any manner interfering with the components or operation of the system shall be up to $200, payable to the city. If the penalty is not paid within 30 days after the amount is determined, the city shall discontinue the water service. The amount of penalty shall be determined by the city.
(2) In addition to the penalty the user responsible shall reimburse the city for the actual cost of repairing any damage arising from the user’s act. Users shall report any known evidence of tampering, adjusting, damaging, or interference with operation of the system, owned by the city, to the city. Any malicious act or damage to the system that is not appropriately punishable by the foregoing shall be prosecuted through a court of law.
(3) No person shall turn on the supply of water to a service pipe from which the supply has been turned off by the city on account of nonpayment of water rates, or for any other reason, without first having obtained a permit to do so from the proper city officers.
(E) Specified uses of water. Water purchased from the city may be used for ordinary domestic, industrial or farm use upon the premises of the user provided:
(1) No user shall resell or permit the resale of water purchased from the city.
(2) Each dwelling, apartment, business, and farm located outside and separate from a single family living unit is a separate unit. The user must make application for service for each unit, and each unit shall have a separate cutoff valve, meter and service line, and user shall pay the minimum monthly rate and other rates and fees herein established for each unit.
(F) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“APARTMENT.” Single family living unit that may be an individual living unit or part of a multiple family living complex.
“BUSINESS.” Business outside and separate from a single family living unit.
“DWELLING.” Single family living unit.
“FARM.” Consists of one single family dwelling and all related farm enterprises served by that meter and service line.
(G) Cross-connections.
(1) All plumbing installed within the city shall be installed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890. If in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the Superintendent of Water, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Superintendent of Water will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and all applicable local regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices upon installation and as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and local regulations.
(2) 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 the city may enter the supply or distribution system of said 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 the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Water to cause surveys and investigations to be made of commercial industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether 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 at least every two years, or as often as the Superintendent of Water shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.
(4) The approved cross-connection control device inspector 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 the city for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the Superintendent of Water or his authorized agent 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 the city for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Water any information which he 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, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(5) The Superintendent of Water is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section, and until a reconnection fee of $10 is paid to the city. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the Superintendent of Water is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection. Immediate disconnection without notice to any party can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated contamination or pollution of the public water supply, provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the Superintendent of Water or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, such action is required to prevent actual or potential contamination or pollution of the public water supply. Neither the city, the Superintendent of Water, or its agents or assigns shall be liable to any customer for any injury, damages or lost revenues which may result from termination of said customer’s water supply in accordance with the terms of this section, whether or not said termination was with or without notice.
(6) The customer responsible for backsiphoned or back pressured material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.
(Ord. 92-0-22, passed 12-14-92; Am. Ord. 97-O-4, passed 6-23-97)
(A) Determination of who pays expense of extension. The city shall first determine if an extension of water main is economically feasible based on the estimated cost of the extension and the number of existing potential users that will use water along the extension. If the extension is economically feasible, then the city may install and pay the cost of the extension at the discretion of the city. If the city elects not to pay the cost of extending the water main, then the person or persons desiring water service shall install the extension at their own personal expense upon written consent by the city. The city shall not pay for any extensions to an undeveloped area such as a subdivision being developed unless there are sufficient existing residents or businesses to make the extension economically feasible.
(B) Requirements if extension is installed by someone other than the city.
(1) The city must approve all plans and specifications for any extensions.
(2) Before any extensions are installed, the plans and specifications must be reviewed and approved by the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Once installed, extensions must be disinfected and tested for leakage in presence of city’s authorized representative.
(3) Ownership, rights-of-way, and title must be conveyed to the city for all extensions installed by anyone other than the city. The city will maintain the mains thereafter.
(4) No extension will be permitted if in the opinion of the city, the system does not have the necessary capacity to serve the proposed extension.
(Ord. 92-0-22, passed 12-14-92)
(A) Notice to city. Any user requesting a termination of service shall give written notice to the city ten days prior to the time such termination of service is desired. The meter shall be read by the city and the user will be billed. If said user has been required to make a deposit to the city, such deposit will be returned after the final bill is paid in full.
(B) Responsibility for payment of services already consumed. Responsibility for payment for water consumed prior to the date of termination shall be with the user.
(C) Charges for change. There shall be no charge for transferring the water service to the subsequent user.
(Ord. 92-0-22, passed 12-14-92; Am. Ord. 97- O-8, passed 11-10-97)
(A) Date due. The meters will be read by the city on or about the tenth day of each month. If weather conditions or other circumstances prevent the reading of meters, then each water bill will be estimated by the city. Bills will be mailed around the twentieth day of each month and will be delinquent after the tenth of the following month. Bills will be paid to the city or a designated representative.
(B) Penalties for late payment. There will be a 10% penalty added to each bill that is unpaid after the tenth of the month following mailing. If any bill, for water services as provided in Chapter 53 herein, or for sewer services as provided in Chapter 51, remain unpaid upon the twentieth of the month following mailing, the water supplied to the property affected will be shut off by the city and the service will not be restored until the following guidelines are satisfied:
(1) Renters/Non-owners.
(a) A $100 deposit will be required in order to establish service at a residence which is not owned by the tenant. The city will retain this deposit for 24 months, then return. If service is disconnected for non-payment, the 24-month period will start anew. If the resident moves before the 24-month period of time has elapsed, the deposit will be returned after the final bill is paid in full.
(b) If any bill for water/sewer service is not paid by the twentieth of the month following mailing, the city will disconnect the service and it will not be restored until the following guidelines are satisfied:
1. The delinquency and 10% penalty must be paid in full as well as a $10 service fee. If disconnection occurs after the original deposit has been returned, a $100 deposit, which will be retained for 24 months, must also be collected before service is restored.
2. If service is disconnected for non-payment three times in any 12-month period, a one-month’s estimated charge will be added to the deposit, in addition to the requirements in 1. above.
(2) Property Owners. If any bill for water/sewer service is not paid by the twentieth of the month following mailing, the city will disconnect the service and it will not be restored until the following guidelines are satisfied:
(a) The delinquency and a 10% penalty must be paid in full as well as a $10 service fee. Also, a $100 deposit will be collected. The city will retain this deposit for 24 months, then return. If service is disconnected again for non- payment, the 24-month period will start anew. If the resident moves before the 24-month period of time has elapsed, the deposit will be returned after the final bill is paid in full.
(b) If service is disconnected for non-payment three times in any 12-month period, a one-month’s estimated charge will be added to the deposit, in addition to the requirements in (a) above.
Bills remaining unpaid after 30 days after rendition of services shall constitute a lien upon the real estate to which the service has been rendered. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to and directed to file a notice of such lien in the Office of the Recorder of Douglas County, Illinois, and to pursue all such legal action as is necessary to collect the delinquent charges, including, but not necessarily limited to, authorizing the City Attorney to pursue collection action in court.
(C) A fee of $10 will be charged on all checks returned for non-sufficient funds.
(Ord. 92-0-22, passed 12-14-92; Am. Ord. 93-0-8, passed 5-24-93; Am. Ord. 97-O-8, passed 11-10-97)
The city shall charge a user fee for water service based upon the metered quantity of water provided. The rates charged shall be determined, from time to time, by the City Council by resolution. Following the adoption of new rates, the city shall cause the new rate schedule to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city, with a copy to be maintained at all times in the office of the City Clerk.
(Ord. 92-0-22, passed 12-14-92; Am. Ord. 2007-O-05, passed 6-11-07)
The city and its employees shall have ready access at all reasonable times to the premises, places or buildings where water service is supplied for the purpose of examining and testing the consumption, use and flow of water, and it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to interfere with, prevent or obstruct the city or its duly authorized agents in its duties hereunder.
(Ord. 92-0-22, passed 12-14-92)
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