Section
General Provisions
51.01 Interference with waterworks property prohibited
51.02 All work to be done by licensed plumber
51.03 Usage regulations
51.04 Administration and enforcement
51.05 Cross-connection control
51.06 Potable specifications
Applications for Service; Connections
51.20 Application required
51.21 Permit issuance; security deposit
51.22 Water services; separate water meter and tapping fee required
51.23 Metering multiple dwellings or businesses
51.24 Connections, fixtures town property
51.25 Construction of connection
51.26 Separate connection required; exceptions
51.27 Connection inspection
51.28 Deposit by tenants required
51.29 Water line extensions
Rates and Charges; Billing
51.45 Water sold on meter basis only; exceptions
51.46 Use of water for fire protection
51.47 Tapping charges
51.48 Discounts for vacancies
51.49 Necessary stoppage; no discounts
51.50 Schedule of water rates
51.51 Bills due and payable; delinquencies
51.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) No person but an authorized employee of the town shall tap any main or distributing pipe or open or close any valve on the system nor open or close any stopcock at the curb on any service connection.
(B) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to interfere with or in any way intermeddle with any of the buildings, wells, reservoirs, tanks, pipes, meters or connections or with the water in same or with any apparatus forming a part of the water works system or make any connection therewith, except as herein provided for or to knowingly permit same to be done on his, her or their premises or premises in his, her or their possession or control as agent or knowingly use water from the unauthorized connection.
(2) Nor shall any authorized consumer be allowed to supply water to other persons or families, nor shall any person take or carry away water from any authorized connection or from any hydrant, watering trough or public fountain without the consent of the town.
(Prior Code, § 51.002) Penalty, see § 51.99
All water line work outside the corporate limits of the town shall be completed by the contractors of the owners’ choice with plans and installation inspected and approved by the Town Engineer or Director of Public Works.
(Prior Code, § 51.003) (Ord. passed 5-30-1974) Penalty, see § 51.99
(A) Use of hose for sprinkling. No hose shall be used for sprinkling or other purposes, except on services upon which a meter has been installed.
(Prior Code, § 51.060)
(B) Use of fire hydrants. Fire hydrants are for the use of Fire Department only for the extinguishing of fires and must be used by no other person nor for any other purpose whatever, except uses as the town may deem advisable for municipal purposes.
(Prior Code, § 51.061)
(C) Water pressure. The town will furnish water to the applicant at normal town pressure. Any additional pressure desired is the responsibility of the applicant.
(Prior Code, § 51.062)
Penalty, see § 51.99
(A) Right of entry. The town reserves the right to enter the premises of any consumer for the purpose of inspection at any time to see that no water is being wasted and that the prescribed regulations are being complied with.
(Prior Code, § 51.075)
(B) Authority to cut off service. All utility accounts are due and payable on the tenth of each month. The grace period extends to the fifteenth of each month. Late fees and cut-offs are generally scheduled for the sixteenth of each month; therefore, the following cut-off procedures will be in force until otherwise approved by the Town Manager.
(1) Cut-off suspended. Cut-off will be suspended when the twentieth falls on a holiday, weekend or the first day after a holiday weekend.
(2) After-hours reconnects. Any customer requesting reconnection after 5:00 p.m. and before 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, will be granted turn-on unless otherwise granted by the Town Manager or Public Works Director. Public Works will report any after-hours turn-ons to the Administration Office.
(3) Cut-off list. Cut-off list will be turned over to Public Works after daily deposit is updated.
(4) Cut-off list to be returned and signed. Cut-off list will be returned signed and dated to the Utility Billing Office when complete.
(5) Cut-offs; when to be completed. All cut-offs will be completed on the day the cut-off list is received by Public Works unless otherwise authorized by the Town Manager or Public Works Director.
(6) Reconnects. Reconnects will be expedited, same day as payment.
(7) Turning off accounts. Certain accounts will not be turned off unless authorized, due to the nature of the business. Examples are:
(a) Beauty shops;
(b) Medical facilities;
(c) Dental facilities;
(d) Nursing homes; and
(e) Day cares.
(Prior Code, § 51.076)
(C) Police to aid in enforcement. It shall be the duty of the police of the town to give diligent aid in the enforcement of this chapter and the rules and regulations hereof and shall report all violators thereof which come to their knowledge to the Town Administrator.
(Prior Code, § 51.077)
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