(A) Any property owner of real estate in the village who engages in or allows new construction or new remodeling of any residential, commercial or other business structure, consisting of or establishing multiple residential, commercial or business units (in any combination), shall have installed a separate water meter and a separate tap to each individual unit within such structure at the owner’s expense.
(B) Any property owner of real estate in the village consisting of existing multiple residential, commercial or business units (in any combination), upon the change in the number or type of the units, shall either have installed a separate water meter and a separate tap to each individual unit within such structure at the owner’s expense or shall have such structure designated as a multiple unit structure for billing purposes, with each individual unit to receive a pro-rata billing assessment at the owner’s expense.
(C) The placement of the water meter(s) and water tap(s) shall be determined by the Village Water Superintendent or authorized agent.
(D) Any property owner of real estate in the village who would be normally regulated by division (A) of this section, but who can establish “good cause” to be regulated the same as property owners are regulated under division (B) of this section, may apply to the Village Administrator or his or her designated agent to be treated as a division (B) regulated property owner as opposed to a division (A) regulated property owner. If denied, the property owner may appeal to the Village Council within 30 days of the date of written denial, with the Village Council being the property owner’s last place of administrative appeal before Common Pleas Court.
(E) GOOD CAUSE under division (D) of this section shall mean that all of the following circumstances exist.
(1) Because of the particular physical surroundings, shape or topographical conditions of the specific property involved, a particular hardship to the property owner would result, as distinguished from a mere inconvenience if the strict letter of this section were to be carried out.
(2) The conditions upon which the application for exception is based are unique to the property for which the exception is sought, including but not exclusive of other matters, construction logistics.
(3) The purpose of the exception is not based exclusively upon financial considerations.
(4) The alleged difficulty or hardship is caused by strict interpretation of this section and has not been created by any persons presently having an interest in the property.
(5) The granting of the exception will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other property or improvements in the neighborhood in which the property is located.
(Prior Code, § 1040.03) (Ord. 713, passed 4-4-2005)