(a) Water Department. The Water and Sewer Department of the Village is hereby established.
(b) Management. The construction, operation, management, maintenance, repair, and control of the water of the Village, shall be under the control of the Manager of the Water Department. The Manager shall be nominated by the Village Administrator and confirmed by the Village Council. The Manager shall report to the Village Administrator.
(c) Operation of Public Systems. The Oakland County Drain Commission is hereby appointed as an agent of the Village Water Department for the operation, maintenance and management of the public water systems of the Village. The Oakland County Drain Commissioner, or his designee, is hereby appointed as the local authority for implementation of the Cross Connection Control Program required by the Cross Connection Rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality as more fully described in Section 1040.06, Cross Connections.
(d) Service Connections. Application for water connections shall be made to the Department on forms furnished by it. The Department may refuse to authorize a larger service pipe than reasonably required by the premises served. Water connections and water meters shall be installed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department and upon payment of the required connection fees and meter installation fee. All meters and water connections shall be the property of the Village. Where required, the applicant shall provide the Village with an access easement on forms furnished by the Department.
(e) Starting or Terminating Water Service. No person, other than an employee or agent of the Department, shall turn on or off any water service.
(f) Extension or Changes in the System. Extension of or changes in the system may be initiated by the Water Department or by a petitioned request from property owners for the establishment of a Special Assessment District. Petitions for the construction of a new water main or the extension of an existing water main shall be addressed to the Water Department upon blank forms provided for that purpose. The Water Department may recommend approval or denial to the Village Council, and may recommend the terms and condition upon which the request shall be granted, and shall require the written acceptance of such terms and condition by the petitioning party. If the petition is granted by the Village Council, the Water Department shall proceed as promptly as practical with the proposed work under the terms and conditions named.
(Ord. 146. Passed 6-8-05.)