(a) Injury to Facilities. No person, except an employee or agent of the Village in the performance of his or her duties, shall willfully or carelessly break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Village's Water System.
(b) No Unauthorized Use of Systems Permitted. Only authorized persons, shall uncover and make any connections with or openings into, use, alter or disturb any water system appurtenances thereof, and then only upon written permission from the Village.
(c) Bonding. All contractors or property owners making connection to the water or sewer system shall be bonded in accordance with the bonding requirements of the Oakland County Drain Commissioner.
(d) Village of Wolverine Lake Ownership Required. Any new system extension and/or any portion thereof constructed by any persons, firms associations and/or corporations shall have the ownership of said system extension and/or portion transferred to the Village of Wolverine Lake, Oakland County, Michigan by the appropriate legal conveyances (Bill of Sale, Easements, etc.) upon satisfactory completion of all necessary inspections by the Village and prior to the system extension and/or portion thereof being placed in service. In addition, a surety/performance bond equal in value to fifty (50%) percent of the value of said system extension and/or portion thereof shall be provided to the Village by the developer at the time of transfer of ownership. Said surety/performance bond shall cover a period of two (2) years from the date of transfer of ownership and the purpose of which is to effectively warrant the said system extension and/or portion thereof from defects in design, material and/or workmanship as determined by the Department or their duly designated representative.
(e) Fire Hydrants. Fire hydrants are provided for the use of the Village and the Commerce Fire Department. Other persons may be authorized to make use of fire hydrants when a permit has been granted for such use, pursuant to the following provisions:
(1) Permit Requirements. No person shall open or operate any fire hydrant without first securing a nontransferable hydrant permit. The cost of such permit shall include an amount to be determined by an estimate of water to be consumed (including sewage disposal charges for same) and a security deposit as set forth in Schedule B of this chapter. A water consumption estimate shall have a minimum charge as set forth by the Village Council in Schedule B.
(2) Hydrant Use Termination. The permit holder shall report to the Manager when hydrant use is terminated, at which time a hydrant inspection shall be made. Any cost of repairing a hydrant shall be deducted from the security deposit. The difference shall be refunded to the depositor, but if the deposit is insufficient to cover the cost of repair, the permit holder shall pay the deficit.
(3) Blocking Hydrants, Connections. It shall be unlawful to obscure from view, damage, deface, obstruct, or restrict the access to any fire hydrant or any fire department connection for the pressurization of fire suppression systems, including fire hydrants and fire department connections that are located on public or private streets and access lanes, or on private property.
(4) Exception. This section shall not apply to the use of hydrants except by persons employed by, and authorized to make such use by, the Department.
(f) Assignment of Residential Equivalent Units. The number of Residential Equivalent Units assigned to particular premises shall be determined by the Department in accordance with the provisions of Schedule A. No less than one unit shall be assigned to each premise but units in excess of one may be computed and assigned to the nearest tenth. If subsequent changes in use of premises increase or decrease the unit classification of any premises, the Village may increase or decrease the number of units assigned to the premises. No change in subsequent use of any premises shall result in a decrease of unit assignment to less than one unit.
(Ord. 146. Passed 6-8-05.)