[Adopted 2-28-1984 by Ord. No. 895 as
Art. II of Ch. 354 of the 1984 Code]
The City of Roseville adopts by reference the
water supply cross-connection rules of the Michigan Department of
Public Health, being R-325-431 to R-325-440 in the Michigan Administrative
Code.
It shall be the duty of the Department of Water
and Sewers or the Department of Buildings and Inspection to cause
inspections to be made of all properties served by the public water
supply where cross-connections with the public water supply are deemed
possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on
potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the Department
of Water and Sewers or Department of Buildings and Inspection and
approved by the Michigan Department of Public Health.
The representative of the Department of Water
and Sewers or Department of Buildings and Inspection shall have the
right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection
to the public water supply system of the City of Roseville for the
purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof for cross-connections.
On request, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served
shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding
the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such
information or refusal of such access when requested shall be deemed
evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
[Amended 7-27-1999 by Ord. No. 1125]
The Department of Water and Sewers or Department
of Buildings and Inspection is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue
water service after reasonable notice to any property wherein any
connection in violation of this article exists and to take other such
precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of
contamination of the public water supply system. Water service to
such property shall not be restored until the cross-connection(s)
has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this article.
All costs for reconnection shall be borne by the property owner and
shall become a lien on the property.
[Amended 4-29-2003 by Ord. No. 1175]
A backflow preventer approved by the City of
Roseville shall be installed for each service connection to a commercial
or industrial building. The owner shall be responsible for proper
installation, operation, maintenance, testing, and repair of the backflow
preventer. The potable water supply made available on the property
served by the public water supply shall be protected from possible
contamination as specified by this article and by the State and Local
Plumbing Code.[1] Any water outlet which could be used for potable or domestic
purposes and which is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled
in a conspicuous manner as "WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING."
[Amended 7-27-1999 by Ord. No. 1125]
This article does not supersede the State Plumbing
Code and the current City of Roseville Plumbing Code but is supplementary
to them, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to give
this article full force and effect.
[Amended 7-27-1999 by Ord. No. 1125]
Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this article, or any written order of the Department of Water and Sewer or Department of Buildings and Inspection in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than as provided in Chapter 1, General Provision, Article I.
