[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Hamptonburgh as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-6-1979 as Ch. 82, Art.
I, of the 1979 Code]
It shall be unlawful, and subject to the penalties
provided, for any person to do plumbing work in connection with the
Rural Ridge Water District otherwise than in compliance with the terms
and provisions of this article.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
The Administrator of the Rural Ridge Water District
shall act as agent for the Town Board in the issuance of permits and
inspection of work. The Administrator of the Rural Ridge Water District
shall be appointed.
No plumber, firm or person shall engage in the
installation of services unless and until such person or some member
of said firm shall have been approved by the Town Board or Administrator
of the respective district.
All applications for the use of water from the
mains or distribution pipes of the district must be made at the office
of the Town Clerk, where a copy of the rules and regulations will
be furnished, together with instructions as to the form prescribed
for that purpose. The application shall state truly and fully each
particular purpose and manner in which the water is to be used and
the name of the plumber or firm selected to do the work and shall
be signed by the owner of the premises or his authorized agent.
The permit may be granted thereupon by the Administrator
of the water district concerned to the plumber or firm designated,
who will be recognized as the agent of the owner or applicant.
A. The tapping of water mains or distribution pipes and
the furnishing of corporation cocks, curb cocks and hoses shall be
done by or under the supervision of the Rural Ridge Water District,
to be paid for by the person making application for a supply of water.
B. No single tap larger than 3/4 inch (inside diameter)
will be allowed, except by special permission issued by the Administrator.
C. No water mains or distribution pipes shall be tapped
by any person except one authorized by the Administrator of the district.
D. Except as hereinafter provided, the applicant shall
pay all costs in connection with tapping, including the cost of material
furnished, plus a fee, in accordance with the duly adopted Town of
Hamptonburgh fee schedule as amended from time to time, to be paid
to the district. All expenses for introducing water to any premises, excavating
for and laying service pipes, all fixtures connected therewith and
any subsequent repair work (except the corporation cock at the main
which belongs to the water district) must be paid by the owner of
the premises. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein,
it shall be the obligation of the district to pay all costs in connection
with the excavation of and the providing of material for all work
performed between the main and the curb stop/curb cock, up to and
excluding the curb stop/curb cock.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999; 8-4-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
Any water supply taken from the district's system
shall be distributed through a piping system entirely independent
of any system conveying another water supply.
A. The minimum size of water service pipe from the curb
to the meter shall be three-fourths-inch (inside diameter) copper
service-type tubing and brass fittings and valves.
B. No red or white lead joint compound shall be used
on joints between the main and the meter.
A plumber receiving a permit to lay service
or supply pipes for the introduction of water to any premises shall
give the Administrator 24 hours' notice previous to the time for tapping
the main.
A. All service pipes to any premises shall be laid at
least four feet below the surface of the grade lines of the street
and shall extend at right angles to and from the street main to an
area off the paved portion of the right-of-way, but within the public
right-of-way, where a curb cock shall be attached and valve box placed.
B. There shall be a stop and waste cock placed on every
supply pipe just inside the building or cellar and on the customer's
side of the meter.
All work attendant upon the introduction of
water to any premises and laying supply pipes thereto and fixtures
connected therewith shall be done under the supervision of the Administrator
of the water district involved and subject to his approval.
All plumbers shall, after completing the work
to any service pipe or fixture, make a true report, upon blanks furnished
by the district, of all the fixtures and pipes attached or connected
by them or under their supervision, and such report shall be filed
in the office of the Town Clerk within 48 hours after completing the
work.
A. No plumber shall make any addition, alteration, attachment or extension to any water supply or service pipe or service side of meter on any premises until a permit is granted upon an application made and signed by the owner of the premises, as provided in this section and §
142-14.
B. No plumber or other person shall open any curb cock
or turn on the supply of water through any service pipe without a
permit from the water district concerned.
One tap and one service pipe will not be allowed
to supply more than one house or premises unless such service pipe
is provided with separate and independent curb stops and boxes at
the curbline in front of each house or premises. In no case will service
pipes be allowed to run across lots, but such pipes must be taken
from the main in front of the premises. Any exception to this regulation
must receive approval of the Town Board.
A. The supply of water to any premises may be shut off
for nonpayment if any bills or other charges are unpaid at the expiration
of 60 days from the date due. The Administrator shall give such delinquent
five days' written or printed notice, at the expiration of which time,
if the charges are not paid, the water will be shut off from such
premises until said charges are paid in full. A fee in accordance
with the duly adopted Town of Hamptonburgh fee schedules, as amended
from time to time, shall be charged for turning the water on.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
B. The payment of the regular water rents shall not conflict
with the right of the Administrator to shut off the supply of water
to any premises for any violation of these rules and regulations.
C. In case a house or other building is to be closed
or become vacant, notice thereof shall be given the district in order
that the meter may be read and the curb cock closed. Where such notice
is not given and pipes burst from freezing or other cause, the value
of the water lost by reason thereof, as estimated by the Administrator,
together with an additional sum in accordance with the duly adopted
Town of Hamptonburgh fee schedules, as amended from time to time,
to cover labor and expense to the district, shall be added to the
next bill and paid in like manner as regular water charges.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
In cases where water is shut off for nonpayment
of water rents or other causes, and when, in the opinion of the Administrator,
the shutting off at the curb is not sufficient protection against
the further use of water, he may cause the corporation cock to be
shut off and the supply pipe to be disconnected therefrom.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
Upon reapplication for water where the water
has been shut off at the corporation cock, an additional fee, in accordance
with the duly adopted Town of Hamptonburgh fee schedules as amended
from time to time, must be paid for opening the street main and reconnecting
the supply line.
A. No person shall be entitled to damages nor to have
any portion of a payment refunded for any stoppage of supply occasioned
by accident to any portion of the work, nor for any stoppage for purposes
of addition or repairs.
B. Owners desiring pressure-reducing valves shall furnish
and install the same at their own expense.
C. The Administrator of each district shall have the
right to shut off water to make repairs or additions.
A. In all cases where water backs into stoves and ranges
or to steam boilers for domestic use or manufacturing purposes, the
supply pipe must be provided with a suitable check valve or other
sufficient device to prevent any damage from collapse or explosion
when the water is shut off from the street mains or other causes.
B. Whenever a check valve is installed on the cold-water
supply pipe between the street main and the hot-water tank, there
shall be installed on the hot-water distributing system a suitable
relief valve.
C. High-pressure steam boilers shall not be supplied
with water directly from public water supply pipes. All such boilers
shall be provided with a tank or other receptacle of sufficient capacity
to hold not less than six hours' supply for the boiler.
The use of water in all public and school buildings
shall be subject to the same requirements and restrictions as apply
to private dwellings.
A. No person or persons shall open any fire hydrant or
draw water therefrom, except the Administrator of the district and
persons under his direction or with his permission, except in case
of fire, when the Chiefs of the Fire Departments, their assistants
and officers and members of the Fire Departments shall have free and
entire control of the hydrants for the purpose of extinguishing fires.
B. No person or persons, except the Administrator or
employees under his direction, shall open or close any valve or gate
in any water main or street pipe or in any manner interfere with or
obstruct the same.
Persons desiring to use water for building purposes, filling cisterns or any special purpose whatever shall be required to make application at the office of the Town Clerk and to pay in advance for the same when the Administrator of the district will issue a permit therefor, such advance payment to be the minimum charge fixed by §
142-6 or §
142-17, whichever is applicable.
A. No meter shall be set or attached by any person other
than by the Rural Ridge Water District or under the supervision of
the water district, nor shall any meter so attached be interfered
with, removed, disconnected or repaired by any person other than by
the Rural Ridge Water District or under the supervision of the Rural
Ridge Water District. The plumber making the installation shall provide
all necessary supports for the meter as directed by the Administrator.
The Administrator shall be given not less than 24 hours' notice of
the setting of the meter.
B. Owners of premises where meters are attached to the
supply pipes will be required to protect the meter from frost or other
injury at their own expense, and whenever it should be necessary to
attach a meter outside of the building, they shall pay the expense
incurred in excavating for and boxing the same. Any cost of repairs
necessitated by failure to observe this subsection shall be borne
solely by the owners of the premises.
C. Where a meter fails to register the correct quantity
of water delivered through it or where it becomes otherwise out of
order or in need of repair, notice thereof shall be given to the district.
Another meter will then be loaned and installed during the time required
for testing and repair. When repairs are found necessary, the same
shall be made by the district. When, in the opinion of the Administrator
of the district, a meter becomes unsuitable for further use, it shall
be replaced by another.
D. All meters installed in accordance with the above
for the purpose of metering water supplied by the Rural Ridge Water
District shall become the property of the Rural Ridge Water District.
The cost of the meter and the installation for the same shall be the
responsibility of the owner of the premises that desires water from
the district.
E. All owners of property, their agents, occupants or
employees using water supplied by the district or permitting the same
to be used shall allow a district agent, contractor or employee to
enter upon the premises where such water is used to install a water
meter or to inspect the same within five days after notice is mailed
to him or them, in writing, by the Town Clerk or said persons are
notified in person by a duly authorized agent of the district.
F. Any owner of premises using water supplied by the
town not metered as hereinbefore provided shall be liable for a fine
of $25 per day for each day so used.
A. Any plumber or firm obtaining a permit to make connection
with the Rural Ridge Water District shall save harmless said district
from all suits, accidents and damages consequential thereupon for
any reason of any opening in any street, alley or avenue made by him
or those in his employ, for making any connection with said water
district's system or for any other purpose or object whatever; and
he shall also replace and restore said street over such opening to
as good a state and condition as he found it, or reimburse the water
district for the cost of the same when done by said district, or he
shall keep guards by day and light by night and keep and maintain
the same in good order and comply with all ordinances of the Town
Board applicable thereto.
B. Every plumber, person or firm, before entering upon
said business or calling, shall execute and deposit a certified check
or other security acceptable to the Administrator, in the office of
the Town Clerk, in such sum in accordance with the duly adopted Town
of Hamptonburgh fee schedules, as amended from time to time, or such
other sum as the Administrator shall fix, with one or more sureties,
which bond shall cover all provisions of the preceding subsection
and shall be approved by the Town Board as to sufficiency of the sureties
and by the district's counsel as to its form.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
All the foregoing rules, regulations and restrictions
made and adopted by the Town Board shall be considered a part of the
contract with and between any person who applies for and obtains a
supply of water, and every person receiving the water so supplied
shall be considered as having expressed his consent to be bound thereby.
A. Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this article shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine
not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an
offense against the provisions of this article shall constitute, for
each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense
hereunder.
B. Any willful act whereby said Rural Ridge Water District or any property, apparatus or appliances pertaining thereto shall be damaged or the supply of water obstructed, impaired or made less pure shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable as provided for in Subsection
A of this section.
A. Meters will be read on a quarterly basis.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
B. Rates.
(1) The rate shall be set in accordance with the duly
adopted Town of Hamptonburgh fee schedules, as amended from time to
time.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
(2) For out-of-district users, the rate shall be double
the rate for in-district users.
C. No out-of-district users will be allowed to tap on
the water mains or pipes of the Rural Ridge Water District following
the adopting of this article.
A. All water rents or other charges shall be payable
at the office of the Town Clerk quarterly.
B. All water rents, accounts or other charges shall be
made against the owner or owners of the premises which are connected
with the water main, and such owners shall be held responsible for
all accounts and charges.
C. Water rents for all services shall be payable quarterly
when billed.
D. Ten percent will be added to bills not paid within
45 days from the date the same are due and payable.
E. Water rents for fractional parts of a period shall
be prorated for the remainder of the period and shall be payable on
the first day of the ensuing quarterly period.
F. The schedule of rates, set forth in the duly adopted
Town of Hamptonburgh fee schedules, is subject to change by resolution
of the Town Board.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]