[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Pulaski 3-4-1975 as Appendix 2 of the 1975 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-14-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005]
The Village Board of Trustees, upon recommendation
of the Water Board, shall have the authority to change the service
rates as part of the annual budget in accordance with New York State
Law.
A.
All permits to use the water from the Pulaski Water
Works, as heretofore granted or which may be heretofore granted, are
subject to the following rules, regulations and conditions.
(1)
The Water Board shall purchase and maintain water
meters up to one inch in diameter. Meters greater than one inch shall
be the type approved by the Water Board and purchased by the customer.
All one-inch or greater meter installations shall be at the expense
of the customer and inspected by the Superintendent of Public Works.
Meters shall be so located and installed as to be readily accessible
for reading and testing. They shall not be disturbed or removed without
the approval of the Superintendent of Public Works. Access to the
meter for inspection, reading or testing shall be afforded to the
Water Board, its Superintendent, agents and employees at reasonable
hours whenever required by the Board.
[Amended 3-14-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005]
(2)
All present consumers required by the Water Board
to take service through a meter shall permit a meter to be installed
prior to start of service and charges for metered service shall be
applicable from and after that date.
(3)
Charges for nonmetered service shall be billed annually
on July 1 of each calendar year commencing July 1, 1985, and said
charges shall be paid in full during July of each calendar year commencing
July of 1985.
[Amended 1-8-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
(4)
On all charges unpaid for 30 days after the due date
10% shall be added. If charges remain unpaid for 60 days after due
date, the water shall be turned off.
(5)
Payment for service shall be made at the Village Office.
Failure to receive a bill will not eliminate customer’s obligation.
(6)
(Reserved)
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(6-a)
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Whenever the Village Superintendent of Public
Works or his agent makes a service call for the purpose of turning
off the water service, where a person is in default, an additional
charge of $50 shall be immediately added to the water charge, and
if such charge is not paid at the time of said service call, the water
charge shall be considered not paid and the Superintendent of Public
Works or his agent shall proceed to shut off the water service. The
Village Superintendent of Public Works or his agent shall file with
the Village Clerk-Treasurer within 24 hours, notice of the additional
charge imposed for the service call.
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(6-b)
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Whenever a service has been turned off for nonpayment
of water bill or other charges, or for any violation of any rule or
regulation of the Board, it shall not be turned on again until all
charges or fines have been paid or the defects of the service have
been adjusted and until a fee of $50 for turning on the water shall
have been paid.
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(6-c)
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The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall give notice
of the procedure on the water bill.
[Amended 1-8-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985; 1-12-1988] |
(7)
All services in use on the last day of any billing
period as above defined and continued in use thereafter, must be paid
for at the established rates up to the close of the next billing period
unless notice is given as prescribed in the next paragraph.
(8)
Notice of removal of water service pipes must be given
to the Village Clerk-Treasurer in writing. Rent will be collected
for all connections with the service pipes, whether used or not, until
such connections shall have been detached for the service pipes by
the Water Board or its authorized agents.
(9)
Applications for the use of water or for the connection
of service pipes or fixtures to supply any premises must be made to
the Water Board upon forms for the purpose, by the owners of the premises,
and must state fully and truly all the uses for which the water is
desired and no other or different use will be allowed except on application
to and consent of the Water Board.
(10)
In case of fraudulent misrepresentation on the
part of the applicant, or for uses not enumerated in the application,
or of willful and unreasonable waste of water, the Water Board shall
have the right to forfeit the payment for installation and stop the
supply of water.
(11)
No extension or alteration of any service pipe
shall be made without permission of the Water Board.
(12)
No person or parties supplied shall allow the
water to be taken from their premises without written permission from
the Board, except in case of fire.
(13)
Lawn sprinklers, unless on metered service,
must not be converted into fountains or jets, or be allowed to run
to waste in the gutters or upon the lawns, but must be closed except
when in use for sprinkling as intended.
(14)
In all cases where permits are granted the Board
will tap the main and furnish corporation stop and service pipe to
the outside of the street sidewalk and charge the applicant according
to existing rates toward covering the cost of the same and the labor
of tapping, etc. For larger pipe the applicant will pay the extra
cost of same.
(15)
All service pipe must be laid at least four
feet below the surface and be kept in good repair at the expense of
the owner. There shall be a stop and waste cock upon the service pipe
within the wall of the building, easily accessible to the occupants
for their protection in enabling them to turn off the water in case
of leaks and to drain the pipe inside to prevent freezing, etc. In
no case will water be allowed to run to prevent freezing except upon
written authority from the Water Board or Superintendent of Public
Works.
(16)
Each person or persons entitled to the water
shall be responsible for his or her branch, and in case of defect
the supply of water shall be stopped until repaired.
(17)
Plumbers must notify the Water Board of all
work in new buildings, and of all alterations and addition which increase
the water rent of any property as shown by the established rates,
as soon as said work is completed.
(18)
The Water Board, or any authorized agent of
the Board, shall have full power to enter the premises of any consumer,
at all reasonable hours, to examine fixtures, manner of using water,
etc.
(19)
No person shall open or interfere with the fire
hydrants of the Village without permission of the Superintendent of
Public Works, except officers of the Fire Department in case of fire.
(20)
The Water Board reserves the right to apply
a meter to any service pipe, and to charge metered rates.
(21)
The right is reserved to shut off any and all
consumers in case of extensions, repairs or other necessity. It is
understood and agreed that the Village shall not be liable for any
damage which may result to any person or premises by reason of any
change in the water pressure, or from the shutting off of the water
from any main or service for any purpose whatever, even in cases where
no notice is given.
(22)
No owner or occupant of any house or lot, and
no plumber or other person shall tap the pipes leading from the mains
into any building, lot or lots without permission from the Water Board.
(23)
Water used outside the corporate limits of the
Village, except such as is not required by contract to be furnished
without charge, may be charged for at the foregoing or such higher
rates as in the opinion of the Water Board may be deemed advisable.
The Board reserves the right to vary its rules and regulations or
to make special rules or regulations applicable to any consumer or
class of consumers whose property lies outside the corporate limits
of the Village. The Board reserves the right to refuse water service
to properties outside the corporate limits of the Village.
(24)
The Board reserves the right to change the rates
or alter the rules and regulations as the interests of the Village
may demand.
(25)
All commercial or industrial establishments
are required to provide adequate backflow containments on all mains
connected to the Public Water System in accordance with Part 5.33(D),
N.Y.S. Sanitary Code and Engineering & Sanitation Manual items
133.0 - 133.5.
(26)
(Reserved)
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(26-a)
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Cross-connections. It shall be unlawful for
the owner of property or the user of Village water, or both, to introduce
or permit the introduction into the Village water supply system any
pollution or contamination of any kind. Whenever a cross-connection
to another water supply into the Village system is found, or wherever
any other condition is found which presents the possibility of contamination
or pollution, the water supply to such premises and/or other premises
from which cross-connection is made shall be discontinued immediately
until the cross-connection is eliminated or the condition remedied.
The operator of the Water Works may permit or require a backflow preventer
of pattern and design which the New York State Department of Health
approves as reasonably adequate to prevent contamination, if the operator
determines that the complete physical separation from the Village
water system is not practicable or necessary, or that adequate inspection
for cross-connection cannot readily be made, or that such backflow
preventer is necessary because of existing or possible backflow resulting
from special condition, use, or equipment.
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(26-b)
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Any corrosive measure, disconnection or change
on private property shall be at the sole expense of the person in
control of such property. Any changes required in the Village system
outside the property or between the meter and the supply line or distribution
system, and any charges for cut off or disconnection shall be added
to the charges for water against the premises necessitating such expenditure.
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(26-c)
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All physical connections which may constitute
potential cross-connection are prohibited unless constructed, maintained,
and operated in accordance with the provisions of the New York State
Sanitary Code Chapter I, Part 5.
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(26-d)
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Should any provision of this law be judicially
determined to be unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions
shall continue in full force and effect.
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