[Adopted 5-13-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975 as Ch. 45 of the 1975
Village of Dundee Municipal Code]
The following rules and regulations are established by the Board
of Trustees of the Village of Dundee, and every person who shall be
supplied or whose property shall be supplied automatically accepts
said rules, and the same shall constitute a part of the contract between
such persons and the village. Wherever the word "consumer" shall be
used in these rules and regulations, it shall mean the owner of the
property.
Applications for a water service pipe from the street main to
the curb must be in writing. All excavations and backfills necessary
for the installation of said service pipe and the tapping of the main
shall be made by the village to the property line. The village assumes
all liability in case of damages of any kind which may arise during
the progress of such work or by reason thereof. Warning lights, barricades,
railings and all other necessary means of protection against accidents
shall be provided by the village to the property line.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
A.
A separate
tap is to be required for each lot supplied with water. This tap shall
be made by an employee of the Village of Dundee, and the cost shall
be borne by the consumer.
B.
The owner
of any property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or
other purposes located within the Village of Dundee and abutting on
any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or
may in the future be located a public water main is hereby required
to be connected to the public water supply of the Village of Dundee.
Any exemption must be approved by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Dundee. To be granted exemption, the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Dundee must deem connection impractical or cost prohibitive.
C.
There shall
be no wells drilled within the Village limits without the express
written approval of the Village Board.
The entire cost of materials and installation shall be borne
by the consumer. The installation of said service from the street
main to the curb shall be made by the Village of Dundee at the expense
of the consumer. The installation of the service beyond the curb on
private property must be performed by the consumer.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
All service pipes used to service residential homes and small
commercial businesses (three-quarter-inch-through-two-inch inside
diameter) from the water main to the curb stop shall be Type K copper.
From the curb stop to the building shall be either Type K copper or
200 psi polyethylene (PE) CTS pipe. Tracer wire is required from the
curb stop to the building for all PE service installations. Any service
pipe shall be one continuous length, if 100 feet or less. In the event
that the length of the pipe is over 100 feet, there shall be the minimum
number of connections possible. Fittings on copper service shall be
flare or compression type. Fittings on PE service shall be "quick"
compression type with stainless steel inserts. The service pipe used
for large commercial businesses and industry, two-inch inside diameter
or larger in diameter, shall be ductile iron pipe from the water main
to the curb valve or to the inside of the street planting strip. The
service pipe from the curb valve or street planting strip to the building
shall be ductile iron. All joints for ductile iron pipe shall be Tyton-type
fittings.
A.
Service pipes will be required to be laid not less than 54 inches
below the surface of the earth. This applies to the established grade,
where it has been fixed. A water service pipe cannot be laid in the
same trench with a sewer lateral and shall be at least six feet apart.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
B.
All services are to be inspected by a representative of the Village
before the trench is backfilled.
C.
Sand bedding
will be used around the service for a depth of one foot. A plastic
pipe sleeve may be used in lieu of sand bedding. In public rights-of-way,
bank-run gravel will be placed and tamped in one-foot lifts until
the trench is back to original grade. Care shall be taken to eliminate
any large and/or sharp stones in the backfill which may ultimately
damage the service. Under all public road pavements, services shall
be installed through casings as approved by representatives of the
Village.
[Added 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
[Amended 5-23-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989]
The owner of the property into which water is supplied by a
service pipe shall be required to maintain, at his own cost and expense,
said service pipe from the curb to his property. Failure to make necessary
repairs after due notice, in writing, by the village will result in
the water being shut off until satisfactory repairs are made. Maintenance
of the service pipe from the street main to the curb cock will be
performed by the village. It shall be the responsibility of the owner
of the serviced property to promptly notify the village of any damage
to the curb cock.
The curb cock controlling any service shall not be opened or
left open by any person unless said service is equipped with a meter
to measure the water used. Any deviation from this rule shall be granted
only by a special permit. No person except employees of the village
will be allowed to operate curb cocks unless authorized by the village.
[Amended 5-23-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989; 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
A.
All services,
except those used exclusively for fire purposes, shall be metered.
The Village shall approve and supply the meters, and all repairs shall
be made by the Village. Meters damaged as a result of user/landowner
negligence shall be replaced at the expense of the user/landowner.
"Commercial service" shall be any service having larger than a three-fourths-inch
tap.
B.
The Village
requires that all water pass through a master meter which will be
billed to the property owner on buildings or mobile home parks with
multiple meters. Submetering of individual tenants shall be at the
expense of the property owner. The Village has no involvement in the
landlord's recovery of water fees, rents, etc., from tenants.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
All water passing through a meter will be charged for, whether
used or wasted. Meters will be tested by a third-party vendor at the
consumer's request. If the meter is found correct (not over-registering),
the consumer shall bear the expense of the test and for the new meter
that was installed.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
All water meters shall be located in an accessible part of the
building or basement so that they may readily be read or removed.
When determined that a meter must be placed in a pit, specifications
for such a pit must be obtained at the Village Clerk's office. Just
inside of the basement wall or pit wall into which the service pipe
extends, a stop- and waste cock shall be placed ahead of the meter
and a stopcock after the meter. On all water meters two inches or
more in size, a bypass shall be installed under Village specifications.
All water meters, when set, shall be sealed to prevent tampering.
No person except an authorized employee of the village shall break
such seal or tamper with such water meter.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
Any employee of the Village, upon proper identification, shall
have the right to enter upon any premises where Village water is being
supplied for the purpose of inspecting, installing or removing the
water meter, plumbing and fixtures of the water service and all work
in connection with the service or reading the water meter. Failure
to allow entry will result in water service being discontinued.
[Amended 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
The Village, its agents, representatives and employees shall
not be liable for any damage or loss of any kind which may result
to any person or premises by reason of rust or discoloration of water
supplied from or through any water system or by reason of a change
in pressure or by reason of shutting off the water from any main or
service in case of an emergency, including but not limited to breaks
in a water main or for any other purpose whatsoever, even in cases
where notification is not given.
Where fire service is allowed, the entire cost of materials,
installation and maintenance of the service from the main to the building,
or within the limits of the premises, shall be borne by the consumer.
Failure to make proper repairs of the system after due notice will
result in the water being shut off.
If a meter register fails to record the amount of water used
due to a stopped meter or other cause; the consumer shall be charged
either at the average daily consumption for the previous period that
the meter was last read or the corresponding period of the previous
year, whichever the village deems most appropriate and fair.
A.
Lien. Unpaid water rents shall constitute a lien upon the premises
served until paid.
B.
Leased premises; enforcement. In case of leased premises, if the
occupant thereof neglects to pay any water rent owed by him when due
and he shall move from such premises to another served by the Village
water system, no application for water service shall be granted until
the delinquent rent has been paid. In no event, however, shall the
lien for unpaid water rents expire until said rents are paid.
C.
Multiple tenants. Where there are two or more tenants occupying premises
served by one water meter, the water rent shall be billed and collected
directly from the owner thereof. In no case shall the Village bill
such tenant or tenants.
D.
Water
rent is due on or before January 10, April 10, July 10 and October
10 following the date of the invoice for such water rent. Water rent
not paid by the 10th becomes past due, without further notice, and
subject to a late payment penalty of 10%. Any water rent which becomes
past due causes the water rent account to be subject to a service
shutoff warning notice. Water service shutoff due to nonpayment of
water rent may occur at any time subsequent to 90 days after the date
of the water rent invoice without further notice.
[Added 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
E.
The Village
Clerk/Treasurer and the Deputy Village Clerk/Treasurer are authorized
to enter into payment agreements with water service customers, including
tenants, with respect to unpaid water rent bills upon such terms as
are determined in the sole discretion of the Village Clerk/Treasurer
or Deputy Village Clerk/Treasurer.
[Added 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
F.
In the
event that water service is discontinued by shutoff due to unpaid
water rent, a reconnect fee may be imposed, the amount of which shall
be determined by resolution duly adopted by the Village Board of Trustees.
Once the water service is discontinued, the entire balance plus reconnection
fee must be paid to have service restored.
[Added 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
G.
In April
of each year, the Board of Trustees shall certify, by motion duly
made and adopted, a list upon which are set out the names, addresses
and Tax Map identification numbers of the owners of real property
who, as of February 10 of that year, are and continue to be delinquent
in payment of water rent, together with the amount of such delinquent
water rent. The Village Clerk/Treasurer shall set out on the Village
tax roll the name and address of the owner of the real property liable
for general Village taxes, including the amount of delinquent water
rent which constitutes a new principal sum and shall thereafter, as
such new principal sum, be payable, collectible and enforceable in
the same manner and at the same time provided by law for the payment,
collection and enforcement of the Village taxes for the subject real
property.
[Added 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
[Added 5-26-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015[1]]
A.
In order to ensure the continued functioning of the Water Department
and the water treatment plant of the Village and to ensure their proper
operation, repair and maintenance, the Village establishes herein
a formula for fixing rates for the use of potable water provided by
the Village of Dundee.
B.
With the exception of consumers of Village water pursuant to a contract
between the Village of Dundee and any other town, village or special
district, the following provisions shall be applicable for computation
of rates for water consumption by customers of the Village water system.
C.
In addition to any and all other fees and charges provided by law,
regulation or resolution, every person who shall be supplied or whose
property is or may be supplied with water by the Village of Dundee
shall be billed quarterly at rates pursuant to the following formula:
quarterly TUC = {(FUC x EDU) + (VUC x # of gallons consumed divided
by 1,000)} divided by 4.
The components of the formula are:
(1)
Total user cost (TUC): the quarterly amount of the customer's water
bill.
(2)
Fixed user cost (FUC): computed as the annual costs of all indebtedness
related to the operation of the Dundee municipal water system, divided
by the total number of EDUs;
(3)
Equivalent dwelling units (EDU): a factor representing the customer's
premises as set out in the EDU documents filed with the Village Clerk
and adopted or amended by resolution after public hearing upon at
least five days' notice posted and published.
(4)
Variable user cost (VUC): computed as the total of the annual operating
and maintenance costs related to the operation of the Dundee municipal
water system, divided by the anticipated annual water production and
expressed as a cost per 1,000 gallons.
D.
Customers outside the Village limits will be billed quarterly at
1 1/2 times the costs at which a similarly categorized water
customer within the Village would be billed or a fixed surcharge rate,
as determined from time to time by resolution duly adopted by the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Dundee, subsequent to a public
hearing held upon five days' notice, posted and published.
E.
The turn-on fee, water tap fee, rate for customers outside the Village
limits and penalty fees shall be established by resolution duly adopted
by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dundee subsequent to a
public hearing held on at least five days' notice posted and published.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also superseded former § 134-18,
Water and sewer rates; payment of bills, as amended. Local Law No.
4-2015 also stated that it would be effective for water consumption
readings taken after June 1, 2015, and billed on or after June 1,
2015.
[Added 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020[1]]
When a building is torn down and the water service is no longer
required to the property or properties, the owner of said property
is required to excavate at the water main, at the owner's expense,
so that the abandoned waterline can be disconnected from the water
main. The municipal employees shall do the actual disconnection. The
owner is responsible for refilling the excavation.
