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Cross reference: Buildings and building regulations, ch. 14.
[Code 1974, § 111A-3.1; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
No unauthorized persons shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public water main or appurtenance thereto or the connection system between the public main and an individual structure, including the structure's meter, without first obtaining a written permit from the Department of Public Works and Engineering.
[Code 1974, § 111A-3.2; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
(a) 
All connections from any premises to an active public water supply, including tapping and connection to the public main, pipelines to the shutoff valve at the property line, the shutoff valve, and the meter, shall be made by the Department of Public Works and Engineering or its designee upon payment of all fees and application for and approval of all permits as required by this article and the Department of Public Works and Engineering. The connection system to structures from the public main to and including the structure's water meter shall be controlled and owned by the Township. All construction work on a building connection system shall be subject to the inspection of the Department of Public Works and Engineering. No backfilling or other covering work shall be done without the work being inspected and approved.
(b) 
All details of a building connection system, including service locations, valves and meter placement, shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Public Works and Engineering.
[Code 1974, § 111A-3.3; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
All water furnished to structures through the Township's public water supply system shall be measured by a meter or meters installed, owned, and controlled by the Township. The owner of a structure may, upon application and paying such costs and fees as established from time to time by resolution of the Township Board, have an additional meter installed for the separate metering of water used for lawn sprinkling or other use where the water used does not pass through the sanitary sewage disposal system. Duplex residences shall have separate meters and services installed for each dwelling unit. Townhouses or apartments may have separate meters and/or services installed for each dwelling unit upon payment of such costs and fees as established from time to time by resolution of the Township Board.
[Code 1974, § 111A-3.4; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
The cost of all repairs, maintenance, and replacements of connecting systems (the supply system from the public main up to and including the shutoff valve at the property line) shall be borne by the Township, except where the damage requiring repair was due to negligent or willful actions of the owner or occupant of the premises or an agent or licensee of such person. Nothing herein shall prevent the Township from recovering the cost of repairs or replacements from third persons responsible therefor. The cost of all repairs, maintenance, and replacements of service lines, the line from the shutoff valve at the property line up to, but not including, the structure's meter, shall be borne by the property owner. Nothing herein shall prevent such property owner from recovering the cost of repairs or replacements from third persons responsible therefor.
[Code 1974, § 111A-3.5; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
Department personnel shall have access at all reasonable hours to inspect any premises supplied with water, and the fact that the owner or occupant of such premises accepts and uses water supplied by the Township's public water supply system shall constitute a consent to the making of such inspection. No person shall refuse to admit authorized representatives of the Township to any premises for such purposes. In case any authorized representative is refused admittance or is in any way hindered in making the necessary inspection or examination, the water may be turned off for such premises after giving 24 hours' written notice to the owner or occupant thereof.
[Code 1974, § 111A-3.6; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
All materials used in a connection system shall be in accordance with the latest standards of the Township.
[Code 1974, § 111A-3.7; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
A separate and independent water service line shall be provided for each building; except where one building stands at the rear of another or an interior lot and no water main is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining court, yard, or driveway, the water service line from the front building may be extended to the rear building, provided that each building be separately metered. The Township Manager may waive the requirement of a separate and independent water service line for each building if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) 
The building for which the waiver is requested is on the same lot as the building from which water service will be extended and both buildings are owned by the same person or entity; and
(2) 
The Director of Community Planning and Development determines that the lot on which the buildings are located may not be split under current state, local or federal laws and Township rules or ordinances; and
(3) 
The Director of Public Works and Engineering ascertains there is no public health, safety, or welfare reason to require separate and independent service for each building.
If at any time after a wavier is granted the lot is split or the buildings are owned by different persons or entities, the waiver will be automatically revoked and separate and independent water service lines must be provided to each building.
[Code 1974, § 111A-5; Ord. No. 2001-18, 12-4-2001]
(a) 
The provision of water service for human consumption or sanitary purposes to any premises other than by the public water system, if permitted by law, shall be provided by a system complying with the provisions of this section.
(b) 
The type, capacities, location, layout, and water quality of a private water system shall comply with all requirements of state law, all standards of the state department of public health and with all standards of the county Health Department and shall be constructed and connected in accordance with the building and plumbing codes of the Township.
(c) 
At such time as use of private water system, including wells, storage tanks, and similar private facilities, shall be abandoned for water supply purposes, suitable steps shall be taken to ensure that injury to persons shall not result from such abandoned, private system.