[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.
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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.
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[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.
