All persons, firms and corporations desiring to connect, install
or renew service connections with the water mains of the Borough shall
do so subject to the following.
Application shall be made in writing to the Borough Clerk on
appropriate forms furnished by the Borough.
If the application is approved, the applicant shall pay a fee as provided for in Chapter
210, Fees, for the issuance of a permit. This charge does not include the cost of a permit for street opening. A permit for street opening shall be secured before work is begun.
All service pipes, whether new or renewed, shall be composed
of the following materials:
A. Up to two-inch: Type K copper service.
B. Over two-inch: one-hundred-fifty-pound cast iron.
After the issuance of the permit and the street opening permit,
where such is required, the Water Department will install the corporation
cock on all service connections up to one inch. This work will be
done exclusively by the employees and representatives of the Water
Department, and no other person or persons shall at any time install,
replace, repair, maintain, change, alter or relocate any service connections
with any Borough-owned water main. All service connections over one
inch shall be installed under the supervision of the Water Department
at the expense of the applicant.
Without the special authorization of the Water Department of
the Borough, water service will not be furnished to any building that
is not located upon a parcel of land adjacent to any public street,
avenue or highway, and the service connection shall be constructed
and maintained only from the water main in such street, avenue or
highway which the parcel of land adjoins, and if there is no water
main in such street, avenue or highway, water service will not be
furnished by the Borough unless the construction of a water main is
financed pursuant to Borough ordinance by the owner of the property
for which water service is desired. Where the building to which water
service is to be furnished is located upon a parcel of land that is
adjacent to more than one street, avenue or highway, the service connection
shall, unless otherwise authorized by the Borough, be constructed
from the water main in the street, avenue or highway upon which the
parcel of land fronts, and if there is no water main in such street,
avenue or highway, the service connection may, with the special authorization
of the Water Department of the Borough, be constructed from a water
main located in any other street, avenue or highway with which the
parcel of land is contiguous.
No service connection shall, without the special authorization
of the Water Department of the Borough, be used to supply water to
more than one property. Garages and other structures accessory to
the main building and used exclusively in conjunction therewith may
be supplied with water from the connection and meter serving the main
building. Complete, separate service connections are required for
twin houses and similar structures.
The service pipe from the corporation cock to the water meter
shall be installed, repaired, maintained and renewed by the owner
or other person in possession of the property served and without any
cost or expense whatsoever to the Borough and in accordance with the
following specifications and requirements:
A. An authorized representative of the Borough will designate the location
for every installation or renewal of a water service connection, and
the same shall be installed only at the location so designated.
B. The service from the corporation cock to the water meter shall never
be of less diameter than the service pipe from the water main to the
corporation cock, and where the required diameter of the service pipe
is one inch, such pipe shall be of copper suitable for use underground
and shall comply with the Class A specifications for copper pipe adopted
by the American Society for Testing Materials and with the United
States government specifications for copper pipe, Type K WW-T-799.
No underground connection is permitted except at the corporation cock
or curb box. In connecting copper pipe with the water meter, only
red brass nipples, ells and fitting shall be used. The use of any
galvanized iron parts for this purpose will not be permitted.
C. Where the diameter of the service pipe exceeds one inch, such pipe
shall be of wrought iron or cast iron as directed by an authorized
representative of the Water Department of the Borough.
D. The service pipe shall be laid at right angles with the water main
and in a straight line from the corporation cock to within the wall
of the building to which service is to be furnished. Under no circumstances
will elbows, bends or offsets or crooked, bent or dented pipe be permitted
in any water service connection.
E. Every part of the service connection from the corporation cock to
the building to which service is to be furnished shall at all times
be located at a depth of at least four feet beneath the surface of
the ground.
F. A compression stop and waste, or valve of a diameter not less than
that of the service, tested to a minimum of 125 pounds' pressure,
shall be installed inside the building, as close as practicable to
the point of entrance of the service pipe, for use in shutting off
the supply of water whenever necessary.
G. A separate trench shall be used in the installation of the service
pipe, which pipe shall at all times and throughout its entire length
be not less than three feet from any and all gas, sewer and other
pipes or mains.
H. Immediately after the installation of the service pipe from the corporation
cock to the building and before such pipe is covered, the Water Department
of the Borough shall be notified at its office in order that an authorized
representative of the Borough may be afforded an opportunity to inspect
the installation, and the pipe shall not be covered until such inspection
has been made and the installation approved in writing by the Water
Superintendent in conformity with the ordinance of the Borough then
in effect.
I. Should the owner or occupant of the property to which water service
is furnished have occasion to renew or relay all or any part of the
service pipe from the curb stop or valve to the building under circumstances
not requiring, in the renewal of the service, connection from the
water main to the curb stop or valve, notice of such renewal or relaying
of service pipe or any part thereof shall be given to the Water Department
of the Borough, which shall be notified at its office in order that
an authorized representative of the Borough may be afforded an opportunity
to inspect the work, and the pipe shall not be covered until such
inspection has been made and the work approved in writing by the Water
Superintendent in conformity with the ordinance of the Borough then
in effect.
J. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the service connection is
constructed, maintained and used in accordance with these regulations,
the Borough of Bellmawr shall have the right, by its authorized representatives,
to inspect the service connection throughout its entire length and,
for such purpose, to enter upon the land and premises where the connection
is located and to make any excavations thereon that may be necessary
to facilitate such inspection, the surface of the ground being restored
to its former condition where any such excavations shall have been
made by the representatives of the Water Department of the Borough.
The Borough shall bear the expense of such inspections.
K. The Borough will not furnish water through any service connection
not installed, maintained and used in accordance with the foregoing
article and such additions thereto and amendments thereof as may be
made by the Borough from time to time.
After the service connection shall have been completely installed
from the water main to the building in accordance with the ordinance
of the Borough, a water meter will be placed by the Water Department
of the Borough in a location to be determined by a representative
of the Water Department of the Borough, and water will be supplied
upon the execution and delivery to the Borough, by the owner of the
property, of a contract in such form and containing such terms and
provisions as the Borough shall prescribe.
The water meter installed on the premises shall at all times
be and remain the sole property of the Borough.
All water boxes shall be installed between the curb and sidewalk.
Where the water box or shutoff is located on the property of the owner and the water service is to be disconnected by reason of delinquency of payment and said owner shall refuse permission to enter on said property for such purpose, water service shutoff shall be made from the street. In that event, said owner shall pay an additional charge as provided in Chapter
210, Fees, for restoration of service.
In the event that a property owner or person in possession shall desire to have his water meter tested for accuracy, the work shall be done under the following conditions: such person shall deposit with the Borough a sum as provided in Chapter
210, Fees, and in case the meter so tested shows a registration of more than 3% in excess of the actual amount of water passing through it, no charge shall be made for the meter testing. If said test shall show that the meter was not registering inaccurately to the extent of 3% of the actual amount of water passing through it, the deposit shall become the property of the Borough.
Any meter damaged, removed or tampered with shall be repaired
or replaced by the Water Department at the expense of the property
owner.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof,
in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each and every
day that such violation shall continue shall be a further and separate
offense under the terms of this article, subject to the penalties
herein prescribed.