[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Excavations — See Ch. 176.
Sewers — See Ch. 311.
[Adopted 6-5-1899 (Ch. 82 of the 1971 Code)]
No person shall violate any of the rules of the Water Commissioners approved by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville. No person shall make any excavation in the public streets of the Village for taking water, laying or repairing sewers or for any other purpose without immediately restoring the street to as good a condition and with like material, placed in like manner, as before such excavation was made.
All water rents[1] shall be collected semiannually in the months of April and October by the Water Department of the Boonville Municipal Commission, from the owners of the lots and buildings which shall be situated upon any street, avenue or highway on which distribution pipes are now or may hereafter be laid and from which such lots and buildings can be supplied with water,[2] and said water rents shall be payable when due and shall be a lien and a charge upon such buildings and lots. The Mayor of the Village shall be authorized and he is hereby empowered to cause the supply of water to be cut off to any person or corporation when such person or corporation shall be in default in the payment thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: For water and sewer rates, see Ch. 311, Sewers, Art. IX, Sewer Charges.
[2]
Editor's Note: The Water Department will maintain all present mains and water lines in the Village along any established street, road or highway and will enlarge any water line that becomes inadequate for proper service. (This does not include services from main to house.) [Adopted 6-1-1959 by the Municipal Commission, Water Department]
[Amended 12-29-1971]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $250 for each violation. In addition, each violation of this chapter shall constitute disorderly conduct, and each person violating the same shall be a disorderly person. Each day that a violation or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated hereunder by the Board of Trustees occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.