[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 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, 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.
[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.