[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Bridgman
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-3-1956 by Ord.
No. 9 (Ch. 403.000 of the 1999 Compiled Ordinances)]
No person, company or corporation shall tap any water main or
distribution pipe of the waterworks system, or insert therein any
corporation cock, stop cock, or any other fixture or appliance or
alter or disturb any service pipe, corporation stop, curb stop, gate
valve, hydrant, water meter or any other attachment belonging to the
waterworks system and attached thereto without proper permit for same.
No person shall install any water service pipe or connect or disconnect
any such service pipe with or from the mains or distribution pipes
of said waterworks system, not with or from any other service pipe
now or hereafter connected with said system, nor make any repairs,
additions to, or alterations of any such service pipe, tap, stock
cock, or any other fixture or attachments connected with any such
service pipe, without proper permit for same.
Before any service shall be made to any part of the waterworks
system, or any work performed upon old or new connections, a permit
shall be obtained from the Water Superintendent. Such permit shall
be issued after written application on forms prepared for that purpose
obtainable from the Water Superintendent. Applicants for water service
shall furnish and lay and install all that portion of the service
not provided by the City Water Department at their own expense; subject,
however, to the supervision and inspection of the City Water Superintendent.
Such permit shall be issued by the Water Superintendent if the proposal
is approved by him, and if denied, the applicant may appeal to the
City Council, whose decision shall be final.
Upon filing application for permit to connect with any water
main or distribution pipe of the waterworks system, there shall be
paid to the Water Department a tapping fee, such fees to include all
the costs of tapping the main, installing the corporation cock, furnishing
and laying the service pipe to the property line and installing stop
cock and shutoff box and a meter deposit which shall be equal to the
cost of the meter; all such materials to be and remain the property
of the City Water System.
The owner or occupant of any building or premises entitled to
the use of water from said system shall not supply water to other
persons, companies or corporations, except upon written permission
of the City Water Superintendent, nor shall he permit unnecessary
waste of water. There shall be a separate service in each building
except outbuildings and in connection with a main building. No temporary
service shall be permitted.
No person shall turn the water from any main or distribution
pipe into any service pipe without a permit, in writing, from the
City Water Superintendent.
All service pipes connecting with the distribution mains of
the waterworks system from the City main to the stop and waste inside
building shall be laid under the supervision of the Water Superintendent,
and the size of the service and meter shall be determined by the Superintendent.
The use of water for sprinkling lawns and gardens, and the hours
for such use, shall be prescribed by City Council by resolution adopted
at any regular or special meeting thereof.
The properties of manufacturing institutions, lumberyards, warehouses,
elevators, stores, hotels, schools and other public buildings wishing
to install large pipes with hydrant and hose couplings, to be used
only in case of fire, will be permitted with the street main at their
own expense, upon application to the City Water Superintendent and
under his direction and supervision, but shall pay for such connection
in an amount to be prescribed by the City Council.
The City Water Superintendent or any of his agents shall have
power and authority at all reasonable hours to enter upon any premises
where water is furnished from the City waterworks system, for the
purpose of reading meters or the inspection of all pipes and fixtures
connected with said waterworks system, and they shall have power and
authority to require any defective pipes or fixtures to be repaired,
removed or replaced where the same is deemed necessary by the Water
Superintendent, and any person refusing or neglecting to make such
repairs when so ordered shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this
article and liable to prosecution therefor.
Water meters may be installed upon any premises supplied with
water and any damage to said meter resulting from the carelessness
of the owner, agent or tenant through neglect to properly protect
same shall be assessed to such owner or tenant. Water consumers shall
not tamper with nor remove meter from the service, or interfere with
the reading thereof.
The City shall have, as security for the collection of any water
rates or any assessments, charges or rentals due or to become due
for the use or consumption of water supplied hereunder to any house
or other building or any premises, lot or lots or parcel or parcels
of land, a lien upon such house or other building and upon the premises
or lot or lots, or parcel or parcels upon which such house or other
building shall be situated or to which such water was supplied. Such
lien shall become effective immediately upon the distribution of the
water to the premises or property supplied as aforesaid, but shall
not be enforceable for more than three years. Such lien may be enforced
by the City in the manner prescribed by the general laws of this state
providing for the enforcement of tax liens, provided that the provisions
of this section shall not be construed as preventing the City from
suing such owner by action in the name of the City for the amount
so due to it, or from preventing the City from cutting off such water
services from the premises at any time such water charges are in default.
The rates to be charged consumers of water shall be as are now
in force, or which shall be established from time to time by the City
Council. All charges shall become due at such time as shall be established
by resolution of the City Council, and if such charges are not paid
within 20 days after the same shall become due, then a penalty of
10% shall be added thereto. In the event that the charges for any
such service furnished to any premises shall not be paid within 30
days after the same shall become due, then all service furnished to
such premises shall be discontinued.
No free service shall be furnished by the system to the City
or to any person, firm or corporation, public or private, or to any
public agency or private, or to any public agency or instrumentality.
The City shall pay the Water Department an annual hydrant rental charge
for each hydrant located within the City in such amount as shall be
fixed by resolution of the City Council.
A.
All fire hydrants erected within and by said City are hereby declared
to be public hydrants; and excepting the superintendent of the waterworks,
no person or persons other than the members of the Fire Department
of said City and Lake Township Fire Department, and then only for
the uses and purposes of such department, shall open any such hydrant,
or draw or attempt to draw any water therefrom, nor shall any person
or persons at any time uncover or attempt to uncover any such hydrant,
or remove or attempt to remove therefrom any matter or thing designed
or intended for the protection thereof, or in any manner interfere
with such hydrant.
B.
Provided that the Water Superintendent of said City, or its duly
authorized agents, may grant to any suitable person or persons written
permission to open any hydrant and draw water therefrom, in which
event such person or persons shall not open it to any greater extent
nor keep the same open any greater length of time nor draw water therefrom
for any other purpose, nor any greater quantity, than such as may
be specified in and by such permission. Any person obtaining such
permit shall pay an annual fee to the City as is established by resolution
of the City Council from time to time and shall use only the fire
hydrant designated in the permit.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person authorized to open hydrants shall delegate his authority
to another, nor let out or suffer any person to take the wrenches
furnished him, nor suffer the same to be taken except for the purposes
strictly connected with the Fire Department, or as they accompany
hose carts on occasions of fire.
No unauthorized person shall make any excavations in any street
or highway within 10 feet of any laid water pipe while the ground
is frozen, or dig up or uncover so as to expose to the frost any water
pipe of the City, except by permission of the Water Superintendent.
No person shall make any excavations in any street or highway
for the purpose of laying water pipes, or tap any water pipe without
written permission from the water superintendent; and all plumbing
work required in a building or for other purposes must be completed
to the lines of the street before any excavation shall be made in
any street for the purpose of connecting with the main.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A disconnection charge made at the request of the water user
shall be paid for turning off the service and for turning it on in
an amount as established by resolution of the City Council from time
to time.
The City shall not be liable under any circumstances for any
failure or deficiency in the supply of water to consumers whether
occasioned by shutting off the water to make necessary repairs or
connections or for any other cause.
All funds of the Water Department shall be kept separate from
other funds of the City and an accurate independent record kept of
all receipts and disbursement of the Water Department shall be maintained
by the appropriate employee or employees of the City.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more
than $500, and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the court.
[Adopted 11-6-1972 by Ord. No. 48 (Ch. 401.000 of the 1999 Compiled Ordinances)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The City adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross-Connection
Rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Mich Admin
Code, R 325.11401 through R 325.11407.
It shall be the duty of the Bridgman Water Department to cause
inspection to be made of all properties served by the public water
supply where cross-connections with the public water supply are deemed
possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on
potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the Bridgman
Water Department and as approved by the Michigan Department of Public
Health.
A.
The representative of the Bridgman Water Department shall have the
right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection
to the public water supply system of City for the purpose of inspecting
the piping system or systems thereof for cross-connections.
B.
On request, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served
shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding
the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of such
information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed
evidence of the presence of cross-connections.
The Bridgman Water Department is hereby authorized and directed
to discontinue water service after reasonable notice to any property
wherein any connection in violation of this article exists, and to
take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate
any danger of contamination of the public water supply system. Water
service to such property shall not be restored until the cross-connection(s)
has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this article.
The potable water supply made available on the properties served
by the public water shall be protected from possible contamination
as specified by this article and by the state plumbing code. Any water
outlet which could be used for potable or domestic purposes and which
is not supplied by the potable system must be labeled in a conspicuous
manner as:
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WATER UNSAFE FOR DRINKING
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This article does not supersede the state plumbing code but
is supplementary to it.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person or customer found guilty of violating any of the
provisions of this article, or any written order of the Bridgman Water
Department in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to
exceed $500 for each violation or imprisonment in the county jail
of Berrien County Michigan for a period of 90 days, or both, in the
discretion of the court. Each day upon which a violation of the provisions
of this act shall occur shall be deemed a separate and additional
violation for the purpose of this article.
