[Adopted 1-2-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
In order to establish procedures and rules governing the use
and maintenance of the infrastructure providing the supply of potable
water within the Naples Water District, to provide for equitable charges
for the use of said water supply and infrastructure, to provide for
penalties for violations of established procedures and to protect
and preserve the health, safety and well-being of the residents and
property owners within the Naples Water District, the Town Board of
the Town of Naples hereby adopts the Water District Regulations article
of the Code of the Town of Naples.
The following words or phrases shall have the meanings provided
herein for the purposes hereof:
APPLICANT
The person seeking to have water service introduced to a
property.
CUSTOMER
The person or persons receiving water service from the Water
District, including but not limited to the owner of the premises receiving
such water service.
SERVICE LINE
A pipe or other conduit used for transmitting water from
a municipal water main or distribution line to a customer's property.
WATER METER
A device installed in order to measure the volume of water
entering a property.
The provisions of this article shall become a part of the contract
of any person, firm, corporation or other entity who or which obtains
water from the Naples Water District on or after the effective date
of this article, and every such person, firm, or corporation shall
be considered as having expressed his, her or its consent to be bound
thereby by virtue of accepting water service from the Naples Water
District.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity desiring a water
supply from the Naples Water District, after the effective date of
this article, must first make written application to the Town Clerk
or other designated officer or entity stating fully the various uses
for which the water is to be used, the street address for which service
is requested and the name and address of the owners of the premises
for which service is requested. Each application shall be signed by
the owner of the premises or his duly authorized agent. Upon receipt
and approval of the written application, a permit shall be issued
with respect thereto. All customers who receive such a permit shall
utilize only competent craftsmen to perform the work required to implement
the permit, which shall be completed in a competent and workmanlike
fashion. When such work has been inspected by authorized Water District
personnel and is in compliance with all of the provisions of this
article and upon payment of any charges due, water service shall be
provided to the subject premises.
No person or persons are permitted to open any fire hydrants
or to draw water therefrom, except by permission of and under the
direction of authorized Water District personnel. The Chief of the
Naples Fire Department, his assistants and officers are authorized
to use the hydrant and plugs for the purpose of extinguishing fires
or practice without such advance permission. All such uses shall be
under the supervision and direction of the Chief of the Fire Department
and his assistants. In no event shall any inexperienced or incompetent
person be allowed to control or utilize in any way any hydrant or
other associated apparatus of the Water District.
No person or persons, except authorized Water District personnel,
or such persons acting under the direction of Water District personnel,
shall open or close any valve or gauge in the mains or molest or interfere
with the same in any manner whatsoever.