[1943 Code, § 801.23]
The word "premises," wherever used in this chapter, shall be
held to include a lot or part of a lot, a building or part of a building,
or any parcel or tract of land whatever.
[1943 Code, § 220.01]
There is hereby established a water department. Such department
shall be under the general supervision of the superintendent of water
and such department shall consist of such officers and employees as
may from time to time be lawfully provided.
[1943 Code, § 220.02]
The water department shall have the supervision, management
and control of the maintenance and operation of the waterworks system,
owned by the Village, the procuring and selling of water and all matters
and things connected with the operation and maintenance of the waterworks
system and the selling of water therefrom, also preserving the property
belonging thereto.
[1943 Code, § 801.18]
The officers of the water department and any and every person delegated or authorized by the water department for such purposes shall have free access to all and every part of any building, structure or premises to which water is supplied from the Village waterworks system, for the purpose of examining the water pipes, taps and fixtures therein or thereon, whenever such examination is deemed necessary or advisable in order to ascertain whether there is any unnecessary waste of water or whether the provisions of this chapter are being complied with. Any person in possession, charge or control of any such building, structure or premises into which any such officer or person shall desire to take entry or to have access for the purposes herein specified, who shall refuse to permit such entry or access or who shall do or cause to be done any act or thing for the purpose of preventing such entry or access, shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3 of this Code.
[1943 Code, § 801.01]
No person shall use any fire hydrant or other connection to
the water mains of the Village without first obtaining from the superintendent
of water a permit so to do.
[1943 Code, § 801.24]
All applicants who are not owners of the premises which they
desire to have supplied with water, shall make a deposit of $15 in
the case of residences, and $50 in the case of places of business
with the water department, as security for the payment of water to
be used, for which sum a certificate of deposit shall be issued. Upon
surrender of such certificate and the payment of all indebtedness
on the water account the sum of money will be returned to the depositor
or his assigns whenever the Village shall have discontinued supply
of water to such premises, after due notice to the water department
so to do. Upon such discontinuance, if there be any unpaid indebtedness
on the water account for water or material supplied to such premises,
the amount of such indebtedness shall be deducted from this deposit.
[1943 Code, § 801.10]
No water shall be supplied to any building, structure or premises
in the Village from the waterworks system, nor shall any person be
permitted to tap any water main or make connection with any service
pipe for the purpose of furnishing water to any building, structure
or premises or for any other purpose, until an application in writing
shall first have been made to the water department by the person desiring
such building, structure or premises to be supplied with water or
desiring to tap any such main or to make connection with any service
or supply pipe. Such application shall set out the full name and address
of the applicant.
[1943 Code, § 801.11]
If, after the water supply shall have been turned on to any
building, structure or premises, it shall be found by the water department
or by any officer or employee of the water department that fraudulent
representations have been made by the applicant for water service
or that water is being used in or upon such building, structure or
premises for purposes not set forth in the application made for the
water supply to such building, structure or premises, or that there
is wilful and unreasonable use or waste of water in or upon such building,
structure or premises, the water department shall have the authority
and it shall be its duty to cut off and stop the supply of water to
such or persons responsible for such fraudulent representation or
for such use of water or wilful or unreasonable waste thereof, and
such person shall pay to the Village such additional sum of money
for such water supply or on account of such unreasonable waste of
water as the water department shall find properly to be due the Village,
or such sum as would have been charged for water under the provisions
of this chapter if the facts concerning the use of water were truthfully
set forth in such application.
[1943 Code, § 801.07]
Any person to whom a temporary permit to use water has been
issued shall on the first day of each and every month after the issuance
of such permit, contact the superintendent of water who shall immediately
render a bill to the holder of such permit and such holder shall immediately
pay such bill in full and upon his failure so to do, the superintendent
of water shall revoke the permit and no future permit shall be granted
until the water bill has been paid in full.
[1943 Code, § 801.02]
The superintendent of water shall issue a permit to any reputable
person who desires to use water from the Village water mains through
the Village fire hydrant; provided, however, that such person shall
file in writing with the superintendent of water an application to
use such water, the purpose for which it is to be used and the approximate
time that such temporary connection will be used, and shall pay to
the superintendent of water the sum of $75 as a deposit, which shall
be held by the superintendent of water for the purposes hereinafter
provided.
[1943 Code, §§ 801.05, 801.08]
The superintendent of water shall, if the application referred
to in the preceding section shall be in the proper form and the deposit
shall be made, issue a permit to use water from the Village fire hydrant,
and at the time of issuing the permit shall deliver to such person
a fire hydrant wrench, water meter, reducer and stopcock, which the
water meter, reducer and stopcock shall be firmly welded together
by some suitable means so that the same cannot be taken apart by the
person to whom the permit is issued, and the superintendent of water
upon the delivery of the water meter, reducer and stopcock shall read
the meter and make a notation of the same in a book kept for that
purpose, and shall, when the water meter, reducer and stopcock is
returned, or on the first of each and every month, again read such
meter and bill the person to whom such permit is granted for the water
used by him, at the regular prevailing rates existing by ordinance.
The superintendent of water shall procure a sufficient number
of fire hydrant wrenches, and shall prepare a sufficient number of
water meters, reducers and stopcocks as required to supply any demand
which may be made upon him for the permit required in this article.
[1943 Code, § 801.06]
Upon the return of the permit required by Section 51-10 of this article the fire hydrant wrench, water meter, reducer and stopcock in good condition, and the payment to the Village for all water used as shown by the meter, then the superintendent of water shall return the $75 which was required to be deposited except that when the fire hydrant wrench, water meter, reducer and stopcock shall not be returned in good condition, then the superintendent of water shall, in the exercise of his judgment, determine the amount of damage to the fire hydrant wrench, water meter, reducer and stopcock and shall deduct from the $75 the amount so determined by him and his determination of such damage shall be final. The superintendent of water shall further determine from the reading of the meter attached to the stopcock and reducer the amount the person holding the permit is indebted to the Village for water used, and shall further deduct the sum so determined by him from the $75 or any portion thereof.
[1943 Code, § 801.12; Ord. 2001-2, 2-5-2001, § 1]
Any person, whether owner or occupant, or person in possession,
charge or control of any building, structure or premises with or to
which it is desired to make connection with the waterworks system
of the Village shall provide and install at his own expense a buffalo
or shut off box, and such buffalo or shut off box shall be constructed
and located to the satisfaction and approval of the water department.
Pipes running from the buffalo box to the house shall be approved
copper pipe. The stopcock, unless otherwise specially permitted, shall
be connected to service pipes within the sidewalk, at or near the
curb line of the same and shall be enclosed in and protected by a
cast iron box with a cover having the letter "W" of suitable size
cast thereon. Such iron box shall be of form and dimension satisfactory
to the President and the Board of Trustees and shall extend from the
service pipe to the surface of the sidewalk and of proper size to
admit the stop key for operating the stopcock. No permit shall be
issued to connect any building, structure or premises with the waterworks
system of the Village unless such connection be equipped with a buffalo
or shut off box in accordance with the provisions of this section.
[1943 Code, § 801.09]
No person, whether owner or occupant or in possession, charge
or control of any building, structure or premises into which water
is introduced or to which water is supplied through the waterworks
system shall be allowed, without permission from the water department,
to supply other persons, or to supply water from such buildings or
premises to any other building, structure or premises than the one
into which such water supply is introduced. If any person, either
as owner or occupant, or in possession, charge or control of any such
building, structure or premises, violates any of the provisions of
this section, the supply of water to the building, structure or premises
shall be shut off and stopped forthwith, and any amount which shall
or may have been paid for water for the current period shall be forfeited
to the Village. Where the water supply shall be cut off for a violation
of the provisions of this section, it shall not again be turned on
to such building, structure or premises from which it was cut off
until there shall have been paid to the Village such sum of money
as the water department shall deem properly due the Village for the
amount of water furnished to be used by any such person or in any
such premises in violation of the provisions of this section, and
until the cost and expense of cutting off or stopping the water supply
from such building, structure or premises shall have been paid.
[Ord. 97-40, 11-17-1997, §§ 1-3; Ord. 98-28, 8-17-1998, §§ 1-3]
(a)
PERSON
POTABLE WATER
Definitions.
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
limited liability company, corporation, association, joint stock company,
trust, estate, political subdivision, or any other legal entity, or
their legal representatives, agents or assigns.
Any water used for human or domestic consumption, including,
but not limited to, water used for drinking, bathing, washing dishes,
or preparing foods.
(b)
Prohibition. Except for such uses or methods in existence before
the effective date hereof, the use or attempt to use as a potable
water supply, ground water from within the corporate limits of the
Village by the installation or drilling of wells or by any other method
is hereby prohibited, including at points of withdrawal by the Village.
(c)
Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall
be subject to a fine of up to $500.
[1943 Code, § 801.14; Ord. 2001-2, 2-5-2001, § 1]
Where the water supply to any building, structure or premises
shall have been cut off or stopped on account of nonpayment of water
rates or on account of the violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter, or for any other reason or cause whatsoever, where such cutting
off or stopping shall have been done by the department, the water
shall not again be supplied to such building, structure or premises
or permitted to be turned on therein or thereto without a permit first
issued for that purpose by the water department. If it shall be found
by the water department that the water supply has been turned on or
into any such building, structure or premises from which it has been
cut off or stopped, as aforesaid, in violation of the provisions of
this section, the water department shall have the authority and it
shall be the duty of the water department to see to it that the service
or supply pipes by and through which water is supplied to such building,
structure or premises are cut off at the water mains or as near thereto
as is practicable, and no water shall again be supplied to such building,
structure or premises or be permitted to be turned on therein or thereto
until a sum of $500 shall have been paid as liquidated damages for
and on account of the unlawful and unauthorized turning on of such
water supply to such premises.
On all shutoffs made by the water department, a closed washer
shall be used.
[1943 Code, § 801.15]
The amount of damages referred to in Section 51-15 of this article shall be paid by the person owning or occupying, or in possession, charge or control of such building, structure or premises at the time it is desired to have the water turned on or supplied thereto, irrespective of whether such person shall have been the one guilty of violating such provisions, such person being held responsible for any tampering with the buffalo or shut off boxes on his premises or in his building or structure and also being held responsible for any unlawful or unauthorized turning on of the water into or upon his building, structure or premises.
[1943 Code, § 801.16; Ord. 2001-2, 2-5-2001, § 1]
Whenever the owner, agent, lessee or person in charge, possession
or control of any building, structure or premises shall give notice
in writing to the water department that any building is vacant, or
unoccupied and request the bureau of water to turn off the water,
the water department shall at once cause the water supply of such
building to be cut off, and when the owner, agent or lessee shall
make a formal request that the supply of water be turned on, it shall
be done upon payment of a fee of $50.
[1943 Code, § 801.13]
Whenever two or more individuals occupying separate and independent
apartments, suites or rooms or separate floors in any building or
whenever separate and independent buildings occupied by different
individuals, are supplied with water from one service pipe connected
with the distributing water main, the water department may cut off
and withhold the water supply from such service pipe for failure on
the part of any one of such individuals to comply with all the provisions
of this chapter, or for failure on the part of any person responsible
for the payment of any sum of money due to the Village for such water
so supplied to pay the same.
[1943 Code, § 801.17]
If it shall be found that there is an unreasonable or unnecessary
waste of water in any building, structure or premises to which water
is supplied from the Village waterworks system, through or by means
of a leak in any water pipe located in any such building, structure
or in or on any such premises, the water department shall cause the
water supply to be cut off from such building, structure or premises
unless such waste shall be stopped or shall cease within 24 hours
after it shall have given notice to the owner, occupant or person
in possession, charge or control of such building, structure or premises
to stop such waste. In cases where the water supply is cut off from
any building structure or premises on account of a neglect, failure
or refusal of any person so notified to stop such leak, the water
supply shall not again be turned on until a minimum fee of $10 and
whatever other actual expense to the Village of cutting off and again
turning on such water supply shall have been paid by such owner, occupant
or person in possession, charge or control.
[Ord. 6-2-1980, § 1; Ord. 2001-2, 2-5-2001, § 1]
In all new construction and in all repair and/or replacement
of water using fixtures, only fixtures not exceeding the following
flow rates and/or water usage shall be installed. These ratings are
based on a pressure at the fixture of 40 to 50 psi.
|
Type
|
Flow Rate
|
|---|---|
|
Water closets, tank type
|
1.6 gallons per flush
|
|
Water closets, flushometer type
|
1.6 gallons per flush
|
|
Urinals
|
1.0 gallons per flush
|
|
Showerheads
|
2.5 gallons per minute
|
|
Lavatory, sink faucets
|
2.5 gallons per minute
|
[1943 Code, §§ 801.19, 801.20]
The terms and conditions upon which public drinking fountains
may be erected and maintained, and the rates to be charged for the
water used in such fountains, shall be fixed by the water department.
No person shall erect, maintain or operate any public drinking
fountain unless such fountain be furnished with an automatic cutoff
so as to prevent waste of water.
[Ord. 89-6, 5-15-1989, § 1; Ord. 89-14, 7-17-1989, § 1]
(a)
There is hereby established a water usage schedule to commence on
May 15 and to remain in effect through September 15 of each year,
for the purpose of regulating the outdoor use of water for sprinkling
lawns, gardens and shrubbery as follows:
(1)
Persons owning or controlling property with an odd numbered
street address may use water for outdoor lawn, garden and shrubbery
purposes on odd numbered calendar days;
(2)
Persons owning or controlling property with an even numbered
street address may engage in such outdoor water use on even numbered
calendar days;
(3)
No outdoor water uses, as set forth therein, shall be undertaken
between the hours of 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, the phrases "outdoor use of water,"
"outdoor purposes," and "outdoor water uses" shall mean the use of
water from the Village's municipal potable water system for watering
of a lawn, garden or shrubbery employing the use of a hose, pipe,
duct, sprinkler or sprinkling system but shall not include the use
of rainwater or recycled water for any of the above named purposes
or the watering of plants or shrubbery using watering cans, buckets
or pails.
(c)
The Village Manager is hereby authorized to further limit or prohibit
the use of water from the Village waterworks for the purposes of sprinkling
lawns, gardens or shrubbery, for washing automobiles, for filling
residential swimming pools and other similar purposes whenever he
has reason to believe that a shortage of Village water may be forthcoming
or that there is an actual shortage of Village water.
(d)
The sodding, seeding or laying of new lawns, and the restoration
of existing lawns is to be discouraged from May 15 through September
15. However, residents may sprinkle such new or restored lawn for
a period of not more than two weeks, in the event that such installation
or restoration of a lawn is not otherwise practicable or in the event
of a demonstrated hardship.
[1943 Code, § 801.25]
Gas companies, contractors, and other persons or corporations
requiring water from the Village for use in puddling trenches, ditches
or for other purposes incident to public or private work or improvement
or otherwise shall make application to the water department for permission
to use water for such purposes, stating in such application the name
of the applicant. Such application shall also set forth the particular
use to which the water so desired is to be put. The water department
shall issue a permit in writing authorizing the use of water by such
applicant upon such conditions and under such restrictions and conditions
to be fixed according to the circumstances existing in each case.
The supply of water to be used by any such applicant shall be paid
for in accordance with the rates prescribed for water used for temporary
purposes.
[1943 Code, § 801.26]
Contractors and other persons requiring water from the Village
park for use in constructing and erecting dwellings, buildings and
structures, the supply to which is not controlled by meter, shall
make application to the superintendent of water for permission to
use water for such purposes, stating in such application the name
of the applicant, and if such applicant be a person, his place of
business or residence, and if a corporation, the name of the corporation
together with its principal place of business. Such application shall
also set forth the particular use or uses the water so desired is
to be put. The superintendent of water shall issue a permit in writing,
authorizing the use of such water by such applicant upon the applicant
paying in advance, the sum of $25 which shall be the charge for water
so used in connection with such improvement upon the premises described
in the application.
[1943 Code, § 703.07]
No person shall meddle with or injure any public or private
well, cistern, hydrant or pump within the Village.
[1943 Code, § 804.06]
Except as otherwise provided any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation governing or concerning the use of water supplied through the waterworks system which shall have been adopted and approved by the President and Board of Trustees, shall be punished as provided in Section 13-3 of this Code, and the cutting off of the water supply to any premises or the forfeiture of water rates paid or the imposition of any liability or expense herein otherwise provided for or on account of any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall not be held to exempt any such person from the penalty herein provided.
