Subchapter 2: Administration and Enforcement

§ 54.025 Water Department created; supervision.

[1961 Code, § 24.1; Ord. 257]

A Water Department is hereby created in the city and the supervision of the department shall be under the direction of the Water Superintendent.

§ 54.026 Scope of Water Department; jurisdiction and responsibility.

[1961 Code, § 24.16; Ord. 257]

The Water Department's jurisdiction and responsibility ends at the meter, and the Water Department will in no case be liable for damages occasioned by water running from open or faulty fixtures or from broken or damaged pipes beyond the Water Department's meter.

§ 54.027 Water Superintendent; appointment.

[1961 Code, § 24.2; Ord. 257]

The office of Water Superintendent is hereby created, which office shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of §§ 31.45 to 31.55 and 31.70 through 31.79.

§ 54.028 Water Superintendent; duties and compensation.

[1961 Code, § 24.3; Ord. 257]

The Water Superintendent shall be the administrative officer of the Water Department and shall discharge his or her duties and receive compensation as shall be provided by resolution or ordinance of the city.

§ 54.029 City Council may provide rules and regulations by resolution.

[1961 Code, § 24.24; Ord. 257]

The City Council may, by resolution, provide the rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the intent and purposes of this chapter.

§ 54.030 Water main fund.

[1961 Code, § 24.88; Ord. 257]

There is hereby created in the office of the City Treasurer, a fund to be known as the “water main fund”, into which all money received from property owners pursuant to the terms of § 54.162 shall be paid, and the money in this fund shall be used for no other purpose than the construction of water mains to serve undeveloped areas of the city, or extensions thereof.