Village of Williamsville, IL Connection and Use

No connections with the waterworks system shall be made without a permit issued by Director of Public Works. All such connections shall be made by Village of Williamsville, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as ("Village") forces under the supervision of the Director of Public Works, and no connection shall be covered until the work has been inspected to the satisfaction of the Village of Williamsville, Illinois. Whenever any premises shall thereafter be connected with the waterworks system, a charge shall be made.[1]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

Deadline for connection. The owner, occupant or party or parties in possession of any house, structure, factory, industrial or commercial establishment or any other building or structure of any other character which uses water and is located on property within the corporate limits shall cause such house, structure, factory, industrial or commercial establishment or any other building or structure of any other character to be connected with the waterworks system within 90 days from the date that water facilities become available to such property.

Application for water service; turn-on fee; deposit.

Application. No water from the waterworks system shall be turned on for service into any premises by any person but the Director of Public Works or authorized agent. Application to have water turned on shall be made in writing to the Director of Public Works at the Village office and shall contain an agreement by the applicant to abide by and accept all of the provisions of this article as conditions governing the use and service of the waterworks system by the applicant.

Turn-on fee. A fee as set forth in Chapter 155, Fees, shall be paid for turning on the water. The only exception to this will be when the customer temporarily relocates to another home out of state, in which case a fee shall be added to the bill at the time of turn-on.[2]

[2]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

Water service installations. All service pipes and laterals from the waterworks system (water mains) to the stop box shall be installed by and at the expense of the owner or the applicant for service. If such water service must cross a Village or state road or alley that requires boring and casing, the cost of such boring and/or casing shall be borne by the application for the service or the owner of the property being served. All expense for more than 200 feet shall be at the cost of and installed by the owner of the property to be served or the applicant for the service. All such water services shall have a curb cock on the terrace with a stop box flush with the ground.[3]

[3]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

Repairs to system. All repairs for service pipes and laterals from the waterworks system (water mains) to the stop box shall be made by and at the expense of the Village. From the meter to the property being served, all repairs and excavations shall be by and at the expense of the property owner.

Cross-connection control.

If in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code or in the judgment of the Director of Public Works an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the Director of Public Works will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at this own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of such approved devices as required by the Illinois Plumbing Code and local regulations.

No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the Village enters the supply or distribution system of the municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Director of Public Works and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

(3)

It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two years or as often as the Director of Public Works shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five years.

(4)

The approved cross-connection control device inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the Director of Public Works or his authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Director of Public Works any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Director of Public Works, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.

(5)

The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section and until a reconnection fee is paid to the Village. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected by the Village of Williamsville when the Director of Public Works is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.[4]

[4]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(6)

The consumer responsible for back-siphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of cleanup of the potable water supply system.

Water service pipe. All water services used or laid on Village property shall be of K copper construction. At no time will plastic or galvanized pipe be used regardless of who is laying said pipe.

Compliance with plumbing regulations. No water shall be turned on for service in any premises in which the plumbing does not comply with the ordinances of the Village, provided that water may be turned on for construction work in unfinished buildings, subject to the provisions of this chapter.

Excavations for connections. Excavations for installing service pipes and laterals or repairing the same shall be made in compliance with the ordinance provisions relating to making excavations in streets, provided that it shall be unlawful to place any service pipe in the same excavation with, or directly over, any drainpipe or sewer lateral.

Shutoff boxes. Shutoff boxes or service boxes shall be placed on every service pipe, and shall be located between the curb line and the sidewalk like where this is practicable. Such boxes shall be so located that they area easily accessible and shall be protected from frost.

Water service to more than one premises. No owner or plumber shall be permitted to connect water pipes into any two distinct premises or tenements unless separate and distinct stopcocks shall be placed on the outside of each such premises along the sidewalk opposite the same, nor shall any pipe be allowed to cross lots or building to adjoining premises. Duplex flats, double houses and apartment houses shall be considered as one premises. A premises shall be construed to cover all buildings and divisions under one common roof, owned by one party, who will be charged for all services to such premises.

§ 297-3 Use of public water service.

Meters required.

All premises using the Village water supply must be equipped with an adequate meter. All meters placed in service on any premises using the Village water supply will be provided and owned by the Water Department which retains the right to inspect; repair and replace them upon reasonable notice to the owner of the premises.[1]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

When a meter owned by the Village is placed in service, other than as a replacement for a meter owned by the Village already in use, the property owner or other person receiving such service shall make a deposit as herein specified. When a meter owned by the Village is placed in service as a replacement for a privately owned meter, the property owner, or other person receiving such service, will make a deposit as herein provided, unless the privately owned meter is received in exchange by the Water Department.

(3)

The deposit for applicants who do not own the property to be served will be as set forth in Chapter 155, Fees.[2]

[2]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(4)

The money received from these deposits, and all other deposits received by the Water Department shall be placed in a revolving fund for the purchase and maintenance of water meters.

(5)

Refund of the water meter deposit shall be made to the owners of the premises only if said premises are destroyed or no longer needed and the Village-owned meter is returned in good condition.[3]

[3]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

Resale of water; unauthorized use. No water supplied by the waterworks systems of the Village shall be resold by any user. No water user may supply water to the other families or allow them to take it, except for use on the premises and for the purpose specified in such user's approved application, not after water is introduced into any building or upon any premises shall any person make or employ any other person to make any tap or connection with work upon the premises for alterations, repairs, extensions or attachments without written permit therefor. Resale or unauthorized use of water shall be grounds for discontinuance of water service to the user or the premises, or both.

Requirements and restrictions relating to meters.

Installation. Meters shall be installed in a location that will provide easy access thereto.

Reading meters. The Director of Public Works shall read or cause to be read every water meter in the Village at such times as are necessary so that the bills may be sent out at the proper times.

(3)

Testing meters. Upon request or complaint of the consumer, any water meter shall be tested for accuracy. If, upon testing, the meter is found to be over 3% off in accuracy, the meter shall be replaced at no cost to the consumer. If the meter is found to be 3% or less in accuracy, then the consumer shall pay a testing fee as set forth in Chapter 155, Fees.[4]

[4]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

(4)

Meter required for new construction. Any house or building constructed within the Village or constructed outside the Village and using Village water must have installed a meter that will service each individual user located upon any new construction property.

§ 297-4 Liability.

Service failures. All waterworks service supplied by the waterworks system shall be upon the express condition that the Village shall not be liable nor shall any claim be made against it for damages or injury caused by reason of the breaking of any main, branches, service pipes, apparatus or appurtenances connected with said system or any part or portion thereof, or for any interruption of the supply by reason of the breakage of machinery, or by reason of stoppage, alterations, extension or renewals.

Service interruption. The Village reserves the right to shut off water at any time in the mains for the purpose of repairing, cleaning, making connections with or extensions to same, or for the concentrating of water in any part of the Village in case of fire, and for restricting the use of water in case of deficiency in supply, including the suspension of the use of water for sprinkling lawns or gardens. No claim shall be made against the Village by reason of the breaking of any service pipe or service cock, or damage arising from shutting off of water for repairing, laying or relaying mains, hydrants or other connections, or repairing any part of the water system, or from failure of the water supply, or by increasing the water pressure at any time, or from concentrated or restricted use of water as above.

§ 297-5 Protection of waterworks; penalties. [1]

It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the Village Council to tamper with, alter or injure any part of the Village waterworks or supply system, or any meter. Anyone found guilty of violating this section shall be subject to a fine of $750 plus the actual cost for repairs plus the cost of lost water.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

§ 297-6 Right of access; use inspection.

The Village and its employees and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall have ready access at all reasonable times to the premises, places or buildings where water service is supplied for the purpose of inspecting, examining and testing the consumption, use and flow of water, and it shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, prevent or obstruct the Village or its duly authorized agent or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in its duties hereunder. Every user of the system shall take the same upon the conditions prescribed in this section.

§ 297-7 Powers and authority of inspectors.

The Director of Public Works and other duly authorized employees of the Village and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article. The Director of Public Works or his representative shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemicals, oil refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterway or facilities for waste treatment.

While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection A above, the Director of Public Works or duly authorized employees of the Village and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Village employees and the Village shall indemnify the company against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operating, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain conditions as required in § 297-4.[1]

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

The Director of Public Works and other duly authorized employees of the Village bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Village holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the waterworks lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.

§ 297-8 Penalties.

Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except § 297-5, shall be served by the Village with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.

Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convection thereof, shall be fined in the amount not exceeding $750 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.[1]