All physical connections which may constitute potential cross-connections are prohibited unless constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Sanitary Code, Chapter
1, Part 5, Section 5-1.33.
[Amended 10-21-2002 by L.L. No. 18-2002]
A. It shall be unlawful for the owner of property or
the user of Village water, or both, to introduce or permit the introduction
into the Village water supply system of pollution or contamination
of any kind. It shall also be unlawful for any property served by
municipal water to connect to, interconnect to, or use for any purposes,
water from any existing ground well. Whenever a cross-connection to
another water supply into the Village system is found or whenever
any other condition is found which presents the possibility of contamination
or pollution, the water supply to such premises and/or other premises
from which the cross-connection is made shall be discontinued immediately
until the cross-connection is eliminated or the condition remedied.
B. It shall be unlawful for the owner of property within
this municipality to drill or construct a well for the purposes of
providing water to the property. The owner of all houses, buildings
or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or
other purposes, situated within this municipality, requiring water
service, and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which
there is now located or may in the future be located a public waterline
of this municipality, is hereby required, at his expense, to install
a water service therein and to connect such facilities directly with
the municipal water system with the provisions of this Code, within
90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said
public waterline is within 100 feet of the property line.
The Superintendent of Public Works, if he possesses
the qualifications prescribed by Subpart 5-4 of Part 5 of the State
Sanitary Code for a Grade D Community Water Systems Operator, or his
agent, who must also be duly qualified as the aforementioned operator,
may permit or require a backflow preventer of a pattern and design
which the New York State Department of Health approves as reasonably
adequate to prevent contamination if the Superintendent or his agent
determines that a complete physical separation from the Village water
system is not practicable or necessary or that adequate inspection
for cross-connection cannot readily be made or that such backflow
preventer is necessary because of existing or possible backflow resulting
from a special condition use or equipment.
Any corrective measure, disconnection or change
on private property shall be at the sole expense of the person in
control of such property and shall become a lien against the property
if unpaid. Any changes required in the Village system outside the
property or between the meter and the supply line or distribution
system and any charges for cutoff or disconnection shall be added
to the charge for water against the property necessitating such expenditure.