[Adopted 4-6-1965]
The proposed rules relating to the furnishing of water and sewer services
for outside the city use, as prepared by the Corporation Counsel, be and the
same hereby are adopted and approved.
The office of the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and
directed to forward to each outside-of-the-city user of city water and/or
sewer services a copy of said rules and to procure from each user and the
owner of the property connected to said services an acceptance, in writing,
thereof.
The following rules have been promulgated by the Common Council of the
City of Amsterdam, New York, relating to the furnishing of water and sewer
services for outside the city use.
A.
Permission to connect to and draw water from a city water
main and/or to tap and discharge into a city sewer line, directly or indirectly,
in order to be binding upon the city, shall be obtained by a resolution duly
adopted by the Common Council. Permission so given may be revoked at the pleasure
of the Common Council upon at least 90 days' written notice to the user.
Upon the user's failure to disconnect all water and sewer connections
in accordance with the revocation notice, the City Engineer or his representatives
may enter upon the lands and property of the user to disconnect any such connections,
and the expense thereof shall be charged to the user.
B.
Making of the connections to city water and sewer systems
is subject to the supervision and control of a duly licensed master plumber
of the City of Amsterdam and is subject to the strict inspection and approval
of the City Engineer or his representatives. The costs and expense for making
the connections and for maintenance, repair or replacement of the same shall
be borne by the user, and the connections shall remain the property of the
user.
C.
Neither the user nor his grantees or successors in interest
shall allow any other person, firm or corporation to connect to the lines
and pipes laid by the user or to use or utilize waterlines and sewer lines
or connections in any way whatsoever, excepting with the prior approval and
consent of the Common Council by resolution, duly adopted. The waterlines
and sewer lines shall not be extended to any building or structure which was
not located upon the property at the time permission was first obtained from
the Common Council, unless such extension of services is approved by the Common
Council by resolution, duly adopted.
D.
Water used shall be metered and shall be subject to the
metered rates as established by the Common Council for outside the city use
and shall be further subject to any charges, fees and assessments as fixed
and determined by the Common Council. Water rates, charges, fees and assessments
may be amended and changed upon 30 days' notice to the user. That payment
of water rates, charges, fees and assessments shall be made by the user within
30 days from the date of billing.
E.
Connections of a city water main to swimming pools, laundromats
and car-washing facilities, directly or indirectly, are prohibited without
prior approval and consent of the Common Council by resolution, duly adopted.
Connection of a city sewer line, directly or indirectly, to a garbage disposal
unit is also prohibited without such prior approval and consent of the Common
Council.
F.
The user will indemnify and save harmless the City of
Amsterdam, its successors and assigns, its agents, employees and servants
from any and all manner of suits, debts, demands, judgments and causes of
action which may arise out of or by reason of the use of the water and sewer
services.
