Before water shall be turned on for the supply of any building or premises, application therefor shall be made, in writing, to the Village of Fishkill. Such application must be signed by the owner and be upon a form supplied by the Water Department and filed with the Water Department before any connection is made with the street main or the service main. The applicant will be held responsible for all water rents and charges until due notice of change of ownership shall have been made by him, in writing, and delivered to the Village of Fishkill at least five (5) days before going into effect. Every owner taking water or permitting water to be taken for use on the premises of such owner thereby agrees to these rules and regulations and agrees to be bound by them and by such other rules and regulations as may hereafter be established for the Village of Fishkill.
A. 
No street, sidewalk or other public ground shall be opened for the purpose of laying any water pipe or service pipe or doing any work whatever about any water main or pipe or service pipe or fixture for the purpose of making an connection with any water pipe or doing any work in connection therewith unless a permit shall be obtained from the village.
B. 
No permit shall be granted to open up any street, sidewalk or other public ground for the purpose of laying, installing or repairing water pipes or fixtures unless said permit calls for inspection of the construction by the Village Engineer. The cost of said inspection is to be borne by the applicant.
C. 
Before any such permit shall be granted, such owner shall file a bond in the office of the Village Clerk in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.), properly conditioned to indemnify the Village of Fishkill against any loss which the village may sustain by reason of the negligence of such applicant or his failure to comply with these rules. Such bond shall be approved by the Village Board as to its form and sufficiency of the surety before a permit is granted.
D. 
In the opening of a street, sidewalk or other public grounds for the introduction or repair of any water service pipe or connection under authority of such a permit by the Village Board, the owner shall be responsible for all damages resulting from such trench or opening even though the work is performed by the owner or some other person; the permit for making the excavation or opening in the street, sidewalk or other public grounds being to the owner only; and any person opening the street, sidewalk or other public grounds under such permit does so as the agent of said owner and by no other authority. He/she shall duly regard public safety and convenience, and such excavations shall be adequately guarded, and proper lights shall be displayed by him/her at night to warn and protect the public.
A. 
No persons shall tap any street main or make connection therewith, except authorized personnel of the Village of Fishkill, unless such tapping is made as an adjunct to a contract with the village for the installation of street mains on which such tap is being made. The cost of such tap made by the village shall have fixed prices which shall be paid in advance. The village shall tap all mains, except as noted above or as hereinafter noted, and shall approve the setting of all meters, and no one shall turn on any water service nor shut off any water service except with the knowledge of and permission of the Village Board.
B. 
No person shall lay any service main or make any attachment thereto or any alterations or repairs to the service main or appurtenances thereto except by permission of the village as prescribed in § 165-21 above or by persons or firms working under contract with the village for such work.
C. 
There shall be no tap, provision for a tap, plugged tee or other such fitting in the service main between the street main and the meter inside the building. Any yard hydrant, fountain or hose must be connected on the building side of the meter or service.
D. 
All service pipe shall be of the best grade and weight standard, Type K copper tubing of sizes through two (2) inches, meeting AWWA Specification 7S-CR. Service pipe over two (2) inches shall be cast iron or ductile iron meeting AWWA Specifications C106-62 and C151-65, respectively. All pipe shall be rated for service of one hundred fifty (150) pounds per square inch or greater. No service shall be less than three-fourths (3/4) inch.
E. 
Service pipe shall be laid not less than four and one-half (4 1/2) feet below the surface of grade, and its vertical and horizontal alignment in relation to any sewer or other parallel pipe shall conform to Health Department standards and other village local laws.
F. 
Only one (1) property or property unit shall be supplied through a single service pipe. Should repairs to the service main or its appurtenances and fixtures become necessary to prevent waste of water or to maintain service, the repair and the cost of such repair will be made by and at the expense of the public district if the defect is located between the street main and the curb stop. If the defect is between the curb stop and the building, the repair and full cost of such repair shall be the responsibility of the owner of the premises. Failure to immediately repair such defect shall cause the Water Department to turn off the water at the curb stop.
G. 
Every service main shall have a cock or other approved valved tap in the main, an inverted key stop cock or other approved valve with a metal protecting box at the curb or property line and a gate valve or other approved valve just before the meter. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the property owner to keep the curb box in good repair, above ground and accessible at all times.
H. 
No persons except village personnel or those acting with permission of the Village of Fishkill shall open or close any valve on the street mains or services or any cocks in any curb box or molest or interfere with same in any way whatever.
I. 
Authorized personnel of the Village of Fishkill Water Department or other persons authorized by the Village Board of Trustees may at any reasonable time and upon reasonable notice enter a building or upon premises where water is used from supply pipes connected to the street mains for the purposes of examining such pipes and materials which have been installed. Prior to making such entry, the Water Department personnel shall first obtain permission from the legal occupant to enter (or, if the premises are unoccupied, from the owner of the subject premises).
All owners of property located within the Village of Fishkill or a municipal water district supplied by the Village of Fishkill shall use only potable water as a source of water supply. Nonpotable water is defined as any source of water other than from a municipally owned water system.
Water used for building purposes shall be charged to the owner of the property. The amount consumed shall be metered or estimated by the Village Board or its duly authorized representative at its option.
No water main shall be tapped for, nor any service main extended outside the boundaries of any water district, except on special application therefor filed with the Village Board and a special permit therefor granted and issued by the Village Board. The Village Board shall impose such conditions upon the granting of the permit as shall be deemed fitting and proper by it and shall impose and collect such water rents and charges for such water service as it deems appropriate.
Except as otherwise expressly provided for, violation of these rules and regulations is punishable by a fine for each violation not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) or imprisonment for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days, or both, and each day said violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. The proper local authorities of the village, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent unlawful violation of these rules and regulations and to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to prevent any illegal action, conduct or use in or about said water district.
The Village Board reserves the right to change, modify, supplement or amend these rules and regulations from time to time. The right is also reserved to make such additional rules and regulations which to the Village Board seems best to regulate the water supply and the proper and efficient administration of the Village Water District and to make contracts for the use of water in special cases.