The following rules shall be considered as part of the contract between
the City of Ithaca and every person who takes water supplied by the City of
Ithaca and/or whose premises is connected to or ultimately discharges to the
City Sanitary Sewer System and every person using these utilities shall be
bound thereby, and whenever anyone of the said rules is violated, the right
is reserved to cut off the water and/or sewer service with due notice.
All applications for the introduction or supply of water and/or sewer
into any premises, or for the extension of any pipe for the conveyance of
water or sewage must be made in writing by the owner of the premises, or his
duly authorized agent, on forms provided for that purpose at the office of
the City Chamberlain. Separate buildings requiring separate meters will also
require separate services even if they are on the same premises. If more than
one service is desired for the same premises a separate application shall
be made for each service. The owner of such premises shall be held responsible
and liable for all charges for such service and water consumption and sewer
rental charges to said premises to be collected, in case of default of payment,
in the manner provided by the rules and regulation or the provision of the
City Charter relating thereto. However, when water and/or sewer service is
desired for premises in areas outside the City limits where contracts are
made with the City to supply the areas with water and sewer disposal, all
applications must be approved by the Board of Public Works or designated representative
before application may be accepted at the office of the City Chamberlain.
Each building or other premises shall be provided with a separate and
independent water and sewer service from the main, provided however that a
group of buildings under the same tenant occupancy, use and exclusive control
may be served by a single principal water and sewer service upon permission
and terms granted by the Board. Where two or more branch water service lines
from the main service pipe are used for separate tenants in the same premises,
each branch shall be provided by the owner with proper fittings for separate
and independent meter installations in the respective branches and each such
branch shall be provided with a compression stop and waste cock ahead of the
meter.
All revenues derived from water and sewer service and operation of the
system shall be applied towards the payment of the cost of operation and maintenance
of plant and equipment, extensions and improvements, the payment of the principal
and interest, obligations on the outstanding water and sewer bonds and the
creation of a reserve for extraordinary replacements, extension and improvements
of the water supply and sewer systems.
A.
The Board shall from time to time determine and fix the
rates for water service connection and consumption, sewer rental fees, special
fees and charges for hydrant service and shall establish such zones and periods
of payment as may be desirable.
B.
All such rates and terms of payment shall constitute
a part of the rules and regulations of the Board relating to water service
as though fully set forth herein and shall be on file in the office of the
City Chamberlain.
The Board reserves the right to change by resolution from time to time,
the rules and regulations relating to the water supply and sewer system and
the rates for the use of water and sewer.
The Board shall determine and fix rates for water and sewer service and consumption outside the City limits and for service taps, repairs, etc., and for hydrant service for fire protection which shall be included in the established schedule of rates on file in the office of the City Chamberlain and the collection of any charges for such service shall be as provided in § 215-8.
A.
All water rents, sewer rental fees, accounts or other
charges relating to water and sewer service, shall be a charge against the
owner or agent of the premises connected with the City water and/or sewer
mains and such owner or agent shall be held responsible for all such accounts
and charges.
B.
In default of payment of any such charges within 60 days
after becoming due, the water and/or service may be cut off such premises
without further notice. Any service and consumption charge shall be a lien
upon the premises served and shall be collectible as provided by Section 128
of the City Charter.
Any building that is to be served by the City water and/or sewer systems
must have its plumbing checked by the City Plumbing Inspector and the plumbing
brought up to comply with the City Plumbing Code in a manner suitable to the
City Plumbing Inspector.
Inspector, hereinafter named, is a person duly authorized by the Board
of Public Works.
A.
All materials and work shall be subject to the approval
of the Inspector. No work shall be covered until such inspection and approval
shall have been made.
B.
All inspections shall be promptly recorded by the Inspector
in the Water and Sewer permit book and he shall furnish the City Engineer
with a correct plan of such sewer line installed and he in turn shall record
such plans on the sewer maps.
C.
The Inspector shall have the right to enter any place
which is connected with the public sewer system for the purposes of inspection
and to ascertain that such connection is properly installed and that no improper
material is discharged into the sewer.
D.
The Inspector must at all reasonable hours have free
access to all parts of the premises to which water is delivered for the purpose
of inspection, examination of fixtures, etc., and all persons using water
must at all times, frankly and without concealment, answer all questions put
to them relating to its consumption.
In case the proposed water line, drain or sewer passes through premises
other than those making connection with the water and/or sewer, no connection
will be made until a deed of easement, satisfactory to the Board of Public
Works, shall have been secured and filed in the office of the City Clerk.
A.
Any plumber licensed to do business in the City of Ithaca
or any other certified by the Examining Board of Plumbers, or any homeowner
working on his own single family residence, wishing to engage in the repair
of service pipes, or lay new services connected to the City water or sewer
system, must obtain a Water and/or Sewer Permit from the Water and Sewer Division,
at the Water Building, 510 First Street, prior to each job. No charge will
be made for this permit.
B.
A violation of the following rules relating to service
installation, etc., by any licensed person, or his agent or employee, shall
constitute sufficient grounds for cancellation or withdrawal of such person's
license.
