No person shall tap any district main or water
pipe. All tapping must be done by water district personnel or authorized
personnel and not without written permission of the Water Board. No
person shall tap any pipe laid for the purpose of supplying water
to any other person or persons or other premises under the penalty
of the amount listed on the penalty schedule. The penalty schedule
is on file in the Town office.
There must be absolutely no cross-connections
(outside water supply) attached to the water service in any way. Any
person using water to run such equipment or any other piece of apparatus
that adds foreign substances to the water must have a proper backflow
preventer approved by the water district and the Board of Health.
The backflow preventer must be inspected annually by a New York State
certified tester. A copy of the test results must be supplied to the
water district. The cost incurred for inspection and repair will be
born by the individual. If these rules are violated, the Water Board
reserves the right to shut off the water at any time.
All service pipes must be laid at least five
feet below the finished grade elevation of the ground. No service
pipe will be closer than 10 feet from any septic tank, dry well, leach
field or drainage field.
In time of drought or scarcity of water that
supplies the water district, sprinkling will not be allowed. Fixed
fountains or sprays, also, will not be allowed during times of drought.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this rule and Article
shall be liable to a penalty listed in the penalty schedule for each
offense, and in addition, the district may cut off the supply of water
of said offender. Notice of water scarcity will be made by notification
of said scarcity to the radio media and/or official newspaper publication
of said notice or personal notification to user.
No poisonous or harmful substances shall be
stored within 100 feet of any South New Berlin Water District water
supply reservoir or well.
The South New Berlin Water Board reserves the
right to install a water meter in any service entrance at any time
for test purposes. If it is deemed necessary to install a permanent
meter because of excessive usage of water, the Water Board reserves
the right to do so. The South New Berlin Water District is owned by
the Town of New Berlin and governed by a Water Board consisting of
at least five members, but no more than nine. The rules and regulations
are formulated by the Water Board, recommended to the Town Board and
adopted by the Town Board for overall operations of the district.
The Water Board will meet with the Town Budget Officer to prepare
an annual budget that will be included in the Town budget for adoption
in the ensuing fiscal year. The district must be self-sufficient,
i.e., the revenues must cover all expenditures and all charges must
be levied on district users only.
Any South New Berlin Water District user, if
dissatisfied with any decision made by the Water Board, may appeal
to the Town Board for a final decision of the matter.
[Adopted 1-14-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
This article shall be known as "Water District
Debt Retirement for the South New Berlin Water District."
The purpose of this article is to designate
parcels that are exempt from debt retirement assessments that may
occur when the Town incurs debt from general improvements of the South
New Berlin Water District.
For the purpose of this article, the following
words, terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in
this section:
BUILDABLE LOT
Any parcel of land that will accommodate a minimum size residential
building, based on the New York State Building and Fire Code and the
Sanitary Codes that specify septic and drainage requirements.
In the event that property owners within the South New Berlin Water District are assessed or billed for debt retirement, only parcels within the District that are buildable lots, as defined in §
150-15 herein, shall be so assessed or billed without regard to whether said parcels are connected to water service. All parcels that are not buildable lots shall be exempt from debt retirement assessment.
A property owner who is aggrieved by a debt
retirement assessment determination may request a review by the South
New Berlin Water Board. Said review request must be made within 30
days of notice of assessment or debt retirement bill. Upon notice
of the final written determination of the South New Berlin Water Board,
an aggrieved property owner has 30 days from said written notice to
file a notice or appeal of said determination to the Town Board. The
Town Board shall then review the Water Board's determination.