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.