The territory to which this chapter applies
includes the Incorporated Village of Lake George and vicinity, Warren
County, where mains are maintained.
[Added 7-19-2004 by L.L. No. 12-2004]
The owners of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes,
located within the Village and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way
in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public
water main, are hereby required to be connected to the public water
supply or to connect to the water supply under the supervision of
the Water Superintendent, at their own expense, and in accordance
with the provisions and regulations of this chapter. Any exemption
must be approved by the Water Superintendent and be deemed impractical
or cost prohibitive.
No person shall in any manner interfere with
or attempt to interfere with any structure, standpipe or pipeline
or the appurtenances thereto or trespass upon any of the property
being and forming a part of the water supply system of the Village
of Lake George. (The above regulation does not apply to the waters
of Lake George.)
The Village of Lake George reserves the right
to stop any and all sprinkling at any time by notice in the newspaper
duly designated as the official newspaper of the Village, unless not
feasible because of emergency situations.
A copy of all rules and regulations shall be
printed and mailed to each customer when rendering the next bill after
the effective date of this chapter and to every applicant for service
at the time of filing application.
[Amended 11-17-2008 by L.L. No. 11-2008]
Any person, plumber, caretaker, owner or tenant
in possession of the property violating these rules and regulations
is guilty of a violation and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$250 plus restitution. Each offense thereafter shall be the same.
Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
A. Any property owner who has been notified that its
meter is not working must have the meter repaired prior to the next
billing period. If a meter is not repaired within said time frame
a penalty of $100 will be added to each estimated bill until the meter
is repaired.
B. Any property owner who has been notified that its
meter must be converted to a radio-read meter must have the meter
converted prior to the next billing period. If the meter is not converted
within said time frame a penalty of $50 will be added to each bill
until the meter is converted.
In the event that any customer violates any provision of this chapter in respect to making or maintaining the connection of the meter with the water system and fails to correct such violation within five days after notice has been given by the Water Department to do so, or in the event that the customer has failed to install a meter in connection with premises being served through the water system by the date fixed as the final date for making connections, unless said date is extended by public action and notice, the Water Department shall have the right to remedy the violation at the expense of the customer, and the charge therefor, plus a service charge in an amount defined in §
213-13A(4) shall be a lien prior to and superior to every other lien or claim except the lien of an existing tax or local assessment upon real property of said owners so served with water from the date said work is done until it is paid. The bill shall be submitted for the same immediately after the work is completed, and, if it is not paid within 10 days, such amount shall be added to the bill submitted at the next billing period, and if not paid when due, service may be discontinued.
In case a house or other building is to be closed or become vacant, notice thereof shall be given to the Water Department in order that the meter may be read and the curb cock closed. The meter shall be removed and stored by the Water Department. Where such notice is not given and pipes burst from freezing or other cause, the value of the water lost by reason thereof as estimated by the Water Department, together with the additional sum defined in §
213-13 to cover labor and expense to the Water Department, shall be added to the next bill and be paid in like manner as regular water charges.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following
terms shall for the purposes of this chapter have the meanings herein
indicated:
CROSS-CONNECTIONS
Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise
separate water supply piping systems, one of which contains potable
water and the other water of unknown or questionable safety, whereby
water may flow, depending on the pressure differential, between the
two systems.
HOUSE SERVICE
Includes street service and private property house service.
HOUSE SERVICE STREET
That portion of the service line which connects to the water
main in the street and ends with the curb box located between the
pavement and the property line.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
Any person who shall, except as permitted by
this chapter, break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with
any structure, apparatus or equipment which is part of any public
water supply system shall be deemed to have violated this chapter.
Any person who commits or permits any acts in violation of any of
the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to have committed an
offense against such chapter and shall be liable for the penalties
provided. A separate offense against this chapter shall be deemed
committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
A separate penalty may be imposed for each separate offense.
In addition to the above provided penalties,
the Village Board may cause water service to be cut off to any property
where a violation exists. The Village Board may also maintain an action
or proceedings in the name of the Village in a court of competent
jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction
the violation of this chapter.
[Added 1-8-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007;
amended 11-17-2008 by L.L. No. 11-2008; 6-20-2016 by L.L. No. 3-2016; 8-15-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
This chapter shall take effect upon filing in
the office of the Secretary of the State of New York State or as otherwise
provided by law.