Chapter 13.08
SERVICE PIPES
Sections:
13.08.060 Unlawful turn-on or off of water supply.
13.08.010 Installation.
All service pipes from the mains to the premises served shall be installed by, and at the cost of, the owner of the property to be served or the applicant for the service. Such installations shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of public works.
13.08.020 Conformance.
No service shall be installed unless it conforms to the ordinances of the village.
13.08.030 Repairs.
All repairs for service pipes and plumbing systems of buildings shall be made by and at the expense of the owners of the premises served. The village may, in case of an emergency, repair any service pipes, and if this is done the cost of such repair work shall be repaid to the village by the owner of the premises served.
13.08.040 Excavations.
Excavations for installing service pipes or repairing the same shall be made in compliance with the ordinance provisions relating to making excavations in streets. It shall be unlawful to place any service pipe in the same excavation with, or directly over, any drainpipe or sewer pipe.
13.08.050 Shut-off boxes.
Shut-off boxes or service boxes shall be placed on every service pipe, and shall be located between the curbline and the sidewalk line where this is practicable. Such boxes shall be so located that they are easily accessible and shall be protected from frost.
13.08.060 Unlawful turn-on or off of water supply.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a village employee or agent of the village to turn the water supply on or off. The owner of the building, structure or premises for which the water is supplied, the person in possession, charge or control thereof and any person who reconnects or turns back on the water supply in violation of this subsection shall be subject to a five hundred dollar fee.
1. Any person imposed a five hundred dollar fee pursuant to this subsection A shall have a right to a hearing to contest the fee, if he or she files a written demand to the village clerk within fourteen days from the date of notice served by the village. Notice may be served in person or first class mail. The date of notice shall be the date notice is delivered, if served in person, or the date notice is deposited in the mail, if served by first class mail. A hearing shall be conducted through administrative adjudication within thirty days of receipt of a written demand for a hearing, unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties. Failure to request or attend a scheduled hearing shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a hearing. A hearing held pursuant to this subsection shall not determine or otherwise adjudicate liability for any unpaid water rates or charges related to the village’s order to shut off or withhold the water supply which was reconnected or turned back on improperly. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting the village from collecting any cost or expense incurred as a result of the unauthorized use of the water supply reconnected in violation of this section and also any unpaid water rates.
B. Where the water supply to any building, structure or premises shall have been turned off or stopped on account of the nonpayment of water rates or on account of the violation of any of the provisions of this title, or for any other reason whatsoever, where such turning off or stopping of water shall have been done by the village, the water supply shall not again be supplied to such building, structure or premises or be turned on therein or thereto unless authorized by the village. If it shall be found by the village that the water supply has been turned on or supplied to any such building, structure or premises from which it has been turned off or stopped by the village, the village clerk and/or the director of public works, or their designee, shall have the authority to and it shall be their duty to cause the service pipe or line by and through which water is supplied to such building, structure or premises be severed from the water main at such point on the service pipe as is practical and no water shall again be supplied to such building, structure or premises or be permitted to be turned on therein or thereto, until the cost and expense of such severing and also any other unpaid rates or fees that may still be outstanding have been paid and a permit for the restoration of service has been obtained from the village.
1. The costs, expenses and other charges hereinbefore provided shall be paid by the person owning or occupying, or in possession, charge or control of, such building, structure or premises at the time it is desired to have the water turned on or supplied thereto, irrespective of whether such person shall have been the one guilty of violating the provisions of this title, such person being held responsible for any tampering with the shutoff boxes on his premises or in his building or structure, and also being held responsible for any unlawful or unauthorized turning on of the water supply into or upon his building, structure or premises. (Ord. 2013-27 § 4, 2013; Ord. 98-27 § 1, 1998; Ord. 94-8 § 1, 1994)