City of Peekskill, NY
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2023-12-11
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article VIIIA Department of Water
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art VIIIA Department of Water
- § C74a Water Superintendent.
- § C74b Powers and duties.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Animal Control Officer
- Ch 7 Assessment Review Board
- Ch 14 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 17 Civilian Complaint Review Board
- Ch 20 Common Council
- Ch 24 Conservation Advisory Council
- Ch 28 Continuity of Government
- Ch 35 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 42 Eminent Domain
- Ch 48 Ethics
- Ch 62 Greenway Compact
- Ch 68 Historic Preservation Advisory Commission
- Ch 73 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 100 Parking Violations Bureau
- Ch 102 Parks Advisory Board
- Ch 106 Procurement Policy
- Ch 115 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 128 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 133 Videoconferencing
- Ch 137 Volunteer Fire Fighters
- Ch 144 Wicopee Reservoir
- Ch 150 Youth Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 155 Affordable and Workforce Housing
- Ch 160 Alarm Systems
- Ch 164 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 165 Apprenticeship Program for Municipal Construction Contracts
- Ch 169 Artist Lofts
- Ch 174 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 182 Bicycles and In-Line Skates
- Ch 186 Bingo
- Ch 191 Blasting
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 202 Building Construction
- Ch 207 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 213 Business Hours
- Ch 217 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 224 (Reserved)
- Ch 230 Commercial Property Maintenance
- Ch 234 Communications Facilities
- Ch 239 Condominium Conversion
- Ch 250 Dogs
- Ch 261 Electrical Standards
- Ch 264 Energy, Sustainable
- Ch 267 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 275 Fees
- Ch 278 Fire Safety and Property Maintenance
- Ch 281 Fire Limits
- Ch 287 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 294 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 301 Games of Chance
- Ch 310 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 315 Hazardous Waste Facilities
- Ch 322 Historic and Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 327 Holidays, Observance of
- Ch 332 Housing Standards
- Ch 340 Interest on Accounts Receivable
- Ch 359 Littering
- Ch 365 Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
- Ch 370 (Reserved)
- Ch 385 Newsracks
- Ch 391 Noise
- Ch 400 Off-Track Betting
- Ch 405 Oil- and Gas-Burning Equipment
- Ch 408 Outdoor Smoking
- Ch 412 Parades
- Ch 416 Parks
- Ch 422 Plumbing and Drainage
- Ch 428 Property and Building Nuisance Reform
- Ch 432 Property Defacement
- Ch 435 Property Registration
- Ch 443 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 449 Riverfront Green
- Ch 457 Septic Tanks
- Ch 462 Sewers
- Ch 465 Shopping Carts
- Ch 468 Signs
- Ch 474 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 480 Soil Removal and Excavations
- Ch 485 Solid Waste
- Ch 486 Special Events
- Ch 488 Steep Slope Protection
- Ch 491 Stormwater
- Ch 492 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 497 Streams and Watercourses
- Ch 501 Street Acceptance and Dedication
- Ch 505 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 510 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 516 (Reserved)
- Ch 521 Taxation
- Ch 525 Taxicabs
- Ch 530 Tree Preservation
- Ch 538 Utility Poles
- Ch 544 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 548 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 553 Vendors and Solicitors
- Ch 560 Water
- Ch 575 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A600 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A601 Fire Department Rules
- Ch A602 Police Department Rules and Regulations
- Ch A603 Park Rules
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 5-14-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007; 6-24-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
The Water Superintendent shall be the head of
the Department of Water, which shall be a division of the Department
of Public Works. The Director of Public Works, subject to the approval
of the City Manager, shall appoint the employees of the Water Department.
In the case of the absence or disability of the Superintendent or
a vacancy in the office, the Director of Public Works, subject to
the approval of the City Manager, may appoint a suitable person to
discharge the duties of the office until the Superintendent returns,
or said disability ceases or the vacancy is filled.
Subject to the ordinances, rules and regulations
adopted by the Common Council under the general supervision of the
Director of Public Works, the Water Superintendent shall have charge
of the operation, management, maintenance and repair of the water
system of the city and shall have supervision over the construction
of improvements or extensions thereof or the reconstruction of said
system or any part thereof. The Water Superintendent, under the general
supervision of the Director of Public Works, shall have supervision
over and provide for the installation and reading of water meters
on premises served by the water system of the city and for the making
of water connections for users of said system, and shall carry out
or cause to be carried out all other acts and things necessary for
or incidental to the general management, operation and maintenance
of said water system, provided that the billing and collection of
all rates, rents and charges with respect to the water system shall
be the duty of the Comptroller.
