[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Atlantic
City as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-31-1980 by Ord. No. 64-1980]
Whenever there has been or shall have been established within
the municipal limits of the City of Atlantic City a public system
of water supply operated and maintained by the City or any public
agency lawfully created for such purpose by the governing body thereof
and, in pursuance thereof, water supply mains have been installed
in the bed of any street, public or private, the owners of any and
all buildings fronting or located upon such street or streets shall
be required, at their own expense, to make connections from such buildings
to said water supply mains.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any house or other structure, designed for residential, industrial
or commercial use, whether privately or publicly owned, for the normal
use of which the supply of water is required.
The engineer for the City of Atlantic City, until such time
as the Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority acquires the same
or the Superintendent of the Water Department of the Atlantic City
Municipal Utilities Authority is hereby empowered to inspect and examine
any such proposed connection and to approve or disapprove the manner,
method and materials utilized in making such connection. The Engineer
for the City of Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority authorized
upon his employment shall acquire the above-mentioned authority.
A.
When such water supply system in any such street of the City is available
to furnish water supply, notice shall be given by the City to all
current or future property owners along the lines of said water supply
system to connect their buildings therewith in accordance with the
terms of this article.
B.
Said notice shall be addressed to the owner of said property as the
name of said owner appears in the last tax duplicate of the City,
shall describe the property by lot and block designated as the same
appears on the Tax Map of the City and by the street address and shall
state that by order of the governing body of the City of Atlantic
City, the owner is required to connect the building on said property
with the public water supply system, and this shall become the only
source of potable water for said building. Said notice shall inform
the penalty to be imposed for failure to comply with said notice and
order in accordance with the terms of this article.
Said notice may be served on the owner personally or by leaving
it at his usual place of abode with a member of his family above the
age of 18 years if the owner has a place of abode within the City
of Atlantic City; or said notice may be served within or without the
limits of the City by mailing the same by regular mail to the last
known post office address of said owner as the same appears on the
last tax duplicate of the City.
[Amended 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 104]
Any person, association or corporation who shall violate this
article by failing to comply with any order issued in accordance with
the provisions hereof, within 30 days after notice by the proper officer
of said governing body as aforesaid, shall, upon complaint by the
City Clerk or by any other person and upon conviction, be subject
to a fine of not more than $2,000 or to imprisonment for not more
than 30 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation.
Each day of failure to comply with such order after the expiration
of the thirty-day limitation provided for herein shall constitute
a separate violation of this article. Penalties under this article
may be enforced by the City or by any interested person in the Municipal
Court of this City in such manner as may be provided by law.
The provisions of this Article shall not be deemed to be exclusive,
and the provisions hereof and the water connection herein directed
may be compelled and enforced in any manner provided by law.
