[Adopted 3-10-1998 by Ord. No. 12B]
[Amended 1-11-2016]
The Village Board shall manage, operate, and control the municipal Water and Sewer Utility and shall have all of the powers described by state statutes and Chapter 1, Article VI, of this Code.
[Amended 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-123]
The provisions of Ch. PSC 185, Wis. Adm. Code, and all related state statutes, are adopted by reference and made a part of these rules as if set forth in full. A violation of any such rules shall constitute a violation of this article and shall be punishable as provided in § 14-5 of this article.
[Amended 1-11-2016]
The water rates shall be enacted by ordinance or resolution of the Village Board, upon recommendation of the Village Board, and shall be filed with and approved by the State Public Service Commission.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 4, Mandatory hookup, Section 5, Consumer repair responsibilities, and Section 6, Utility responsibility, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-123.
A. 
No water service shall be extended outside the Village limits without a 3/4 vote of approval by the members of the Village Board, except that water services presently provided for existing homes or buildings located outside the Village limits shall continue to be served.
[Amended 1-11-2016; 2-8-2021]
B. 
An official listing of the present water services extended outside the Village limits is on file in the Village Clerk-Treasurer's office.
C. 
The rate for water service presently provided for existing homes or buildings located outside the Village limits shall be as approved by the Public Service Commission.
[Amended 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-123]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or who shall violate any provision of the Wisconsin Statutes, Wisconsin Administrative Code or any other materials which are incorporated by reference, shall, upon conviction of such violation, be subject to a penalty, which shall be as follows:
A. 
Penalty. Any person, upon conviction of violation, shall be punishable as prescribed in Chapter 40, Fees and Penalties, of this Code.
B. 
Continued violations. Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this article shall preclude the Village from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this article.
No person will be permitted to do any plumbing or pipe fitting work in connection with the water and sewer system without first meeting the requirements of Ch. 145, Wis. Stats.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 10, Consumers to conserve water, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 25, Construction and Effect of Ordinances, Art. II).
Mains must always be tapped at a forty-five-degree vertical of the upper quadrant and not within six inches of a fitting or another tap.