The Common Council shall enact Water Department
Rules and Regulations governing the installation, maintenance and
protection of the public water supply. The Common Council shall enact
such rules and regulations by resolution.
The Common Council shall from time to time amend
the Water Department Rules and Regulations upon recommendation of
the Water Department, upon appeal from the Board of Public Service
and upon changes in state and federal regulations. The Common Council
shall amend such rules and regulations by resolution.
[Added 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 6-2006[1]]
A.
Any person, entity or project which will use, at any
time during its projected life, a total amount of 5% of the City's
current peak use daily reserve capacity or 50,000 gallons or more
of water, per day, (whichever is less), for either residential or
industrial use, shall, prior to any connection to the City water system,
first obtain a permit for such usage from the Common Council. Application
for that water connection shall first be made to the Department of
Public Works, and if the Supervisor of that Department believes that
the water usage of that applicant's project could reach the level
set forth herein, then the application must be forwarded to the Board
of Public Service for consideration and recommendation and then, together
with the record from the Board of Public Service and its recommendation,
said application shall be brought to the Common Council for its approval
or disapproval.
B.
The Council shall consider in its decision-making
process, among other relevant factors, the availability of the volume
of water requested in the permit when compared to the total remaining
reserve capacity of the water treatment plant to provide treated water
and the need to protect that reserve for future use for the benefit
of the City and its residents, and the total remaining reserve capacity
of the wastewater treatment plant and the need to protect that reserve
for future use for the benefit of the City and its residents; any
recommendations from the Board of Public Service, the City Engineering
Department, City Water Department, City Public Service Department
and/or any other advisor(s) it deems necessary to consult.
C.
Any such permit, if granted, shall be subject to reasonable
conditions imposed thereon by the Common Council, and that permit
may be revoked or fines may be imposed in accordance with this chapter
for the violation thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered
former § § 290-15 through 290-19 as 290-16 through
290-20, respectively.
[Amended 12-4-2012 by Ord. No. 5-2012 ]
A.
Water main extensions. The expense of laying, building
or constructing water main extensions may be borne up to 1/2 by the
City, with the consent of the Common Council upon application of the
owners of property requesting such extension.
B.
Sewer main extensions. The expense of laying, building
or constructing sewer main extensions may be borne up to 1/2 by the
City, with the consent of the Common Council and upon the application
of the owners of property requesting such extension.
