A.
All applications for new street service connections or the replacement
of existing street service connections in public streets shall be
made as herein stipulated.
B.
The size of the street service connection shall be determined by
the Board of Trustees on the basis of information given on the application
of the customer. The minimum size for any street service hereafter
installed shall, however, be 3/4 inch with not less than a three-fourths-inch
tap in the main.
C.
All costs and expenses attending the introduction of water from the
main into any premises for the first time must be paid by the customer
as part of the application fee as established by resolution of the
Board of Trustees from time to time.
[Amended 12-14-1982 by L.L. No. 6-1982; 10-9-2001 by L.L. No.
4-2001]
D.
All street service connections shall be laid to provide a minimum
cover of four feet, but if the main to which the connection is made
has a cover of more than four feet, then the street service connection
shall be laid to have a cover equal to the cover of the main, provided
that such cover need not exceed five feet.
E.
Taps in all mains having a cover of less than five feet shall be
made on the side of the main.
F.
The pipe for street service connections shall be heavyweight soft
copper tubing for sizes not to exceed two inches and cast iron or
such other kind of pipe for sizes over two inches as will conform
to the reasonable requirements of the Board in supplying adequate
and safe service. No solder joints on the underground pipe will be
permitted.
[Amended 12-14-1982 by L.L. No. 6-1982]
G.
Taps in the street main shall be made only by the Board unless otherwise
specifically permitted. Excavations for this purpose shall, however,
be made by the customer's plumber.
H.
When a customer's plumber desires the Village to make a tap
in its mains, he must notify the Village not later than the day before
the tap is required and must agree to the exact hour that he will
be ready for such tap to be made. The Village's tapper shall
not be required to wait more than 15 minutes after his arrival before
proceeding with the tap; and if the plumber is not ready within that
time, a new appointment shall be made.
I.
The Village may require the use of its own forces, at the customer's
expense, for all work within the public street.
J.
The curb box shall be set between the curbline and the property line
on a level with the finished grade of the ground or sidewalk and as
near the property line as practical.
A.
The customer's service pipe, fixtures and appurtenances between
the curb box and the structures on the premises to be supplied shall
be furnished and installed by the customer at his sole expense and
risk. The pipe shall be of a size not smaller than the street service
pipe and the minimum size shall be 3/4 inch. Requirements hereinbefore
stipulated regarding pipe material for installation work shall apply.
B.
All customer's service pipes hereafter shall be laid to provide
a cover equal to that of the street service connection, but in no
case shall the cover be less than four feet. The service pipe shall
be placed on firm and continuous earth so as to give unyielding and
permanent support and shall be installed in a trench at least three
feet in a horizontal direction from any other trench wherein are laid
gas pipe, sewer pipe or other facilities, public or private, unless
otherwise specifically authorized and approved by the Village.
C.
The customer shall install a stop and waste cock of a type approved
by the Board on his service pipe immediately adjacent to the house
side of the meters and so located as to be readily accessible to the
occupants and shall add a shutoff valve before and after the meter
and a safety check valve after the meter.
[Amended 12-14-1982 by L.L. No. 6-1982]
D.
The customer shall make all changes in his portion of the service
pipe required on account of changes of grade, relocation of mains
or other causes.
E.
No attachment to the service pipe or any branch therein shall be
made between the meter and the street main.
F.
Each premises shall be supplied through a separate street service
connection, curb cock and box.
G.
Any and all repairs, maintenance or replacement necessary to the
service pipe, fixtures and appurtenances from and between the curb
box and the structures located on the customer's premises shall
be performed by the customer at his sole expense and risk.
H.
The customer shall notify the Department of Public Works promptly
of any leak, defect or damage affecting the service pipe between the
property line and the point where metered.
I.
In the event that the customer's service pipes begin to leak
or are rendered nonfunctional or function improperly, in the judgment
of the Superintendent of Public Works, or his designee, it shall be
the obligation of the customer to replace both the length of pipe
running from the meter to the curb stop and from the curb stop to
the corporation stop. All costs associated with said replacement shall
be the responsibility of the customer.
[Added 9-4-2018 by L.L.
No. 6-2018]
J.
The curb stop shall be subject to control by the Village and must
at all times be accessible to those employees and/or agents of the
Village of Walden so as to permit them to perform such work as may
be necessary to protect to the proper functioning of the Village water
supply system.
[Added 9-4-2018 by L.L.
No. 6-2018]
All plumbing work on customer's service pipes between the
property line and the meter or on the street service connection shall
be submitted for inspection of the Village, and no underground work
shall be covered up until inspected and approved by the Village.
No pipe or fixtures connected with the mains of the Village
shall also be connected with pipes or fixtures supplied with water
from any other source unless specifically approved by the Department
of Health of the State of New York.
In conformity with Article 11, § 11-1114, Village
Law, all work and expenses in connection with the repair, maintenance
and replacement of service pipes, fixtures and appurtenances from
the main to and including the curb box shall be made by the Village.
Uniform service charges shall be made by the Village and paid
by the property owner for repair, maintenance or replacement of the
service line, fixtures and appurtenances when such work is necessary
to stop or repair leaks or breaks or when repair, maintenance or replacement
necessary to prevent leaks or break can be readily done at the time
street work is being performed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, regarding uniform service charges, amended 12-14-1982 by L.L. No. 6-1982, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989, which local law repealed all existing permit and license fees contained in the Code of the Village of Walden. See now Ch. A310, Fees.
[Amended 5-9-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989[1]]
Thawing or unblocking of the street service connection from
the main to the curb box resulting from freezing shall be the responsibility
of the property owner. When requested by the property owner, the Village
shall undertake to perform such work, for which a service charge shall
be made, to be paid by the property owner. Said charges shall be made
and collected in the same manner as water rents.
[Amended 12-14-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1982]
Each separate building supplied with water must have its own
separate connection directly with the main, except that two or more
buildings located on the same premises, which are owned by the same
person, may, subject to the written application of the owner and consent
of the Board of Trustees, be supplied through the same connection,
provided the single ownership continues. Hereafter, if the building
or buildings on any premises to be supplied with water are not within
a reasonable distance of the street line, then the meter on the service
to be supplied shall be set near the street line, at a point designated
and in a manner approved by the Board of Trustees, and the costs shall
be borne by the owner.
The water supply to any premises shall not be turned off or
turned on, except in cases of emergency, at the curb, except by an
authorized employee of the Board of Trustees. When the water is turned
off in a case of emergency, the Board must be notified within 24 hours
thereafter. Upon failure to do so, the party or parties responsible
for the act shall pay the sum of $5 for each offense.
