The combined waterworks and sewerage system in the City shall
be maintained and operated as a separate department and hereafter
in this chapter shall be referred to as the "Department."
A charge shall be made to the residents of the City which shall
be reasonable for the use and service of the waterworks and sewerage
system, as may be determined from time to time by ordinance adopted
by the City.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The Director of Public Service shall have supervision over all
buildings, sewers, manholes, mains, treatment works, wells, appurtenances,
and equipment used in the furnishing of waterworks and sewerage service
in the City and shall see that the object and purposes of the Waterworks
and Sewerage Department are carried out and that the waterworks and
sewerage system is conducted on an economical businesslike basis;
and for this purpose, it shall be the duty of the Director and all
of the officers, employees and servants of the Department to enforce
all of the provisions of this chapter and to observe and obey and
carry out the orders and directions of the Council. The Director shall
prepare and keep at the City Hall a complete atlas of the waterworks
and sewerage system with all connections and other appurtenances distinctly
recorded therein.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The Director of Public Service and other officers and employees
of the Waterworks and Sewerage Department shall receive as compensation
for their service amounts to be fixed by the Council from time to
time.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The Director of Public Service shall, not later than the fifth
day of each and every month or oftener if required, submit a report
in writing to the Council listing therein, but not limited to, the
following data:
The City Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and complete
books of accounts separate and apart from any other records of his
office showing in detail all monies received by him for the Waterworks
and Sewerage Department with dates and sources. He shall also keep
such other books relating to the Waterworks and Sewerage Department
as the Council may from time to time direct.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The Director of Public Service or such officer or employees
of the Waterworks and Sewerage Department as the Council shall direct,
shall read water meters of the City, issue water and sewer connection
permits, and shall perform such other duties as now are or may hereafter
be imposed upon him by law or the ordinances of the City.
A.
Any person desiring to make any connection with the waterworks and
sewerage system or plant or have the use thereof shall first make
application to the Director of Public Service upon a blank form or
forms furnished by the Department. The application shall contain an
agreement on the part of the applicant that all the rules, regulations,
conditions and provisions of any ordinance relating to the waterworks
and sewerage system shall be complied with; that all water and sewerage
rates, assessments and rents and all fines and penalties assessed,
charged or imposed against the applicant upon the property described
in the application shall be paid. When the applicant hereunder has
complied with all of the provisions of the ordinances of the City,
a permit shall then be issued by the Director of Public Service authorizing
the connection to be made and specifying the size thereof.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
B.
No building sewer shall be laid or used to serve two or more owners
of buildings.
C.
No building water service shall be laid or used to serve two or more
owners of premises or buildings.
D.
A building sewer permit will only be issued and a sewer connection
shall only be allowed if it can be demonstrated that the downstream
sewerage facilities, including sewers, pump stations and wastewater
treatment facilities, have sufficient reserve capacity to adequately
and efficiently handle the additional anticipated waste load.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The Director of Public Service and every person authorized by
him and all inspectors shall have ready access to the premises, place
or buildings served by the waterworks and sewerage system and it is
unlawful for any person to interfere with, prevent or obstruct the
Director of Public Service or such other person or inspector in his
work hereunder. Every user of the waterworks and sewerage system shall
use the same upon the conditions prescribed in this chapter.
