[Adopted 2-21-1961 (Ch. 46 of the 1966 Code)]
The following rules and regulations shall govern
the use of water in the water districts in the Town of Glenville,
Schenectady County, New York.
The rules and regulations and rates described
are hereby established for the issue of permits for the enforcement
of the various sections herein, for the regulation and control of
all matters concerning, affecting or relating to the use of water,
the collection of water rents and for the kind of materials to be
used in connection with work or pipes and mains and the kind of plumbing,
fixtures and materials to be used in connection therewith. Every person
who shall be supplied with water must agree to comply and must comply
with the sections of this article and the rates adopted for the use
of said water and to pay the water rates adopted in connection therewith.
[Amended 12-7-1965[1]]
A.
Applications for permits to connect service or supply
pipes with either the water district mains or curb connections must
be made in writing at the office of the Water Department by the owner
of the premises or his agent on blank forms prepared for that purpose.
The owner or agent must furnish the Water Inspector the correct street
or lot number as taken from the deed and shall pay in advance the
permit fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.[2] No work shall be covered until inspected by the Water
Inspector. No work will be inspected until a request by the owner
or agent is made in writing to the Water Inspector and a request for
inspection is given at least 24 hours in advance. Failure to comply
by the owner or his agent with the directions of the Water Inspector
to correct any defects of work or to carry out any directions shall
constitute good and sufficient reason to refuse water service to the
premises specified and the revocation of the permit.
B.
The permit before-mentioned shall also be required
before interior plumbing connections are made in any home and before
repairs or changes in any existing plumbing installation are made.
Every new installation or change or alteration of plumbing shall be
inspected before being closed in. All plumbing installations shall
be in conformity with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and
Building Code. Failure to obtain any permit or inspection shall be
a violation of this article.
No extension or alteration of service pipes
shall be made without the permission of the Commissioner of Public
Works or designee.
Before opening the pavement of any street for
the purpose of making connection or repairs, a permit must be secured
from the Town Superintendent of Highways. This permit will be issued
subject to the rules, regulations and rates issued by the Town Superintendent
of Highways.
Any consumer desiring to discontinue the use
of water must notify the Commissioner of Public Works or designee,
who shall turn the water off at the curb and remove the meter; the
same to be reinstalled upon payment of a fee as set from time to time
by resolution of the Town Board.[1] No rebate will be made for any period of discontinuance
of such use less than six months from the time of turning off the
water by the Commissioner of Public Works or designee.
No persons other than the one authorized by
the Commissioner of Public Works or designee shall be permitted to
tap with any main or distribution pipe.
Payment for tapping the main shall be made in
accordance with the rules printed on the water permit.
If a larger connection than a one-inch tap is
required, a ductile iron pipe service not less than two inches in
diameter shall be installed by the water district according to its
rules and regulations, with material to be furnished by said water
district. All such services shall have a gate valve placed in the
service pipe near the street main. The Commissioner of Public Works
or designee shall have exclusive control of such gate. The owner shall
be billed for this work at the actual cost of labor, material and
pavement replaced.
The Commissioner of Public Works or designee
may refuse to recognize or to grant water connection permits to any
plumber who shall heretofore have violated any of the provisions of
the rules and regulations.
A.
The corporation stop, curb cock and curb box must
be purchased from the Commissioner of Public Works or designee, and
water will not be turned on service in which these fittings have been
supplied from any other source.
B.
The service from curb cock into the premises shall
be Type K copper or other approved materials.
In no case shall permission be granted to supply
two or more premises from a single tap, nor shall there be more than
one service supply pipe to any premises without special permission
in writing from the Commissioner of Public Works or designee.
A.
Service pipes shall be required to be laid so as to
be no less than five feet below the surface of the earth at any point
outside of the foundation wall of the building into which the service
is to be introduced. In case the final grade of the street or sidewalk
had been officially determined and established, then the service pipe
shall be laid at a depth of not less than five feet below said established
grade at all points, so that when the street and walk are graded there
shall be not less than five feet covering of earth over it at every
point, and in no case shall a service pipe be permitted to be laid
in the same trench with a gas, steam, electrical or other conduit.
B.
The Commissioner of Public Works or designee or his
inspector shall inspect service pipes before trenches are backfilled.
When a trench is backfilled before an inspection is made, water will
not be turned into the service line.
In all premises where water from the mains is
now supplied by a system of pipes and fixtures for water service,
and where the service pipes and fixtures are not of the standard pattern
prescribed in the rules and regulations of the Town Board, or where
such devices and fixtures for the prevention of damage to the service
or of waste of water, as are prescribed in said rules and regulations,
are lacking from said system, the owners of said premises shall, at
any time when so ordered by the Commissioner of Public Works or designee,
make such changes in and additions to said system or fixtures for
said water service as shall be necessary in order to comply with such
rules and regulations, and at their own cost and expense. In case
of failure to comply with this rule at any premises, the water may
be shut off from such premises until this rule is complied with.
A.
Service pipes in buildings shall be located in the
parts thereof best protected from frosts. In buildings where there
is no cellar, the pipes shall be carried to the center of the building
or to an unexposed part, previous to being carried upward.
B.
In all cases where the service pipe passes through
areas or basements having windows, gratings or traps open to the weather,
the openings shall be closely covered and the windows and doors closed
to the outside during the cold weather. In all exposed situations,
the service pipes and fixtures shall be properly wrapped with felt
or other nonconducting substance and surrounded by a box packed with
nonconducting substance, and if necessary to protect said service
from freezing, said protection shall be at the expense of the owner,
and in case he neglects to protect his service as aforesaid, the Commissioner
of Public Works or designee may shut off the water therefrom. It shall
be the duty of the plumber to protect from frost in compliance with
this rule all work done by him. He will not be released from the responsibility
as to this duty by having the owner protect such work for him.
The Town of Glenville shall not be liable for
any damage or loss of any kind, to property or persons, which may
arise from or be caused by any change in or increase of water pressure
from any cause whatever.
Consumers shall use water subject to the following
limitations:
A.
Water may be used for sprinkling purposes unless prohibited
by the Commissioner of Public Works or designee. The Commissioner
of Public Works or designee may, whenever he deems it advisable, prohibit
the use of water entirely for sprinkling or for any other purpose
other than household consumption, and the Commissioner of Public Works
or designee may fix hours during which water may so be used, and shall
cause to be published in the official newspaper of the Town a notice
setting forth the hours during which the public may use water for
other than household consumption. No person will be allowed to sprinkle
premises opposite or adjoining his own.[1]
B.
Any person who shall be found guilty of violating
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Water must not be used for any other purpose
on the premises than those paid for or indicated in the application
for the same and which are allowed by these rules and regulations.
Faucets must be kept properly packed and all other fixtures in repair,
so as to prevent leaks.
If water mains are laid in streets having temporary lines, the owner or owners must immediately disconnect these temporary lines and make new connection at no expense to the Town or any water district. Backflow protection shall be provided as set forth in Article IV, Cross-Connection Control, of this Chapter 259.
Water shall be furnished to builders or contractors
as such for construction purposes only upon application to the Commissioner
of Public Works or designee for, and receiving, a permit therefor
in writing. Said application shall state in detail the uses for which
water is desired, the name of the owner of the property and the street
number, name of plot and the lot on which water is to be used. A fee
as set from time to time by resolution of the Town Board[2] will be charged for the use of water for building purposes
for each single dwelling. Permits under this rule shall terminate
on November 1 of each year and may be revoked at any time by the Commissioner
of Public Works or designee. Any person who shall be found guilty
of using water or making connections with hydrants contrary to the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
All water furnished to consumers shall be measured
by meters purchased from the Commissioner of Public Works or designee
and paid for by these consumers. Said meters shall become the property
of the water districts in which they are installed. The cost of repairing
any water meter shall be a charge against the consumer.
All meters installed by the Commissioner of
Public Works or designee shall be sealed, and seals must not be broken
by others than regular employees of the Town.
No meter shall be removed or disturbed by other
than regular Town employees directed by the Commissioner of Public
Works or designee.
Upon application therefor accompanied by a uniform
fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Town Board,[2] the owner or occupant of any property to which water is
being furnished shall be entitled to have tested the meter through
which said water is being measured. In the event such test shows said
meter measures accurately within the limits established by the United
States Bureau of Standards, then said application fee shall be retained
by said district, otherwise it shall be returned to the person making
the application and paying the fee.
[Amended 12-15-1993]
The Commissioner of Public Works or designee
will read or cause to be read all water meters during the month of
April of each year. For the purpose of this article, water rents shall
be computed for one-year periods beginning April 1 and ending March
31 of each year.
[Amended 12-15-1993]
Water rents shall be paid annually and shall
be due and payable in June of each year without penalty. After the
30th day of June, a penalty shall be added at the rate of 5%.
[Amended 12-15-1993]
All water rents remaining unpaid after the 31st
day of July in each year shall be added to and become a part of the
general tax bill and shall carry an additional penalty of 5% and shall
be collected with the following January Town tax.
In the event the Town Board shall deem it necessary
in order to enforce the collection of water rents, it may elect and
determine that the supply of water will be cut off and the use of
such water disconnected as to any consumers of water who shall be
in arrears for the period of 60 days after the same shall become due
and payable. If the Town Board shall elect to shut off such supply
of water, it shall cause to be served upon such consumers so in arrears
a written notice to the effect that they are in arrears and that their
water supply will be cut off unless, within 15 days after the service
of such notice, such water rents are paid in full. Upon expiration
of the fifteen-day period, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner
of Public Works or designee to forthwith cut off the water supply
of such consumers failing to comply with such notice by omitting to
pay their rent so in arrears.
Any consumer violating any of the provisions
of this article other than the payment of the rents provided for herein
shall be liable to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each
such violation.
Payment for corporation stop, curb cock, curb
box, water meter, cutting pavement and tapping of the main shall be
paid for by the owner, and in default of such payment, the water supply
will be shut off until such payment is made.
All street hydrants are under the control of
the Commissioner of Public Works or designee. No person except an
authorized agent or the Commissioner of Public Works or designee or
a person holding a written permit signed by the Commissioner of Public
Works or designee shall disturb any hydrant or any part thereof or
take any water therefrom under any circumstances whatever, and any
person who violates this provision shall be liable to a penalty as
provided herein, and in addition thereto he shall pay to the Commissioner
of Public Works or designee, on behalf of the water district involved,
any damage done to said hydrant or the cost of restoring the same
to its proper condition.
In case any damage to a street hydrant is done
by any person taking water from said hydrant, such person shall pay
such damages and all cost and expenses that may be incurred by reason
thereof; on demand of the Commissioner of Public Works or designee.
Any person placing any obstruction that will
prevent free access to any fire hydrant shall be liable to a fine
of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or
both such fine and imprisonment.
No person except an employee of the Town or
Commissioner of Public Works or designee shall open, close or in any
way interfere with any valve or gate in any water main, conduit or
street pipe. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor.
Any person who has disturbed or displaced a
valve box so that the valve stem cannot be reached by a key, or has
covered a valve box or a valve chamber with dirt, paving, plank or
other material, shall immediately replace the valve box and remove
the obstruction. Any person violating this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.
[Amended 6-3-1969; effective 6-19-1969]
The owner of property to which water is introduced
by a service pipe will be required to maintain in perfect order at
his own cost and expense the service pipe from the curb box through
his own premises, including all fixtures therein provided for delivering
a supply of water for any purpose. The curb box must be kept in view
and the top thereof even with the surrounding grade at all times,
and in serviceable condition. In case such service and fixtures are
not kept in repair, the water may be shut off from the premises until
the requirements of this section are complied with or the Commissioner
of Public Works or designee may make the necessary repairs to conform
to this section, charge the cost thereof to the owner of such property
and shut off the water to such property until such charges are paid.
If the cost of such necessary repairs made by the Commissioner of
Public Works or designee are not paid within 60 days after being charged
to the owner of such property, such cost shall be assessed against
the property, which assessment shall constitute a lien and charge
on such property and shall be collected as provided by law for the
collection of delinquent taxes.
No person or persons, without permission of
the Commissioner of Public Works or designee or other authorized agent
of the Town, shall turn on any water service which has been shut off
by the Commissioner of Public Works or designee or such other authorized
agent.[1]
The Commissioner of Public Works or designee
or any other employee designated by the Town Board may enter and must
be permitted to enter upon any premises where water is being supplied,
or upon any premises when application is made for a permit to connect
plumbing and fixtures of the water service and all work in connection
with such service.
Any provision of this article shall not be construed
as in any way amending or affecting an ordinance of the Village of
Scotia under which water is or may in the future be furnished by the
Village of Scotia to water districts within the Town of Glenville,
and insofar as any of the provisions contained in said ordinance of
the Village of Scotia are inconsistent with this ordinance, the provisions
of said ordinance of the Village of Scotia applicable thereto shall
prevail.
[Added 12-7-1965[1]]
Any violation of this article is hereby declared
to be an offense and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250
and/or imprisonment for not more than 15 days for each separate violation.
