[Adopted 1-14-1980 by Ord. No. 5-79 as Title 5, Ch. 1, Art. A of the 1980 Code]
The following definitions and terms shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article:
AUXILIARY INTAKE
Any piping connection or other device whereby water may be secured from a source other than that normally used.
BYPASS
Any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the water may be diverted around any part or portion of a water purification plant.
CROSS-CONNECTION
Any physical connection whereby the public water supply is connected with any other water supply system, whether public or private, either inside or outside of any building or buildings, in a manner that a flow of water into the public water supply is possible either through the manipulation of valves or because of any other arrangement.
INTERCONNECTION
Any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the public water supply is connected directly with a sewer, drain, conduit, poll, storage reservoir or other device which normally contains sewage or other waste or liquid which would be capable of importing contamination to the public water supply.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
The water works system furnishing water to the City for general use.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause a cross-connection, auxiliary intake, bypass or interconnection to be made unless specifically approved by the Superintendent of the Water Works, and the operation of any existing cross-connection, auxiliary intake, bypass or interconnection is at all times under the direct supervision of the Superintendent of Utilities.
Any person whose premises are supplied with water from the public water supply and who also has on the same premises a separate source of water supply, or who stores water in an uncovered or unsanitary storage reservoir from which the water stored therein is circulated through a piping system, shall file with the Superintendent of Utilities a statement of the nonexistence of unapproved or unauthorized cross-connections, auxiliary intakes, bypasses or interconnections. The statement shall also contain an agreement that no cross-connection, auxiliary intake, bypass or interconnection will be permitted upon the premises until the construction and operation and maintenance of the same have been placed under the direct supervision of the Superintendent of Utilities.
[Added 6-12-1995 by Ord. No. 14-95]
No private well or other water supply system shall be constructed or operated within the corporate limits of the City of Taneytown. This section expressly does not apply to wells drilled by the City or to any well drilled for purposes of monitoring, sampling or other purposes as may be required from time to time by any appropriate governmental authority.
A. 
Any person who now has cross-connections, auxiliary intakes, bypasses or interconnections in violation of the provisions of this article shall be allowed a reasonable time within which to comply with these provisions. After a thorough investigation of existing conditions and an appraisal of the time required to complete the work, the amount of time to be allowed shall be designated by the Superintendent of Utilities. In addition to, or in lieu of, any fines and penalties that may be judicially assessed for violations of this article, the Superintendent of Utilities shall discontinue the public water supply service at any premises upon which there is found to be a cross-connection, auxiliary intake, bypass or interconnection, and service shall not be restored until such cross-connection, auxiliary intake, bypass or interconnection has been discontinued.
B. 
Any violation of this article is declared to be a municipal infraction. The penalty for violation shall be $50 for each initial offense and $100 for each day any violation of the provisions of this article continues.
[Amended 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99]