2017-08 Reorganization Amending City Code Chapters 9, 16, 64, 65, 66, 75

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requires additional City services or resources, a site specific hydrant charge shall be determined by said Director and billed to said customer. All charges shall be paid within fifteen (15) days of the billing date otherwise the permit and furnishing of water shall terminate and the deposit be forfeited. Upon the payment of all charges and the return, in good working condition, of any equipment furnished by the Department, the deposit shall be returned to the depositor. All costs to the City for non working, damaged, lost or missing equipment will be billed to the applicant. All connections to fire hydrants for water shall comply with the appropriate backflow prevention requirements of the State of Illinois Plumbing Code, City Code and City policies. 23. PENALTY. No person shall connect or cause the connection of a water service to the water system of the City except as provided by the City Code. No person shall restore water service from the water system of the City after such service has been turned off by the Public Works Department of Water Management without first obtaining written permission from the City to do so. No person shall resell water furnished through a water service from the water system of the City except upon express contract in writing approved by the City Council. No person other than an authorized employee of the City or an authorized permittee of the City shall open, take water from, or interfere with City fire hydrants. No person shall use or consume water in violation of any duly authorized rule or regulation established pursuant to Section 22 hereof. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor shall more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and each day upon which a continuing violation occurs be viewed as a separate offense. In addition thereto any person, firm or corporation who shall violate this section, or found to be in violation of any of the other provisions of this Chapter, or any regulation duly established hereunder, may, by such violation, be deemed to have forfeited the privilege or right, as the case may be, of being furnished water from the water system of the City, and any and all water service of such person may be shut off or disconnected from said water system. The City may also institute any other action provided by law for the recovery of the value of any water appropriated from the City water system in violation of any provision of this Chapter. CHAPTER 65—WATER MAIN CONNECTION CHARGES 6. SERVICE SHUT OFF. If any connection is made with, or any such main or lateral is tapped, without the payment of the applicable connection charge as herein provided, or if any such connection charge, or installment thereof, is provided, or if any such connection charge, or installment thereof, is not timely paid upon the due date thereof, a delinquency notice shall be directed to the owner or occupant of the premises served by the connection to which such charge is applicable, and unless such delinquent charge, or charges, is, or are,paid in full within ten (10) days of the date of such notice, the Water Management Public Works Department shall turn off the supply of water to such service. Both delinquent payments and deferred installments shall be a lien upon the premises served by the service to which such payments or installments are applicable.