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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 3234 07/06/1982 RDINANCE NO. 3234 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 22 ENTITLED "WATER, SEWER AND FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS" OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS PASSED AND A~DPROVED BY THE PRESID~ AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE 6th DA~ OF July , 1982 Published in tmmmphlet form by authority of the corporate authorities of the village of ]~ount Prospect, Illinois the 7thday of July , A.D. 1982. RDINANCE NO. 3234 AN ORDINANCE TO AM-END CHAPTER 22 ENTITLED "WATER, SEWER AND FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS" OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS: SECTION ONE: Chapter 22 entitled "Water, Sewer and Flood Plain Regulations" of the Village Code of Mount Prospect, Illinois, 1982 is hereby amended as follows: By deleting Article IV thereof, entitled "Water and Water Supply", in its entirety, and by substituting therefor a new Article IV entitled "Water and Water Supply" to read: ARTICLE IV WATER AND WATER SUPPLY SECTION: 22 401. 22 402. 22 402.1. 22 403. 22 404. 22 405. 22 405.1. 22 405.2. 22 405.3. 22 405.4. 22 406. 22 407. Turning On; Application, Fee Service Connection; Application, Fee Connection Required Conform to Plumbing Code Prohibited Acts Restriction on Use of Water Fire Hydrants Lawn and Garden Use, Filling Swimming Pools Citations Issued; Penalty Penalty Service Pipes Penalty Section 22.401 Turning on; Application~ Fee. No water from the Village water supply shall be turned on for service into any premises by any person but the Director of Public Works or some person authorized by him to perform this service. - 1 - pplication to have water turned on shall be made in writing to the Director of Public Works, and shall contain an agreement by the applicant to abide by and accept all of the provisions of this Chapter as conditions governing the use of the Village water and sewer system by the applicant. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid for turning on the water. Section 22.402 Service Connection; Application, Fe~. No connections with a water main shall be made without a permit being issued, all required fees paid as outlined in Chapter 21 Article V~I Section 21.605, and twenty-four (24) hours notice having been given to the Director of Public Works. Applications for connections shall be made to the Director of Code Enforce- ment. Section 22.402.1 Connection Required. The water supply facility of any building requiring such water supply facilities located within the Village, which building is located within two hundred feet (200') of a water main line, shall have said water supply facilities connected to the said water main line. All existing buildings presently within the Village that are being served by a private well are exempt from this section until such time that their well becomes inoperable at which time they will be required to connect onto the Village water main. Any parcel and/or building located outside the Village would be required to annex into the Village prior to connection onto the Village water supply and any and all expenses incurred to extend said water supply would be totally at the owners expense. Section 22.403 Conform to Plumbing Code. No water shall be turned on for service in premises in which the plumbing does not comply with the ordinances of the Village; provided that water may be turned on for construction work in unfinished buildings, subject to the provisions of this Article. Section 22.404 Prohibited Acts. Resale. .No water shall be resold or distributed by the 'recipient thereof from the Village supply to any premises other than that for which application has been made and the meter installed, except in case of emergency. Tampering. It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the Village to tamper with, alter or injure any part of the Village water system or water meters. Air Conditioners. It shall be unlawful to install, operate or maintain any type of water-operated air conditioner anywhere in the Village. Section 22.405 Restriction on Use of Water Section 22.405.1 Fire H~drants. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time, without proper authority, to take any water from any fire hydrant. ecti6n 22.405.2 Lawn and Garden Use, Filling Swimming Pools. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or any owner to allow the use of any water, whether drawn directly or indirectly from public wells and/or public water supply distribution systems for the purpose of watering and/or sprinkling lawns and/or gardens or for the purpose of filling and/or refilling swimming pools, except as provided hereiubelow: Ail such watering and/or sprinkling shall be accom- plished only between the hours of one minute after twelve o'clock (12:01) A.M. to ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. and four o'clock (4:00) P.M. to twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Newly sodded areas of lawns may be watered at any time on any day for the two (2) week period following the installation of such sod. In case of mechanical failure of any of the wells providing water for the Village or in case of a water shortage, the Village Manager, upon declaring an emergency exists, is hereby authorized to implement the emergency water use plan currently being utilized by the Village (as same may be amended from time to time to meet Illinois State requirements) and to impose immediate restrictions upon the use of water for the purpose of watering and/or sprinkling lawns and/or gardens or for the purpose of filling and/or refilling swimming pools. Section 22.405.3 Citations Issued; Penalty. Citations. It shall be the duty of the following officials of the Village to issue citations to any person who violate the provisions of this Section: Police Department; Fire Prevention Bureau including the Chief and Deputy Chief of that Bureau; Department of Community Development, and the Director of Public Works and his administrative assistants. Said citation may be delivered to the violator perL sonally or may be delivered to a member of the violator's household of the age of ten (10) years or upwards, or may be affixed to the main entrance to any building located upon the premises where the violation occurred. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to abridge the power of a police officer to arrest any violator and take him into custody. B. Penalty. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 22.405.4 of this Article, and notwithstanding the power of a police officer to arrest any violator and take him - 3 - nto custody, whenever a Village official designated under subsection A hereinabove, is authorized to issue a citation because of a violation of this Section, said official may, in lieu of filing a complaint in court in the first instance, issue to alleged violator a citation: a. Advising said person that he has violated a specified subsection herein. Requesting him to make payment in an amount applicable to said alleged violation as set forth in subsection B5 of this Section as settlement of said violation claim; and Informing him that upon failure to so settle, a complaint will be filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, charging him with such violation. Pursuant to said citation, the person so accused of said violation may settle and compromise the violation claim in respect to such Section violation by paying to the Village the applicable amount as shown in sub- section B5 of this Section, within a period to be specified in said citation, not more than seven (7) days of the time alleged offense was committed. Such payment shall be made in accordance with the instructions contained in the aforesaid citation, at the Office of the Finance Department of the Village, which shall issue a receipt for the money so received and promptly remit said amount to the Village Treasurer to be credited to the proper Municipal Fund. In the event that the person to whom said citation is issued fails to settle and pay said violation claim within the prescribed time, or within a period of time specified in a final notice (if one is served upon him) then such designated official is authorized to cause a notice to appear to be served upon said alleged violator and is authorized to file a complaint and to prosecute the same in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The fact that the water meter through which the water flows is registered with the Village Treasurer- Collector in the name of said alleged violator for billing purposes, shall be considered prima facie that said alleged violator allowed the use of such water at the time of such alleged violation. The violation claim described in said citation so to be issued pursuant to the terms of this Section may be settled, compromised and paid in the respective amounts set forth in the following schedule: In the event that said payment is made prior to the mailing by the Municipality or by the official of a final notice, the following amounts shall be accepted as settlement: m mproper taking of water from any fire hydrant $25.00 Water and/or sprinkling during prohibited hours 15.00 Watering and/or sprinkling during prohibited hours upon declaration of an emergency 25.00 In the event that payment has not been paid prior to the mailing of such final notice, and in fact, final notice has been mailed, the following amounts shall be accepted as settlement: Improper taking of water from any fi~e hydrant 30.00 Watering and/or sprinkling during prohibited hours 20.00 Watering and/or sprinkling during prohibited hours upon declaration of an emergency 30.00 C o In the event that payment is not made within the time prescribed in the final notice, and a notice to appear has been served and a complaint filed in the Circuit Court of Cook county, pay- ment of any fine and costs shall be in such amounts as may be determined and established by the Circuit Court of Cook County pursuant to Section 22.405.4 of this Article. For the purpose of this Section, whenever the following words and phrases are used they shall have the meanings and definitions respectively ascribed to them in this sub- section. "Public well" is a hole or shaft sunk into the earth in order to obtain and develop water from a subterranean supply, bringing it to the surface~ and making it avail- able for use by the people, through transmission mains where the rates charged for such water development are controiled by an agency of the State of Illinois or any 'political subdivision thereof. The act of "sprinkling" is the scattering of water in drops or particles through a system of pipes and attached garden hoses or nozzles used for watering a lawn, garden, golf course or any vegetation. Section 22.405.4 Penalty. "Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 22.405.3 of this Article, whenever a police officer arrests a person because of a violation of Section 22.405.1, every such person so convicted of this violation shall, for the first con- viction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)." Section 22.406 Service Pipes. A. Installation. All water service pipes from the main to the premises served shall be installed by, and at the - 5 ost of, the owner of the property to be served on the application for the service. Such installation shall be under the inspection of the Director of Public Works. Meters. All water service lines shall include a water meter to be loCated within the building serviced. Pipes. No service shall be installed unless it conforms to specifications drawn up by the Board of Trustees and approved thereby, a copy of which specifications shall be kept on file by the Clerk and shall be open to inspection by any person interested. Repairs, and frozen lines. Ail repairs for water service pipes of buildings shall be made by and at the expense of the owners of the premises, served. This applies to the water service pipe located on the property owners side of the shut-off box. The Village may, in case of an emergency, repair any service pipe and if this is done the cost of such repair work shall be repaid to the Village by the owner of the premises served. Excavations. Excavations for installing service pipes or repairing the same shall be made in compliance, with the ordinance provisions relating to making excavations in streets and public right-of-ways~ provided that it shall be unlawful to place any service pipe in the same excavation with, or directly over, any drain pipe or sewer pipe. Shut-Off Boxes. Shut-off boxes or service boxes shall be placed on every service pipe, and shall be located between the curb line and the sidewalk line where this is practical. Such boxes shall be so located that they are easily access- ible and shall be protected from frost. Section 22.407 Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this Article shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. SECTION TWO: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect u~on its passage, approval and publication in accordance with law. PASSED THIS 6th day of July AYES: Farley Floros Miller Wattenberg NAYS: None ABSENT: Arthur Murauskis APPROVED THIS 6th day of July ATT~T: . ~ , VILLAGE CLERK · 1982. ,, 1982.