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G21-90 Ordinance No. G21-90 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14.04 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS as follows: Section I. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulation" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended be and is further amended by amending Sections 14.04.010 to read as follows: "14.04.010 Service connection - Application - Composition - Costs a. No person shall be permitted to tap or make any connection with the City water system other than City employees. Any person desiring water service connections must make written application. Every application for installation of water service shall be accompanied by a deposit in advance to pay the costs of such installation from the water main in the street to the curb stopcock. b. Water service shall consist of a corporation cock placed in the water main, a copper or ductile iron service pipe, a curb stopcock or gate valve and a shutoff box of a type or design as directed by the Water Director. Except as otherwise provided herein for meters and remote reading registers, all other equipment necessary to connect any property to the City water system including but not necessarily limited to pipes, valves, meters and remote reading registers shall be the responsibility of the customer. c. In the event that the Water Director determines that due to unusual conditions or circumstances the City is unable to install water services or is otherwise unable to make installation within fourteen (14) days after written request, the Water Director may authorize the private installation of water service. d. The cost of installing and connecting any water service from and after the corporation cock in the water main, including the shutoff box, shall be charged to the customer. Such cost shall include all equipment and labor and shall be determined by the Water Director subject to the approval of the City Council." Section 2. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.020 to read as follows: "14.04.020 Service piping and house piping requirements. a. All service pipes placed in connection with the City water main shall be of copper water tube or ductile iron pipe and must be at least six (6) feet below the surface of the earth. The service pipes from the shutoff box shall be not less than the size of pipe as that extending from the main to the shutoff box and shall be installed and maintained at the expense of the customer. No service pipes shall be installed of a size less than one inch in diameter. The service pipes shall meet with the following standards: I. Copper Water Tubing, Type "K." Weight (Pounds per Test Pressure Nominal Pipe Diameter foot) (psi min.) I inch .839 780 I 1/4 inch 1.04 630 I 1/2 inch 1.36 580 2 inch 2.06 460 2. Any service pipes having an inside diameter of three (3) inches or greater shall be a ductile iron pipe. All ductile iron pipe must conform with specifications of the American Waterworks Association and those of the Water Director. 3. The water department may require the installation of back flow protection devices of approved design in any service line where danger of back pressure is apparent. 4. The shutoff box required by this chapter shall be used in copper water tube services and shall be of the 'bra seal" or ball valve type. Underground copper joints shall be flanged, and no solder joints are permitted. 5. A shutoff box shall be set as required by the Water Director. 6. All copper water tube service pipes shall be laid in waves and curves in such a manner as to use at least one foot more pipe than would be used if a straight line of pipe was laid, and where acid or cinder condi- tions exist in the ditch, the pipe shall be laid in a bed of sand. b. All other pipes used in connection with the water service located inside of any building after the meter must be galvanized iron, copper or brass." r 2 Section 3. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.030 to read as follows: "14.04.030 Service to be installed before paving construction. To prevent destruction of paved streets, water service must be installed for all unserved property before new paving construction is mode. The cost of such service shall be assessed against, and paid by, the property owner before use of such service shall be permitted." Section 4. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.040 to read as follows: "14.04.040 Shutoff boxes required--Branch service prohibited. a. Each metered properties shall be provided with separate shutoff box in accessible areas as designated by the Water Director. No branch service shall be permitted from any service. No connection shall be made with any existing water service on the outlet side of the meter for the purpose of supplying water to other buildings. b. All service installations and meter connections mode shall be only for the purpose of use and consumption of city water on the premises and not for the purpose of consumption or use on other premises. A premises is to be construed as a single residence, apartment, store, business or industrial establishment, even though it is one of several buildings on the same lot which may or may not be connected." Section 5. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.050 to read as follows: "14.04.050 Customer to provide access Upon reasonable notice, a customer shall provide access to the customers property when determined necessary by the Water Director or Finance Director for the purpose of inspecting, reading, repairing, replacing and/or maintaining meters and water service, including leak detection, and/or for the purpose of service connection, shutoff, disconnection, installation and/or replacement. Any customer who refuses or fails to provide such access shall be subject to a surcharge, deposit requirement, estimated billing, shutoff and/or disconnection as provided in this chapter." Section 6. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.070 (h) and (i) to read as follows: 3 "14.04.070 Water meter required--Pits--Gate valves h. There shall be installed, on the inlet side of the meter, gate valves of an approved design. There shall also be installed on the outlet side of the meter a gate valve of like design. Meters shall be set in places readily accessible for removal and for reading, and set in such a manner as to prevent freezing or submersion in water. All meters shall have a working clearance on top of not less than sixteen (16) inches and on all other sides of not less than ten (10) inches. i. A bypass shall be installed for all meters of three (3) inches or larger. The bypass shall meet standards and requirements as determined by the Water Director and shall include valves which are sealed in the closed position. The Water Director shall be notified prior to the breaking of such seals. Failure to so notify the Water Director shall constitute unauthorized use of water." Section 7. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.080 (b) and (e) to read as follows: "14.04.080 Water Meter--Repair and inspection b. All remote reading registers shall be inspected by the City at least once every twenty-four (24) months. e. Where the accuracy or record of a water meter is questioned by a customer, it may be removed at the customer's request, and if so desired, shall be tested in his presence in the shops of the water department by means of the apparatus there provided and a report thereof duly made. Both parties to the test shall accept the findings so made. If the test discloses an error against the cus- tomer of more than three percent in the meter's registry, the excess of the consumption for the four (4) months prior to the test shall be adjusted and the entire expense of the test will be borne by the City, and the deposit required as hereinafter prescribed shall be returned. Where no such error is found, the customer shall pay the charges fixed for said test. Before making a test of any meter, the customer shall at the time of making application for a test make a deposit of twenty ($20.00) dollars at the office of the City Treasurer subject to the conditions of this section." Section 8. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Munic- ipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Seciton 14.04.090 to read as follows: "14.04.090 Application for service/Notification of change a. Applications for water service shall be mode at the office of the finance department upon blanks furnished by the department. Every application for service shall constitute an agreement by the applicant to pay for all water used on the premises through said service and to comply with the ordinances and rules of the City relating to the water service, such as are in force at the time of 4 r the application, and amendments thereafter adopted. The owner of the property served shall sign all applications for water service. The owner as well as any successor in title shall be deemed to be an applicant and customer for all water service provided to the property regardless of whether such owner or successor is the actual user of the water provided and regardless of whether such owner or successor has signed the application. Water service shall be denied to any applicant who has outstanding delinquent bills for any metered property. b. Whenever there is a change in the identity of the customer at any metered property, including adding or deleting a customer, the Finance Director shall be notified and a beginning and/or final read shall be taken. All current customers for the metered property as well as the customer(s) to be deleted and/or the customer(s) to be added shall be jointly and severally liable for all water service provided before such reading is made. c. Whenever a new customer is added or deleted all meters and remote reading registers for the service location shall be inspected for accuracy." Section 9. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by amending Section 14.04.100 (b) to read as follows: elk "14.04.100 Multiple meter service locations b. Whenever a shutoff or disconnection is authorized for a metered property within a multiple meter service location, the water service shall be disconnected as provided in Section 14.04.235. Water service shall not be reconnected until a separate shutoff box has been installed, at the customer's expense, thereby rendering the property a single meter service location. Such work shall be done, as provided in this chapter, either by or under the supervision of the City. The customer shall be responsible for all pipes and other equipment necessary to run a water line from the shutoff box to such customer's building." Section 10.- That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.1 10 to read as follows: "14.04.110 Yard hydrant and sprinkling plugs. Yard hydrants and sprinkling plugs shall not be allowed on water service connections now installed or to be hereafter installed unless such yard hydrant or sprinkling plug is connected in such a manner that the water consumed through such yard hydrant or sprinkling plug shall first pass through the water meter for such service. Provided further, such hydrant or sprinkling plug must include a back flow protection device approved by the Water Director." 5 Section II. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976. as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.200 (a) to read as follows: "14.04.200 Readings a. All meters two (2) inches and smaller shall be read (inside reading) and billed bi-monthly, except as may otherwise be approved by the Finance Director at the request in writing of commercial or industrial users. Water meters greater than two inches or users whose average daily usage is in excess of 25,000 gallons per day shall be read (inside reading) and billed monthly." Section 12. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.205(c) to read as follows: "14.04.205 Lack of inside reading--Surcharge c. Whenever the City has been unable to obtain an inside reading for four consecutive billing periods, the customer shall be required to install a remote reading register at the customer's expense. In addition, a surcharge is hereby imposed whenever the City has been unable to take an inside reading for four or more consecutive billing periods. This surcharge shall be assessed each billing period, shall be in addition to the estimated bill or bill based upon a customer's submitted postcard and shall be in addition to any other actions permitted pursuant to this chapter. The surcharge imposed shall be an amount equal to the water charges for ten- thousand (10,000) cubic feet of water. The surcharge shall continue to be imposed for each billing period until a shutoff or disconnection has occurred, or an accurate inside reading has been taken and a remote reading register installed. The surcharge shall be a credit toward actual water usage when an accurate inside reading is ultimately taken. Return of the surcharge in excess of actual consumption shall be conditioned upon the installation and payment of the remote reading register." Section 13. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.230(c) to read as follows: "14.04.230 Billing c. All customers, including but not limited to the owner, at any metered property shall be jointly and severally liable for all water charges. Billing shall be sent to the owner but may, at the owner's request, be sent to any other customer; provided there is a sep- arate meter and separate shutoff for each such billing. (Single metered service locations) Such billing to nonowner customers is done as a convenience to the owner and shall not relieve the owner of responsibility for the bill. Any ogreement between a property owner and his tenant regarding payment of water bills shall not be binding on the City. The City shall not provide such 6 billing to nonowner customers where there are multiple meters but only one shutoff. (Multiple meter service locations) Separate bills shall be sent for each metered property." Section 14. That Chapter 14.04 entitled "Water Regulations" of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be and is further amended by amending Section 14.04.235 (c) to read as follows: "14.04.235 Shutoff/Disconnection c. When, in the opinion of the Water Director, an emergency exists, water service may be immediately shutoff or disconnected for any metered location." Section 15. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed. Section 16. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication in the manner provided by law. s/, George VanDeVoorde George VanDeVoorde, Mayor Presented: April 25 , 1990 Passed: April 25 , 1990 Vote: Yeas 5 Nays o Recorded: Published: Attest: 0 Marie Tearman,C itynClerk r 7 April 19, 1990 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Daniel P. Blondin, Assistant Corporation Counsel SUBJECT: Water Collection Ordinance PURPOSE: The purpose of this memo is to transmit an ordinance to the City Council which corrects certain spelling and typographical errors in an earlier draft. In January, I990, the City Council passed a water collection ordinance which provided comprehensive amendments to Chapter 14.04 dealing with water service. This earlier ordinance contained a number of mispellings and typographical errors. Most important of these errors affects the surcharge to be imposed when the City has been unable, after repeated attempts, to obtain an inside reading. In those situations, a surcharge in the amount of water charges equal to 10,000 cu. ft. of water was to be imposed. The ordinance as passed called for a surcharge in the amount of only 100 cu. ft. of water. To correct these deficiencies an ordinance further amending Chapter 14.04 has been prepared. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Not applicable. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council pass the ordinance correcting the earlier water collection ordinance. db (..OP r