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935.04 WATER METERS.

935.04 WATER METERS.

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Identifier935.04
Citation§ 935.04
Ordinances detectedS, 116-84, 56-67, 5-67, 116-69, ER, 51-04, 59-91, 21-67, 70-61, 61-19, 60-18, 54-11
Dates detectedJanuary 1, 2020, January 1, 2021, January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023
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Sheffield Lake Overview
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
CHAPTER 931 Sewers
CHAPTER 935 Water
935.01 WATER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
935.02 DEFINITIONS.
935.03 CONNECTIONS.
935.04 WATER METERS.
935.05 WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANTS.
935.06 RESTORATION OF SERVICE.
935.07 WATER SHORTAGE.
935.08 COMPLIANCE REQUIRED.
935.09 SPECIAL CASES.
935.10 REMOVING SOURCES OF VIOLATION.
935.11 ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER.
935.12 AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.
935.13 DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SUPPLY.
935.14 CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LINES.
935.15 RATE SCHEDULE.
935.16 PAYMENT DATE; SURCHARGE; REMEDIES FOR NONPAYMENT.
935.17 PAYMENT PLACE.
935.18 VARIATIONS.
935.19 CONNECTION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS.
935.20 UTILITY LINE REIMBURSEMENT.
935.21 MAINTENANCE OF WATER LINES AT THE REAR SIDE OF WATER METER.
935.22 BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES.
935.23 WAIVER OF COMMERCIAL CONNECTION AND TAP-IN FEES.
935.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 939 Notice to Purchasers of Status of Utility Accounts
CHAPTER 943 Stormwater
CHAPTER 944 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
CHAPTER 945 Construction Site Runoff Control
CHAPTER 946 Post-Construction Storm Water Management
TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
OH
Sheffield Lake
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
935.04 WATER METERS.
CHAPTER 935 Water
CHAPTER 935
Water
   EDITOR’S NOTE: The Director of Public Service operates the Municipality’s water system through the Divisions of Water and Sewers. Rules and regulations for the system have been established by the Director.
935.01   Water district boundaries.
935.02   Definitions.
935.03   Connections.
935.04   Water meters.
935.05   Water from fire hydrants.
935.06   Restoration of service.
935.07   Water shortages.
935.08   Compliance required.
935.09   Special cases.
935.10   Removing sources of violation.
935.11   Enforcement of chapter.
935.12   Authority of Director.
935.13   Discontinuance of water supply.
935.14   Construction and installation of lines.
935.15   Rate schedule.
935.16   Payment date; surcharge; remedies for nonpayment.
935.17   Payment place.
935.18   Variations.
935.19   Connection of private and public water supply systems.
935.20   Utility line reimbursement.
935.21   Maintenance of water lines at the rear side of water meter.
935.22   Backflow prevention devices.
935.23       Waiver of commercial connection and tap-in fees.
935.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to provide and regulate water system - see Ohio R.C. 715.08, 717.01, 743.01
Water pollution - see Ohio R.C. 715.08, 743.24 et seq.
Easements for water supply - see Ohio R.C. 715.34
Compulsory water connections - see Ohio R.C. 729.06, 743.23
Contract for water supply - see Ohio R.C. 743.24, 4933.04
Power to regulate water rates - see Ohio R.C. 743.26, 743.28, 4909.34 et seq.
Easements listed - see PRELIM. UNIT, TABLE A
Combined billing procedure - see ADM. 139.05
Division of Water - see ADM. Ch. 141
 
 
935.01 WATER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
   Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 727.44, a district is hereby established to be known as Sheffield Lake Water District No. 1. The boundaries of this District shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the City as presently constituted. (Ord. 56-67. Passed 6-27-67.)
935.02 DEFINITIONS.
   The following terms and definitions shall apply to work done under the provisions of this chapter:
   (a)    "Water service connection" means the complete water service pipe line from and including the tap into the water main in the street to the outlet side of the meter. (Ord. 5-67. Passed 1-10-67.)
   (b)    "City" means the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio.
   (c)    "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the Divisions of Water and Sewers.
   (d)    "Clerk" means the Clerk of the Department of Public Service.
   (e)    "Director" means the Director of Public Service.
   (f)    "Office" means the rooms used by the Superintendent, Clerk and Director for the transaction of business in the building located at 4750 Richelieu Avenue. (Ord. 116-69. Passed 12-9-69.)
935.03 CONNECTIONS.
   (a)    Following the placing in operation of the water main in any street or other thoroughfare, or in any private right of way within the City, the Director of Public Service shall order the owners of any house, cottage or other building adjacent to such water main to install, within ninety days of receipt of such order, a water service connection. If any property owner fails to comply with this regulation, the City shall proceed to build such water service connection and to assess the cost upon the owner of the property. Where a portion of such water service connection has been previously installed, this regulation shall apply only to the portion to be installed.
   (b)    All water service connections shall be built by the City, either separately upon receipt of application from the property owner, or when deemed advisable by the Director, under a contract for a water main in the street.
   (c)    For the purpose of providing a fund to pay the cost of such service connections, when built separately, there shall be deposited with each application for a water service connection a sum of money, as fixed by the Director and stipulated in the schedule of fees on file with the Clerk of the Department of Public Service, sufficient to meet the average cost of building a water service connection. Such sums so deposited shall be paid into the City Treasury to the credit of the Water Fund.
(Ord. 5-67. Passed 1-10-67.)
   (d)    To obtain a water service connection the applicant shall, before the permit may be issued, pay for all labor and material to make the connection from the main to the house side of the meter. Charges are hereby fixed at nine hundred and seventy dollars ($970.00) for a normal three-quarter inch connection and one thousand eighty dollars ($1080.00) for a one inch connection. Other size connections will be charged in accordance with actual labor and materials required plus an additional fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00), except that in multi-family dwellings in excess of two family units there shall be an additional fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the first family unit plus one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each additional family unit, plus the actual costs of labor and material. The additional fee for connection of such water service of three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus the one hundred dollars ($100.00) per family unit shall be deposited in the Water Capital Improvement Fund of the City.
   In addition, a fee of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) shall be charged for relocating any water service connection. Before any connection is established, it shall be necessary to have obtained a building permit for the site to be serviced. Water service connections shall be made by the City under contract with the property owner only, and such property owner shall be held responsible for all charges and fees in connection with the supply of water to the premises. The responsibility of the City for the supply of water shall end at the outlet side of the meter. All repairs or construction from that point to the building shall be the obligation and expense of the property owner. (Ord. 51-04. Passed 10-26-04.)
935.04 WATER METERS.
   Water meters shall be installed on all water service connections and no person, firm or corporation shall use water from the City water system except through a water meter, unless authorized by the Director of Public Service. All water meters will be furnished by the City upon a deposit of a fee, as stipulated in the schedule of fixed fees on file with the Clerk of the Department of Public Service or by the Superintendent of the Divisions of Water and Sewers in the event that an unusual size meter is requested. Not more than one house shall be served through one meter, except where such other house is located on the same lot and is owned by the same party. All meters will remain the property of, and in the possession of, the City. All meters will be repaired by the City.
(Ord. 5-67. Passed 1-10-67.)
935.05 WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANTS.
   Water may be obtained from a fire hydrant for private purposes by first obtaining a permit from the Superintendent of the Divisions of Water and Sewers and paying the charges for such use as stipulated in the schedule of fixed fees on file with the Clerk of the Department of Public Service.
(Ord. 5-67. Passed 1-10-67.)
935.06 RESTORATION OF SERVICE.
   After the removal of a meter the payment of all charges and penalties as set forth in the schedule of rates and fixed charges and a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for restoring service must be made before the meter will be installed again.
(Ord. 59-91. Passed 7-11-91 )
935.07 WATER SHORTAGE.
   At any time when, in the opinion of the Superintendent of the Divisions of Water and Sewers, the public health, welfare and safety of the City is endangered through the possible shortage of water, the Superintendent shall take steps to limit the usage of water for the duration of such crisis.
(Ord. 5-67. Passed 1-10-67.)
935.08 COMPLIANCE REQUIRED.
   No person, firm, corporation, plumber or supply man, either for himself or as the contractor, architect, engineer, trustee, director, officer, agent or employee for any other person, firm or corporation, shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or obstruct or interfere with the execution of, or disregard, such provisions.
(Ord. 21-67. Passed 5-28-67.)
935.09 SPECIAL CASES.
   Special approval must be obtained from the Director of Public Service for any deviation from, or matters not directly referred to in this chapter.
(Ord. 21-67. Passed 5-28-67.)
935.10 REMOVING SOURCES OF VIOLATION.
   No person, firm or corporation who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall fail, within thirty days, to remove any source of violation for the construction, maintenance or placing of which such person, firm or corporation has been convicted. (Ord. 21-67. Passed 5-28-67.)
935.11 ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER.
   The Superintendent of the Divisions of Water and Sewers shall be the representative of the Director of Public Service at all times and as such shall have full authority and responsibility to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 21-67. Passed 5-28-67.)
935.12 AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.
   Any or all of the provisions of this chapter may be amended or supplemented at any time and the Director of Public Service may make and enforce any such additional rules and regulations in respect thereto as may become necessary for the proper protection and management of the water supply and distribution system.
(Ord. 21-67. Passed 5-28-67.)
935.13 DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SUPPLY.
   Whenever a property owner fails to connect his sewerage to the City sanitary sewer as required by Section 931.09 he shall be given notice by registered mail that thirty days after the date of such notice the supply of City water to his property will be shut off at the curb cock and the supply of water will remain shut off until the required sanitary sewerage connection has been made. If the appropriate sewer connection is not made within thirty days, the Director of Public Service shall take immediate steps to terminate water service in accordance with the above notice.
(Ord. 21-67. Passed 5-28-67.)
935.14 CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LINES.
   (a)   The following minimum standards and specifications shall be established and conformed to in the construction and installation of water lines within the Municipality where such installations involved the covering of such water lines with five feet or less cover material. These standards are those as prescribed by the United States of America Standards Institute (USAS) and apply only where such installation is made in accordance with the standard water installation specifications of the United States of America Standards Institute (USAS), Drawing No. 9, as revised December, 1959. The following table is set forth indicating what these specifications shall be:
Nominal Diameter
(in inches)

USAS Thickness Class

Wall Thickness
(in inches)

4

22

.35

6

22

.38

8

22

.41

10

22

.44

12

22

.48

14

23

.55

16

23

.58

18

23

.67

20

23

.67

24

24

.79

(b)   Where installation of water lines involves covering such lines with cover material of over five feet the minimum standard for specifications shall be those as set forth in the United States of America Standards Institute’s Table 8.4.
   (c)   These water pipe specifications and standards are hereby established in order to provide safe working pressure for the water lines of the Municipality.
(Ord. 70-61. Passed 11-28-61.)
935.15 RATE SCHEDULE.
   (a)    The following water rates shall be charged to each water consumer in the Municipality.
      (1)    A monthly base rate currently of six dollars ($6.00) shall be charged to each water consumer each month which shall include the first ninety-nine cubic feet of water consumed in that month and which shall be increased as follows:
 
January 1, 2020

.25

January 1, 2021

.25

January 1, 2022

.25

January 1, 2023

.25
            (2)   For each 100 cubic feet of water consumed or any fraction thereof in excess of ninety-nine cubic feet of water consumed for a month, an additional water rate shall be established and recalculated annually for each year subsequent to 2007. In recalculating the monthly additional water rate per one hundred cubic feet of water consumed or fraction thereof in excess of ninety-nine cubic feet of water, the Director of Public Service is hereby authorized to apply a percentage increase equal to the annual percentage increase charged to the City of Sheffield Lake by the facility servicing water to the City.
      (3)   In addition to any annual increase pursuant to section 935.15(a)(2) of the Code, the water rate charged by the City of Sheffield Lake to each    water consumer in the municipality for each 100 cubic feet of water in excess of the first ninety-nine cubic feet, presently $2.30/unit, shall be increased as follows:
            
 
January 1, 2020

4%

January 1, 2021

4%

January 1, 2022

4%

January 1, 2023

4%
   (b)   Senior citizens and residents who are totally disabled should consult the Clerk of the Utilities Department as to any credits allowed them.
   (c)   In addition to all other water charges in the City, the City shall charge a monthly water connection charge in an amount established by the E.P.A. for such water connections.
   (d)   In addition to all other costs and charges to be paid by water customers within the City, the following charges shall also be charged to and payable by water customers:
      (1)   A charge of one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged to any water customer to whom the City sends a disconnect notice.
      (2)   A charge of two dollars ($2.00) shall be charged to each water customer on whose dwelling or other premises or building the City places a red tag notice which notice is placed on said building or premises on the    day before water service disconnection will    occur.
   (e)   In addition to all other charges to be paid by water customers within the City, there shall be charged an additional two dollars ($2.00) to be designated exclusively for water capital improvements related to fire hydrants and water lines within the municipality.
   (f)   The Water Department is hereby authorized to establish a line item on each water billing account in the City for Water Meter Replacement in an amount not to exceed two dollars and ninety-eight cents ($2.98) per account per month for a period not to exceed fifteen years.
(Ord. 61-19. Passed 11-12-19.)
935.16 PAYMENT DATE; SURCHARGE; REMEDIES FOR NONPAYMENT.
   Charges for water consumed shall become due and payable on the first day of every calendar month. All bills not paid by the fifteenth of the month in which the same become due shall be subject to a ten percent (10%) penalty. The failure to pay water charges sixty days in arrears from the date that the same become due and payable shall result in the immediate shutting off of the water at the curb cock. The payment of all current and past due charges, together with the penalty set forth under this section and a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for restoring service to any customer pursuant to this section must be made before the water will be turned on. The Director of Public Service or the Service Department Superintendent may establish such additional rules and procedures as he or she deems necessary to provide the user with notice of any arrearage and the date upon which the water will be shut off for nonpayment of all charges.
(Ord. 60-18. Passed 10-23-18.)
935.17 PAYMENT PLACE.
   All payments shall be made to the office of the Clerk of the Department of Public Service. (Ord. 54-11. Passed 11-15-11.)

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  • Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
  • ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
  • ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
  • ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
  • Ord. 56-67
  • Ord. 5-67
  • Ord. 116-69
  • order the owners of any house, cottage or other building adjacent to such water main to install, within ninety days of receipt of such order, a water service connection
  • ordance with actual labor and materials required plus an additional fee of three hundred dollars ($300
  • Ord. 51-04
  • Ord. 59-91
  • Ord. 21-67
  • amended or supplemented at any time and the Director of Public Service may make and enforce any such additional rules and regulations in respect thereto as may become necessary for the pr
  • ordance with the above notice
  • ordance with the standard water installation specifications of the United States of America Standards Institute (USAS), Drawing No
  • order to provide safe working pressure for the water lines of the Municipality
  • Ord. 70-61
  • Ord. 61-19
  • Ord. 60-18
  • Ord. 54-11
  • Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality
  • Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken
  • Ordinances or other documents posted on this site, please contact the Municipality directly or contact American Legal Publishing toll-free at 800-445-5588

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