935.13 DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SUPPLY.

Document type	section
Identifier	935.13
Citation	§ 935.13
Ordinances detected	S, 116-84, 5-67, 59-91, 21-67, ER, 70-61, 61-19, 60-18, 54-11, 116-69, 65-75
Dates detected	January 1, 2020, January 1, 2021, January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023
Original source	American Legal Publishing
Content hash	`ec17f7f99624d94b74e420b7d9549ff3e67a3259306192e6852298b92092fe08`

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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
935.14 CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LINES.
CHAPTER 935 Water
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)

.35

.38

.41

.44

.48

.55

.58

.67

.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

January 1, 2021

January 1, 2022

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.)
935.18 VARIATIONS.
   The rate of charge for any use of water not definitely set forth above shall be fixed by the Director of Public Service. In the event that a defective meter has failed to register during the term of any quarter, service shall be billed to the customer on the following basis:
   Immediately upon discovery of such broken or defective meter the Superintendent of the Divisions of Water and Sewers shall install a new meter. The amount of the bill for the period during which the meter was defective shall be estimated on the basis of previous readings. (Ord. 116-69. Passed 12-9-69.)
935.19 CONNECTION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS.
   (a)    No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply, other than the regular public water supply of the City, may enter the supply or distributing system of the City, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply have been approved by the Director of Public Service of the City and by the Ohio Department of Health.
   (b)   It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Service to cause surveys and investigations to be made of all industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where private, auxiliary or emergency water supplies other than the public water supply are known to exist or where such supplies are likely to exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated as often as the Director deems it necessary.
   (c)    The Director of Public Service or his duly authorized representative shall have the right to enter at any time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distributing system of the City for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand, the owner, lessee or occupant of any property so served shall furnish to the Director any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems and any private, auxiliary or emergency water supply used or useful on such property. The refusal of such information when demanded shall, within the discretion of the Director, be deemed evidence of the presence of an improper connection, as provided in this section.
   (d)    The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of any of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take such other precautionary measures as he may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to such property shall not be restored until such connection has been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section.
   (e)    The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized and directed to establish and enforce rules and regulations establishing requirements for the licensing of installers of backflow prevention systems and devices and to institute other controls and procedures adequate to provide safeguards to the potable water system in compliance and in accordance with Ohio R.C. 6111.13 and Chapter HE-34 of the Regulations of the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Council.
(Ord. 65-75. Passed 7-8-75.)

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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. 5-67
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
Ord. 116-69
ord and shall be repeated as often as the Director deems it necessary
ordance with Ohio R
Ord. 65-75
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Sheffield Lake, OH Laws

ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84

CERTIFICATION

TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE

COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE

ROSTER OF OFFICIALS

CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO

TABLE A - EASEMENTS

TABLE B - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS

TABLE C - APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY

TABLE D - DEDICATION OF PROPERTY

TABLE E - SALE OF PROPERTY

TABLE F - PURCHASE OF PROPERTY

TABLE G - LEASE OF PROPERTY FOR CITY USE

TABLE H - ZONING MAP CHANGES

TABLE I - CHANGE OF NAME OF STREET

SECTION 1. ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT.

SECTION 1. MANNER OF EXERCISE.

SECTION 1. TERM.

SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS.

SECTION 3. REMOVAL.

SECTION 4. VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR.

SECTION 5. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE MAYOR.

SECTION 1. POWERS, ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE.

SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS.

SECTION 3. PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL.

SECTION 4. REMOVAL.

SECTION 5. VACANCIES.

SECTION 6. APPOINTMENTS.

SECTION 7. SALARIES AND BONDS.

SECTION 8. MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

SECTION 9. QUORUM.

SECTION 10. GENERAL LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS.

SECTION 11. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.

SECTION 12. ENACTMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.

SECTION 13. ENACTMENT OF MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.

SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SECTION 2. DEPARTMENT OF LAW.

SECTION 3. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

SECTION 4. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

SECTION 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

SECTION 6. DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION.

SECTION 1. MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 2. OFFICERS.

SECTION 3. DUTIES, PRIOR SERVICE AND JOB CLASSIFICATION.

SECTION 4. REMOVAL.

SECTION 5. COMPENSATION AND FUNDS.

SECTION 1. BOARD OF ZONING AND BUILDING APPEALS.

SECTION 2. PLANNING COMMISSION.

SECTION 3. PARK-RECREATION BOARD.

SECTION 4. PARK COMMISSION.

SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

SECTION 2. TRANSFERS AND BALANCES.

SECTION 3. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.

SECTION 4. CUSTODY AND DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.

SECTION 5. PUBLIC BIDDING.

SECTION 6. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

SECTION 7. LIMITATION ON RATE OF TAXATION.

SECTION 8. SUBMISSION OF EXTRA LEVY.

SECTION 9. DEBT LIMITATION.

SECTION 1. SELECTION OF CANDIDATES AND PROCEDURES.

SECTION 2. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES.

SECTION 1. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.

SECTION 2. RECALL.

SECTION 1. GRANT, AMENDMENT OR RENEWAL.

SECTION 1. MANNER OF AMENDMENT.

SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHARTER.

SECTION 2. SAVING CLAUSE.

SECTION 3. EFFECT OF THE CHARTER UPON EXISTING LAWS AND RIGHTS.

SECTION 4. INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARTER.

SECTION 5. CONTINUANCE OF PRESENT OFFICERS.

SECTION 6. OATH OF OFFICE.

SECTION 7. CHARTER REVIEW.

SECTION 8. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE — Part Overview

PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE — Part Overview

PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE — Part Overview

PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE — Part Overview

Charter Overview

ARTICLE I NAME AND BOUNDARIES