Ordinance 1959-14 AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE WAT']IR WORKS OF THE
UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS
AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCTS IN REGARD TO THE
6JATER WORKS HERETOFORE .SASSED Aj\,D AP?ROVED.
Published by authority of the City Council July 16, 1959.
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AN ORDINAN GE PERTAINING TO THE WAT']R WORKS OF THE
UNITED CITY OF 'Tf:E VILLAG :, OF YORKVTLLL, ILLINOIS
AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN REGARD TO THE
WATER WORKS h-j:,RETOFORh PASSE? A1vD AP.,�ROVED
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the United City
of the Village of Yorkville, Illinois :
SECTION 1. The Water Department of the United City of
the Village of Yorkville, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as
City, shall be under the active supervision of the Superintendent
of 'Water Works, wro shall be under the direct supervision of the
Water Works committee of the City Council. Said Superintendent
shall make a written report to the City Council of all his acts
and doings whenever requested by said Council, and such reports
shall be placed on file with the City Clerk and shall show the
kind and amount of materials used, the cost thereof and all
expenses attending the work, he shall also keep a correct map or
profile of all water mains now or herinafter laid in said Village
with their dimensions, locations and connections, hydrants and
cut-offs, and shall ke. p a just, true and correct books of account,
and such books, records, maps, and other accounts shall be deliver-
ed to his successor or the City Council at any time upon request.
SECTION 2. All revenue derived from the sale of water
as hereinafter provided, shall be kept separate and apart by the
Treasurer of the City from the other revenue of said City and
said money shall be known as the Water Fund and shall be used ex-
clusively for Water Works purposes ; that is, for the maintenance,
extension, improvement and operation of said ,later Works, the
retirement of Water Works bonds, and certificates, and under no
circumstances shall this revenue be diverted to any other purpose.
SECTION 3. All money due the Water Department from all
purposes and sources including the collection of water rents or
rates, shall be paid to the City Treasurer or City Collector and
if the same shall be paid to the City Collector he shall in turn
forward the same to the City Treasurer.
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SECTION 4. The Superintendent of Water Works shall
receive his wages from the Water Works rune, for his services in
the active supervision of said Water Works , such sum to be fixed
by resolution and set forth in the annual Appropriation Ordinance,
and the Mayor and City Council shall have the authority to hire
all other employees necessary for the proper operation and manage-
ment of the Water Works and the wages of all such employees shall
be fixed by resolution, and all wages and other expenses of the
Water Department shall be paid out of the Water Fund, through
vouchers authorized and drawn in the like manner, as all other
vouchers, except however, that such amounts shall be paid only
out of the Water Fund.
SECTION 5. The City Council shall cause a proper audit
to be made at least once each year of the Water Department and
the report of such audit shall be open for inspection at all
proper times to any tax payer, water user, or any holder of bonds
issued by the Water Department .
SECTION 6. The 'Treasurer of the City, shall be custodi-
an of the funds derived from income received from the Water Works
system and shall give proper bond for the faithful discharge of
his duties. The Treasurer shall maintain separate accounts in
which shall be placed the interest and sinking fund moneys and
another account in which shall be glaced the depreciation funds
and all other funds necessary to provide for refunding outstand-
ing certificates or bonds payable out of water revenue.
SECTION 7 . All applications for water service con-
nections and for water service shall be made in writing on forms
to be furnished by the City, and no application shall be granted
unless and until said forras are filled out and signed by the
ap?licant.
SECTION 8. All connections and installations of water
service shall upon proper application be made from the existing
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main upon applicants street to the street side of applicants
sidewalk or to a point four (4) feet within the curb line, which-
ever point the Superintendent of Water Works shall so elect, and
said connections and installations shall be made only by authorized
employees of the City and only after payment by the user or proper-
ty owner at the time of application for water to the City Treasurer
or Collector of a connection fee of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
0;:150.00) wr.ich said fee shall include the installation and use
of a city water meter.
SECTION 9. All private water lines teat are proposed
to be connected to the city water mains shall be first approved
by the Superintendent of Water Works as to material work, method
of installation and location of connection before any connection
with the city water main is permitted and no taps or connection
to a main, shall be made by anyone except an authorized employee of
the Water Department and under the supervision of the Superinten-
dent of Water Works .
SECTION 10. All connections and installations shall be
fully and completely provided with curb stop cocks and shut-off
controls of a standard and approved type, the same to be approved
by the Superintendent and all materials including pipe, stop cock,
and meters shall be of a standard and approved type and placed and
located under the direction of the said Superintendent.
SECTION 11. The failure on the part of any user or
owner of property receiving service to maintain the connection,
and the water system connected therewith, in such a manner as to
prevent waste will be cause for discontinuance of service or for
the repairing of the same by the Water Department and charging
the costs thereof, to the property owner.
SECTION 12. Owners of premises having water services
w�iich do not have separate curb stop cocks and boxes for each
building or which otherwise do not conform to the requirements
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in this Ordinance at the time of its passage shall be required
to put in such curb step cocks or to make such other chanes as
are necessary to conform to these requirements when so instructed
by the Superintendent of Water Works .
SECTION 13. No application for water service connections
shall be approved or become effective until the cost to the City
is paid to the City Treasurer or Collector.
SECTION 14, Temporary mains may be laid in and upon
streets, and alleys subjectt o conditions as the City Council
may prescribe.
SECTION 15� The City shall not be held responsible by
reason of the breaking of any service pipe or apparatus water coil,
or for failure in the supply of water, and the City, when necessary,
without notice, may shut the water off in its mains for the purpose
of making repairs or extensions or for other purposes and no claims
shall be made against the City by reason of the breakace of any
service pike or service cock, or from other damage that may result
from the shutting off water for repairing, laying or relaying
mains, hydrants, or other connections.
SECTION 16. No permits shall be granted for the open-
ing of any street for the purpose of laying temporary mains or
making water connections, except with the consent of the City
Council, and except as hereinbefore provided; and temporary service
may be furnished contractors or builders for water to be used on
construction works only upon terms agreed on by the City Council
and subject to their conditions .
SEC'fIOI\T 17 . No part of any water service including the
portion owned or used by any user of water, shall be used as a
ground for a radio, telephone, and other electrical system or
appliances .
SECTION 18. No person, either owner or tenant, who in
changing their residence from one location to any other location
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served by the water department, shall be given water service
until any and all delinquent water rentals which are charred a-
gainst them at former place of residence, shall have been paid
in full, and no water at new location shall be turned on and if
so, the same small be turned off, until settlement of such de-
linquent water rental at former location is mace. A charge of
One Dollar ( y?1.00) for turning on water and renewing service
shall be made in addition to the payment of the delinquent water
rental or crarges .
SECTION 19. No sub-divisions of land in the corporate
limits shall be approved by the City Council unless the lots there-
in are provided with adequate water connecting with the City water
system, if at all practical, and the expense of said water con-
nections and city water main extensions if the same are necessary
in order to connect to the City water system shall be at the
Sub-dividers expense but under the direct supervision and control
of the City Council or their authorized agents and the sub-dividers
shall pay the City, prior to the time said extension is undertaken,
the cost of said extension based upon the cost per foot as deter-
mined by tree City Council, and upon completion any extension shall
be dedicated to the City and become the property of said City who
shall then assume full .responsibility for maintainance and repairs
of the same. The City Council shall not charge connection fees
for a period of two ( 2) years from the date the sub-division plat
is accepted by them for users of lots in any sub-division that
has complied with the foregoing; part of this Section if compliance
with this section necessitates city water main extension at the
sub-dividers expense, however tLe sub-divider or lot owner or user
in said sub-division must pay a charge equal to the cost of the
water meter to be installed as a service charge; all applications
must be for immediate use and no application for future use shall
be accepted nor the applicant excused from payment of the connection
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fee if it is at all possible that the period of two (2) years may
expire before the actual usage of water will commence .
SECTION 20. Owners or consumers desiring to discontinue
the use of water stall give notice thereof, in writing, to the
Superintendent of hater Works or the City Treasurer or Collector
who shall then cause the water to be turned off. Water rents or
charges for services shall be made until such notice is given.
When water service is discontinued all water rentals for such
service shall become due and payable. Vfhen water service is a-
gain desired after having been discontinued, a charge of One
Dollar (`; 1.00) shall be made and collected before turning on water
and renewing service.
SECTION 21. In turning on water, the City Council or
the Water Works Department shall not be responsible for any damage
that may occur by reason of improper fixtures, open or improper
connections, or for any other causes .
SECTION 22. Consumers shall prevent unnecessary waste
of water and keep all water outlets closed when not in actual
use. If unnecessary waste of water takes place, the City Council
reserves the right to cut off the supply and the City further re-
serves the right to prohibit the uce of water for yard sprinklers,
elevators and large consumers of water when in the judgment of
said Council, it shall be necessary to do so.
SECTION 23. All water furnished consumers shall be
metered and all meters shall be of a standard and approved make,
and shall be furnished by the owner and set by the Water Works
Department, but said meters shall remain tt-ie property of the City
and are subject to removal any time . The owners must provide
suitable locations in piping system for same and meters shall be
placed on service pipe not to exceed two (2) feet from the wall
where such pipe enters the premises . fher•e shall be a stop and
waste between the meter and the wall, and a suitable place provided
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for the meter so as to keep it dry and clean, and readily ac-
cessible at all times to the meter reader and inspector of the
Water Works Department. A gate valve shall also be placed on the
pipe on the outlet side of each meter not more than three (3)
feet from the meter.
SECTION 24. Owners or occupants shall be responsible
for care and protaction of a meter, but the same shall be subject
to inspection and test at any reasonable time by the Water Works
Department; howeipr, meters may be repaired by the City Coancil
at no cost to the owner and no one shall interfere with the re-
gistration o2 or break a seal on any meter, providing however,
the Superintendent may grant permission to break a seal for drain-
ing pipe, or stopping leaks .
SECTION 25. In case of doubt as to accuracy of a
meter, the consumer may complain and tests shall be made by the
Superintendent of �vater Works , and if the meter is found to
measure more than four (4) per cent incorrectly, no charge shall
be made, and if an over-register of more than four (4) per cent
is found, a proportional deduction shall be made from the pre-
vious water bill; if said meter registers within four (4) per
cent of accuracy, then all expense of testing shall be borne by
the person making the complaint.
SECTION 26. (a) Meters shall be read quarterly and
bills for water furnished shall be mailed, on or about the first
day of July, October, January and April of each year, and all
j bills and charges for water rents and other services are payable
at the office of the City Treasurer or Collector.
(b) The following water rent charges or rates are hereby
established and shall be collected for all water consumption and
water services rendered by the City, for which each service shall
be by meter registration. c
Thvae Dollars and ft-f-ty cents (,;3.50) for each t,4sr-ee
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hundred f# y ( 3-54) cubic feet or fraction thereof per quarter.
Thirty cents (� 0.30) per one hundred ( 100) cubic feet
over tb ee hundred f f—ty (3-59) cubic feet to and including�fivei,;�',l
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thousand (�;80'0) cubic feet.
Twe—.ty-f ve cents ($0.2-5) per one hundred ( 100) cubic
feet above f-ivethousand ( 5,000) cubic feet; ra disco//unt of five
( 5) per cent oaf t he f 6 ce of the bid l will be, allowed if paid
within ten ( YO) da'vs from date of mailing cf bb ."_i provided there
is no discount on cti&rges for repairs .
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( c) The aC)ove rates are for a quarter of a year or
fraction thereof.
(d) All ^tames for water shall be due and payable on
rendition in mailinc of a notice of amount to the owner or tenant "
and shall become delinquent at the expiration of thirty (30) days
from said date of mailing and for the purpose of enforcing the
lien provided by Article Seventy-five (75) ParaLraph Four (4) of -
Chapter Twenty-four (24) Illinois Revised Statutes the Fortieth
(40) day following the first day of the respective quarter is
hereby Fixed as a delinquency date .
(e) Ten dais after a bill shall become delinquent, the
water may be shut off from the premises, and shall not be turned
on until all back rentals and charges are paid together with One
Dollar ($1.00) fee for turning on the water .
SECTION 27 . eater service accounts and charges shall
be kept in the name of the owner of the property served except as
to property owned by the State of Illinois and only such owner
shall be recognized as the consumer, except where the tenant mares
and maintains a deposit of an amount of money with the City
Treasurer equal to the estimated water bills for the premises to
be served, to guarantee payment for water service, but in no case `a
' shall such deposit be less than Xwt*e Dollars 1"@O) in the case` -
of a tenant of residence property and ' 4w Dollars ($10. 00) in the �.
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case of all other property, and the deposit shall accompany the
application for service. Where no deposits are made or where
the deposit is not maintained, the owner of the premises served
shall be held responsible for the payment of all water rentals
and all other proper charges in connection with water services
to said premises, but such payments will be accepted from tenant
if tendered by them, but accepting payments from tenants shall
not subsequently relieve the owner of the premises from the
responsibility of paying water rentals or other service charges
when due, or relieve the real estate from the lien hereinbefore
provided.
SECTION 28. The rules and regulations as set forth
in this Ordinance shall be considered a Dart of the contract of
every person who takes water supplied by the City through the
City water works, every such person who takes water shall be
considered as Navin€ expressly agreed to be bound by the pro-
visions of this Ordinance upon his acceptance of water service
from said City.
SECTION 29. Any violation of this Ordinance shall
constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable by a fine not to ex-
ceed One Hundred Dollars, and each da said violation occurs
shall be considered a separate offense.
SECTION 30. The invalidity of any section or subsection
or part of this Ordinance, shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portion of this Ordinance or section or subsection.
SECTION 31. Any ordinance in conflict herewith is here-
by repealed, providing nothing herein contained shall effect the
collection of any rental, sums due, fine or penalty, accruing or
arising under any prior ordinance.
SECTION 32. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its publication as required by law.
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Passed this 9th da.y of July , A.D. 1959.
City Clerk
Approved by me as Mayor of the United City of the Village of
Yorkville this _ 9th day of July , A.D. 1959.
Mayor
Published by authority of the Corporate Authorities this 16th
day of July , A.D. 1959.
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