HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1989-086-O-8986-0-89
AN ORDINANCE
Amending The Plumbing Code, Title 4, Chapter 6,
Section 4-6-1(C) to Provide for
Cross -Connection Control
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 4-6-1(C) of the Evanston City
• Code, 1979, as amended, be further amended by adding the
following:
P1505.3.2: That all plumbing installed within the City of
Evanston shall be installed in accordance with the BOCA National
Plumbing Code. That, if required by the BOCA National Plumbing
Code or in the judgment of the Superintendent of Water, an
approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety
of the public water supply system, the Superintendent of Water
will give notice to the property owner or person in charge of the
_'.building, structure, or premises to install such an approved
device immediately. The property owner or person in charge of
the building, structure, or premises shall, at his own expense,
immediately install such an approved device at a location and in
a manner in accordance with the BOCA National Plumbing Code;
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Rules and Regulations,
Title 35: Environmental Protection, Subtitle F: Public Water
Supply, Chapter I: Pollution Control Board, Part 607: Operation
and Record Keeping, Section 607.104: Cross Connections; and all
• applicable local regulations, and shall have inspections and
tests made of such approved devices upon installation and
annually thereafter, at a minimum. The property owner or person
in charge of the building, structure, or premises shall maintain
records to document that testing, servicing, and repairs are
conducted as required.
P1505.3.3: That no person, firm or corporation 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 of Evanston enters the supply or distribution system
of the City, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water
supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall
have been approved in writing by the Superintendent of Water and
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
P1505.3.4: That it shall be the duty of the Superintendent
• of Water to cause surveys and investigations to be made of
industrial and other properties served by the public water supply
to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public
water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be
made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least
every two years, or as often as the Superintendent of Water shall
deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and
available for public review for five years.
P1505.3.5: That the Superintendent of Water, his authorized
• agent, or approved cross -connection control device inspector
shall have a right to enter at any reasonable time any property
served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution
system of the City for the purpose of verifying the presence or
absence of cross -connections, or for the purpose of verifying
information submitted by the property owner or person in charge
of the building, structure, or premises regarding the required
cross -connection control inspection. On demand, the property
owner or person in charge of the building, structure, or premises
sc served shall furnish to the Superintendent of Water, his
authorized agent, or approved cross -connection control device
inspector any information which he may request regarding the
piping system or systems or water use on such property. The
refusal to provide such information or refusal of the right of
entry when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the
Superintendent of Water, be deemed evidence of the presence of
improper connections as prohibited by this Chapter.
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P1505.3.6: That the Superintendent of Water is hereby
• authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice
to the property owner or person in charge of the building,
structure, or premises in question, the water service to any
property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of
this Chapter 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 conditions have been eliminated or corrected in
compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, and until the
cost and expense of the City of cutting off and again turning on
such water supply shall have been paid by such property owner,
occupant or person in possession, charge or control. Immediate
disconnection upon verbal notice can be effected when the
__).Superintendent of Water is assured that imminent danger of
harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists.
Such action shall be followed by written notification of the
cause of disconnection. Immediate disconnection without notice
• to any party can be effected to prevent actual or anticipated
harmful contamination or pollution of the public water supply,
provided that, in the reasonable opinion of the Superintendent of
Water or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, such
action is required to prevent actual or potential harmful
contamination or pollution of the public water supply. Neither
the City, the Superintendent of Water, or its agents or assigns
stall be liable to any property owner, person in charge, or
occupant of the building, structure, or premises for any injury,
damages or lost revenues which may result from termination of
said water supply in accordance with the terms of this Chapter,
whether or not said termination was with or without notice.
• P1505.3.7: That the occupant, property owner or person in
charge of the building, structure, or premises responsible for
backsiphoned material or contamination through backflow, if
contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through
an illegal cross -connection or an improperly installed,
maintained, or repaired device, or a device which has been
bypassed, must bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water
supply system. Said costs to include but not be limited to,
__.:,_overhead and administrative costs of the City and any other costs
reasonably incurred by the City in the clean-up.
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SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in
the manner provided by law.
Introduced: ' / ail; , 1989.
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Adopted:
Approv d: f 1989.
U Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approved as t form:
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Corporation Counsel