(1) A building under one roof and occupied as one residence, business or place of manufacture.

(2) A combination of buildings in one common enclosure and (occupied by a family, business or place of manufacture.

(3) Every division of a double or tenement house having a partition wall and using a separate hall or entrance.

(4) A building of one or more apartments using in common one hall or entrance. Every apartment may be metered separately, if desired and if approved by the city manager.

(5) A building of one or more apartments or offices or both, using a common hall or entrance. Each apartment or suite of offices may be metered separately, if desired and if approved by the city manager.

(6) A vacant lot or tract of land. The owner or tenant of premises within each such class shall constitute a water consumer for which a minimum charge will be made. One connection and one meter will be allowed for one consumer as described above and only one water consumer shall be supplied through one connection or meter.

(a) Whenever any person owning property along the line of any water main desires the introduction of water into his premises, he shall make written application therefor to the chief finance officer, on forms prescribed by him and approved by the city manager. Such application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the location and description of the property into which the water is to be introduced, the purpose for which the water is to be used and the agreement of the property owner to pay, promptly upon presentation of bills for water consumed, at the rates prescribed by the city council by ordinance, all costs which may accrue on account of water service.

(b) The owner or occupant of any premises or lot previously connected to the city water system, but from which the meter has been removed, may apply for water service, on a form prescribed by the chief finance officer and approved by the city manager. Such application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the location and description of the property into which the water is to be reintroduced and the agreement of the applicant to pay, promptly upon presentation of bills for water consumed, at the rates prescribed by the city council by ordinance, all costs which may accrue on account of water service. Such applicant shall pay in advance the sum of ten dollars and no cents ($10.00) for cut-on service or for transfer of service.

(c) The owner of any lot or premises may also apply for water service for the exclusive use of construction, lawn irrigation, and plant watering. The installation of a meter to measure such separate service shall be at the owner's expense. Such water service will not be extended into any dwelling, structure, or used in any manner which would lead to metered water from this service entering into the city's sanitary sewer system. In turn, there will be no sewer user fee assessed against the metered water flowing through this service. Refer to section 22-37(d). (Code 1964, §§ 29-2, 29-3; Ord. of 10-23-86, § II; Ord. of 4-13-89)

(1) That he will pay all water bills against such property.

(2) That the rates for water used outside the city shall be not less than fifty (50) percent over the rates charged for the use of water for the same purpose within the city limits.

(3) That he will observe, and perform according to, all the rules, regulations and ordinances now in force or that may be hereafter passed or enacted by the city council in reference to the use of city water.

(4) That the city reserves the right to discontinue the service of water, at any time, to any person using same outside the corporate limits and without notice to such user.

(a) On any request for a water connection with the city's water system, where a line is available in the street, a regular connection fee and facilities fee will be charged and the service line will be extended to the edge of the street right-of-way or property line. The applicant will be responsible for the construction and maintenance of the water line beyond the right-of-way line or the easement line.

(b) On any request for a water connection with the city's water system, where the end of the water line must be extended along a city street prior to the service pipe leaving the main water line to extend to the right-of-way line, the cost of the main line extension will be charged to the applicant for the actual direct cost, plus thirty (30) percent to cover overhead and indirect expenses. The regular connection fee and facilities fee shall be added to this charge.

(c) On any request for a water connection with the city's water system, where a line is not in the street but available in the vicinity, a regular connection fee and facilities fee will be charged for the connection. The applicant will be responsible for easement costs and the cost of the construction of the water line beyond this point or the city will install the water line to the applicant's property line for the actual cost, plus thirty (30) percent to cover overhead and indirect expenses. The extended water line, if on private land, must be installed with a permanent easement between the main water line and the applicant's boundary line.

(d) All water lines and connections which connect the city's water system must be inspected and approved by the city. The developers shall be responsible for all direct cost related to inspection, plus thirty (30) percent of the actual cost to cover overhead and indirect cost. This subsection does not apply to installations made by the city.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city shall not be required to extend any water line along a street which is not part of the street system maintained by the city, until satisfactory bond has been furnished, conditioned upon the satisfactory improvement of the street in accordance with specifications for similar improvement set forth in Chapter 27 of this Code.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the city council may, by resolution, authorize the off-site water line extension to be wholly or in part paid by the city from the general fund and/or water utility fund for those commercial or industrial owners which the city council determines would be in the best interest of the city's economic development and would generate significant employment. The city manager is authorized to approve such cost share arrangement, without such council resolution, provided the city's cost or share meets the guidelines and parameters set forth by city council for dealing with developers, if the particular project, in the opinion of the city manager, proves to be in the best interest of the city as set forth above and is in accordance with the comprehensive plan and zoning requirements. (Code 1964, §§ 29-27, 29-28; Ord. of 1-10-91; Ord. of 2-28-91)

(a) Upon the receipt of an application for introduction of water into premises pursuant to section 29-4(a), the city manager shall cause to be constructed, by the department of public works, at the expense of the city, a water service pipe, including valve, leading from the water main to the curb nearest the main where the tap is to be introduced, and install a water meter thereon.

(b) Upon the receipt of an application for reintroduction of water into premises pursuant to section 29-4(b), the city manager shall cause the water meter to be reinstalled and the water cut on. (Code 1964, § 29-4)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to introduce water from the city waterworks upon any premises, except as provided in this chapter, or for any person, other than the authorized agents of the city, to introduce into any lot or tenement water from the city pipes, or introduce any ferrule or other fixture into such pipes, or construct or lay down, or have constructed or laid down, any pipes or other works for the purpose of introducing water into a lot or tenement, or break up any street for the purpose of constructing or laying down any such pipes or works.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person not acting under the authority of the director of public works to turn the water on for any premises or for any person to take, receive or use city water, other than as provided in this chapter. (Code 1964, § 29-17)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, or cause to be deposited, into any creek within the corporate limits of the city or into any reservoir, the carcass of any animal, filth or nuisance of any kind. Every such nuisance shall be removed by the police, at the expense of the person responsible therefor, if he is known, otherwise at the expense of the city.

(b) No person shall bathe in the reservoirs or deposit any offensive matter or any stick, mud or rubbish in the reservoirs, or place the carcass of any animal or other deleterious substance on the watersheds or in any stream of the reservoirs or, without lawful authority, climb over or get through the enclosures of, or hunt or fish in, the reservoirs. (Code 1964, § 13-11)

(a) Except as hereinafter set forth, for the use of water through a connection with meter attachment, the rate and method of assessment shall be according to meter measurement, as follows:

(b) There shall be paid each two (2) months, as prescribed, by each regular user of city water, a minimum charge per two (2) months of eight dollars and sixty-five cents ($8.65).

(c) For a fractional part of a two-month period, a bill will be rendered for the actual consumption of water, as indicated by the meter. Where deemed necessary by the chief finance officer, rates may be computed on a monthly basis equal to one-half of the above rates.

(d) The rate at which water will be sold outside the corporate limits of the city shall be one and one-half (11/2) the rate at which water is sold inside the corporate limits, with the exception of any contracts in effect specifying a different rate.

(e) The bulk water rate to miscellaneous water customers will be charged as follows:

BACKFLOW: The flow of contaminants, pollutants, process fluids, untreated waters, chemicals, gases or nonpotable waters into any part of a waterworks.

BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE: Any approved device, method or type of construction intended to prevent backflow into a waterworks.

CONSUMER: The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by, or in any manner connected to, a waterworks.

CONSUMER'S WATER SYSTEM: Any water system located on the consumer’s premises, supplied by or in any manner connected to, a water-works.

CONTAMINATION: Any introduction into pure water of microorganisms, wastes,wastewater, undesirable chemicals or gases.

CROSS-CONNECTION: Any connection or structural arrangement, direct or indirect, to the waterworks whereby backflow can occur.

DEGREE OF HAZARD: This is a term derived from an evaluation of the potential risk to health and the adverse effect upon the water-works.

HEALTH HAZARD: Any condition, device or practice in a waterworks or its operation that creates or may create a danger to the health, safety or well being of the water consumer.

POLLUTION: The presence of any foreign substance (chemical, physical, radiological or biological) in water that tends to degrade its quality so as to constitute an unnecessary risk or impair the usefulness of the water.

POLLUTION HAZARD: A condition through which an aesthetically objectionable or degrading material may enter the waterworks or a consumer's water system.

PROCESS FLUIDS: Any fluid or solution which may be chemically, biologically or otherwise contaminated or polluted which would constitute a health, pollutional or system hazard, if introduced into the water-works. This includes, but is not limited to:

PURE WATER OR POTABLE WATER: Water fit for human consumption and use which is sanitary and normally free of minerals, organic substances and toxic agents in excess of reasonable amounts for domestic usage in the area served and normally adequate in supply for the minimum health requirement of the person served.

SERVICE CONNECTION: The terminal end of a service line from the waterworks. If a meter is installed at the end of the service, then the service connection means the downstream end of the meter.

SYSTEM HAZARD: A condition posing an actual, or threat of, damage to the physical properties of the waterworks or a consumer's water system.

WATER PURVEYOR: An individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm, association, institution, corporation, municipal corporation, city or authority which supplies water to any person within this city from or by means of any waterworks.

WATERWORKS: All structures and appliances used in connection with the collection, storage, purification and treatment of water for drinking or domestic use and the distribution thereof to the public or residential consumers as set forth in section 32.1-167 of the Code of Virginia 1950, as amended. (Code 1964, § 19-26)

(a) The purpose of this article is:

(b) There is hereby established a cross-connection control program which shall be in the charge of the building official. (Code 1964, § 19-28)

(a) It shall be the duty of the building official to cause inspections to be made of properties served by the waterworks where cross-connection with the waterworks is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and re-inspections, based on the potential health hazards involved, shall be established by the building official in the cross-connection control and backflow prevention program, as approved by the state department of health.

(b) The building official or his designated agent shall inspect the plumbing in every building or premises in the city, as frequently as, in his judgment, may be necessary, to ensure that such plumbing has been installed and is maintained in such a manner as to prevent the possibility of pollution or contamination of the public water supply. The building official shall notify or cause to be notified, in writing, the owner, or his designated agent, of any such building or premises to correct, within a reasonable time set by the building official, any plumbing installed or existing contrary to or in violation of this article and which, in his judgment, may permit the pollution of the city water supply or otherwise adversely effect the public health.

(c) The building official or his authorized representative shall have the right to enter, at any reasonable time, properties served by a connection to the waterworks of the city, for the purpose of inspecting the piping system for cross-connections. Upon request, the owner or occupant of the property served shall furnish to the building official pertinent information regarding the piping system on such property. The refusal of such information or refusal of access, when requested, shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross-connections. (Code 1964, § 19-27)