S. 30-2022 - Enact 1306.76 Backflow Prevention & Cross Contamination

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(b) 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 Lakewood may enter the supply or distributing system of said municipality, unless such private, auxiliary or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of such supply shall have been approved by the Building Commissioner and by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. (c) The Building Commissioner or designee shall cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply where 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 as often as the Building Commissioner or designee shall deem necessary. (d) The Building Commissioner or designee shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the City of Lakewood. for the purpose of inspecting the piping system or systems thereof. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Building Commissioner or designee any information which is requested regarding the piping system or systems, or water use on such properly. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Building Commissioner or designee, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this ordinance. (e) That the Building Commissioner or designee 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 the provisions of this ordinance 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 shall have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 2. Draft Regulations on Backflow Protection and Cross -Contamination Control are attached hereto as Exhibit "A". Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law.