ORD20141392-Chapter 28
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
ORDINANCE #1392
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 28
SECTIONS 28.04 (17) (b) and (c) AND SECTION 28.05 (4) (e)
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
(Cross Connection Inspections)
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 28, Section 28.04 (17) (b), of the Municipal Code of the City of
Muskego is hereby amended to read as follows:
28.04 OPERATING RULES
(17) PURITY OF SUPPLY NOT TO BE IMPAIRED BY CROSS
CONNECTIONS
(b) UNPROTECTED CROSS CONNECTIONS PROHIBITED. No person,
firm, or corporation may establish or maintain, or permit to be established
or maintained, any unprotected cross connection. Cross connections
shall be protected as required in chapters NR810 and SPS 382,
Wisconsin Administrative Code.
SECTION 2: Chapter 28, Section 28.04 (17) (c), of the Municipal Code of the City of
Muskego is hereby amended to read as follows:
(17) PURITY OF SUPPLY NOT TO BE IMPAIRED BY CROSS
CONNECTIONS
(c) INSPECTION. The water utility may inspect, or arrange for an inspection
of, property served by the public water system for cross connections. At
its sole discretion, the water utility may require a person, firm, or
corporation who owns, leases, or occupies property to have their
plumbing inspected, at their own expense by a State of Wisconsin
Certified Cross Connection Inspector. Inspections will be conducted for
every residential and low hazard non-residential service a minimum of
once every ten years or on a schedule matching meter replacement.
Public educational materials, when being provided in lieu of low hazard
inspections, shall be provided to the customer no less than every 3 years
and with every cross connection inspection. Unless otherwise approved
by the Utility and the WDNR, the Utility shall cause an inspection to be
conducted for every high hazard services a minimum of once every 2
years. Any unprotected cross connections identified by the inspection
shall be promptly corrected. Failure to promptly correct an unprotected
cross connection shall be sufficient cause for the water utility to
discontinue water service to the property, as provided under 28.04(17)(f)
of this ordinance.
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SECTION 3: Chapter 28, Section 28.05 (4) (e), of the Municipal Code of the City of
Muskego is hereby amended to read as follows:
28.05 WATER SERVICE RATES
(4) USE OF PRIVATE WELLS UPON CONNECTION TO MUNICIPAL
WATER SERVICE
(e) Permanent Abandonment Procedure. (Ord. #786 - 3-18-93) Owner
intending to permanently abandon well will notify the Utility of the date of
the intended abandonment. Persons intending to abandon a well shall
pay a $30 registration fee to the Building Inspection Department, fill out a
registration form and DNR Form #3300-5W and/or any other similar or
replacement forms that may be in use from time to time. The DNR form
or forms shall be completed and properly filed and a copy of said
completed form filed with the City of Muskego Building Inspection
Department within 30 days of receipt of said form. Failure to return the
completed DNR form or forms to the Building Inspection Department
within the time required will result in the well not being abandoned. The
Utility will be permitted to fully inspect the entire process of abandonment.
Owner will comply with NR 812, Wisconsin Administrative Code. In the
event the Owner of a private well that has tested unsafe or has failed to
obtain well permit refuses or neglects to permanently abandon said well
on or before September 1 of each year, the Utility or its agents or
contractors may, without notice, enter upon Owner's property and
permanently seal said well in accordance with NR 812, Wisconsin
Administrative Code, and the cost thereof shall be presented to the City
Treasurer who shall place said amount on the tax roll as a special charge
pursuant to State Statute 66.60 (16), Wisconsin Statutes. Any person
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who shall attempt to abandon said well without having first notified the
Utility shall be subject to the requirement of furnishing the Utility proof of
property compliance with NR 812, Wisconsin Administrative Code. In the
event owner is unable to furnish satisfactory proof to the Utility that said
well was properly abandoned under said Administrative Code provision,
the Utility shall have the right to enter upon the property and perform all
necessary tasks to verify that the abandonment of said well was done
under the Administrative Code procedure and specifications. Any and all
costs incurred by the Utility in permanently sealing said well shall be
presented to the City Treasurer who shall place said amount on the tax
roll as a special charge pursuant to State Statute 66.60(16), Wisconsin
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Statutes. Any future additions, amendments, revisions or modifications of
the current NR 812, Wisconsin Administrative Code, or future successors
to said section, are also incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 4: The several sections of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. If
any section or portion thereof shall be declared by a decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, such decision shall apply only to
the specific section or portion thereof directly specified in the decision, and not affect the
validity of all other provisions, sections, or portion thereof of the Ordinance which shall
remain in full force and effect. Any other Ordinance whose terms are in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance is hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and publication.
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 9 DAY OF DECEMBER _ , 2014.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
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Kathy Chiaverotti, Mayor
ATTEST: First reading: 11/25/2014
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Clerk-Treasurer
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Notice of Newly Enacted Ordinance Published: December 18, 2014