City Attorney
Roger Baker
Tooele City Attorney
90 North Main Street
Tooele, UT 84074
Phone: 435.843.2120
Fax: 435.843.2129
Title 9. Chapter 4. Water Supply
9-4-1. Waterworks.
(Ord. 1980-45, 12-4-1980)
9-4-2. Fees and regulations adopted by resolution.
(2) All water connection permits issued by Tooele City shall lapse two years from the date thereof unless prior thereto a meter deposit is paid to Tooele City and water is delivered by Tooele City through said connection.
(3) Water connection fees shall be payable with the application for a water connection which application shall be made where applicable with the building permit and no building permit shall issue where water connection is contemplated, prior to the payment of the water connection fee.
(Ord.79-32,12-14-79;78-22,8–78)
9-4-3. Written application for water.
Any person desiring to discontinue the use of water supplied to any premises for a period of not less than one month shall give notice in writing to the Mayor. No reduction or abatement of water rates shall be made unless such notice shall be given. No sprinkling will be allowed unless premises are supplied through a meter.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-4. Users to pay expense of installation.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-5. Quality of service pipe, permit and fee.
Each service lateral shall have a corporation stop at the junction of the main and service lines.
No consumer shall be permitted to conduct water pipes across lots or buildings to adjoining premises, without permission from the Mayor, and a stop-cock and key-box shall be attached at the junction of such service pipe.
(Ord. 1975-3, 4-28-1975)
9-4-6. Service Pipes to be kept in good repair.
No person, except under the direction of the Mayor and in compliance with the provisions of Title 4, Chapter 9 of this Code, shall dig into the street, sidewalk, right of way or other public place within the limits of Tooele City, for the purpose of laying, removing or repairing any service pipe.
(Ord. 1983-02, 6-4-1983)
9-4-7. Separate connections.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-8. Fire hydrants.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person not duly authorized by the mayor or his designated representative to open or operate any fire hydrant or to tamper or interfere with or attempt to draw water therefrom or in any way to obstruct the approach thereto.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, tamper with, or injure, break, damage or destroy any water meter, fire hydrant, or any other attachment pertaining to the water works system of Tooele City.
(Ord. 2016-13, 07-06-2016) (Ord. 1977-22, 11-19-1977)
9-4-9. Fire hydrant wrenches.
It shall be unlawful for any person without due authority to have in his possession, any wrench for a fire hydrant.
It shall be unlawful for any person having lawful charge of any hydrant wrench to permit the same to be taken from him, or from place of deposit, or to permit such wrench to be used for any purpose other than that authorized by the Mayor.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-10. Use without payment prohibited.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-11. City may shut off water, when, no liability.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-12. Notice to water users, delinquency.
(Ord. 1997-44, 06-04-1997); (Ord. 1980-42, 10-2-1980)
9-4-13. Turning on after being turned off prohibited.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-14. Waste prohibited.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-15. Water not be supplied to motors, irrigation.
No water shall be supplied form the pipes of the City waterworks for the purpose of driving any motor, syphon, turbine, or other wheels, or any hydraulic engines, or elevators, or for driving or propelling machinery of any kind whatsoever, nor shall any license be granted or issued for any such purpose except by special permission of the Mayor.
(Ord. 2002-08, 04-17-2002); (Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-16. Restriction of water use.
(a) Using hoses, sprinklers, or other means of sprinkling or irrigation for watering shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers, or other vegetation.
(b) Washing automobiles, trucks, trailers, trailer houses, or other types of mobile equipment.
(c) Washing streets, driveways, parking lots, service station aprons, office buildings, exteriors of homes, sidewalks, apartments, or other exterior surfaces of buildings or structures.
(d) Operating ornamental fountains or other structures making a similar use of water and not employing water conservation equipment or subject to excess evaporation as determined by the city engineer.
(e) Filling swimming and wading pools.
(f) Operating any water-cooled comfort air conditioning equipment which does not have water conserving features satisfactory to the city engineer.
(2) Whenever the mayor shall determine that an emergency exists requiring the implementation of the provisions of this section, he shall give public notice thereof by proclamation either printed in a newspaper of general circulation within Tooele City or published by other means reasonably calculated to notify the public of restricted watering schedules. The proclamation shall become effective immediately upon such publication or notification.
(3) Whenever more serious water restrictions than those initially instituted by the proclamation are deemed by the mayor necessary to be imposed, the mayor shall meet with the City Council to formulate a plan for instituting appropriate restricted watering schedules, conservation measures, rationing or other measures.
(4) The mayor may, upon recommendation of county health officers, permit reasonable use of water in any case necessary to maintain adequate health sanitation standards.
(5) Violations. A violation of the proclamation of the mayor or other restrictions, conservation measures, rationing, or other measures established by the mayor and City Council shall be a civil infraction, punishable as follows:
(a) a first violation during the calendar year: written warning;
(b) a second violation during the calendar year: $25 fine;
(c) a third violation during the calendar year: $100 fine;
(d) a fourth or subsequent violation during the calendar year: $250 fine.
In addition to these civil penalties, the City may cause a violator’s water to be shut off or disconnected. In the event a violator’s water is shut off or disconnected, the violator shall pay a reconnect fee of $50 before service is reestablished.
(6) Notice of Violation; service. City Finance Department and Police Department employees are hereby authorized to issue a Notice of Violation for violations of this Section or for violations of the restricted watering schedules established under authority of this Section. A Notice of Violation shall be served upon the violator, if possible, but if the violator is unavailable or unknown, the citation shall be posted at the violating premises. This Section presumes that the water account owner at the location of the violation is the violator. Fine amounts unpaid prior to the next water billing cycle shall be included in the account owner’s water bill. Delinquent fine payments shall be invoiced in the same manner, and pursuant to the same procedures, as delinquent water bill payments, and may include water shutoff, reconnection fees, and referral to collections.
(7) Appeals. Appeal of a Notice of Violation shall be to the Administrative Hearing Officer.
(Ord. 2013-07, 04-17-2013) (Ord. 2006-02, 01-04-2006) (Ord. 2002-08, 04-17-2002) (Ord. 1989-15, 09-06-1989)
9-4-17. City’s jurisdiction over waterworks. Mayor to have free access.
(Ord. 1980-45, 12-4-1980)
9-4-18. Unlawful to interfere with city officers.
(Ord. 1967-3, 08-14-1967)
9-4-19. Nuisance on watershed.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to do or permit to be done any of the things hereinafter described in any canyon or along any stream of water used by the inhabitants of the City for their supply anywhere within the watershed area of said City.
(a) To construct or maintain any corral, sheep pen, pig pen, chicken coop, stable, or any offensive or contaminating yard or outhouse.
(b) To deposit, pile, unload or leave any manure or offensive rubbish or carcass of any dead animals at any place within said watershed area, except at a garbage disposal plant designed by the Health Commission and Superintendent of Waterworks.
(c) To permit any loose cattle, horses, sheep, hogs or any other animals to run at large except where such livestock are more than three hundred feet (300′) from any stream or source of water supply within said watershed area.
(d) To stake or graze horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or other animals within three hundred feet (300′) of the bank of such stream, except that such horses or cattle may be staked or corralled within such three hundred feet (300′) at such place and under such conditions as may be designated by the Health Commissioner and Mayor of the City. The person obtaining such permit must keep the premises whereon said animals are kept in good condition as may be required by the Health Commission and the Mayor and said permit may be revoked at any time by said officer upon failure of the permittee to comply with such reasonable sanitary regulations as are prescribed by said officer.
(e) To permit any horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, or other animals to water directly from the stream.
(f) To permit any horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or other animals to remain in or near or to pollute any such stream of water.
(g) To throw or deposit any garbage or other deleterious matter of any kind anywhere within said limits, except at a garbage disposal plant designated by the Health Commission and Superintendent of Waterworks.
(h) To permit any dog to run at large.
(i) To throw or break bottles or glass.
(j) To spread or eat lunch or picnic within one rod of the bank of such stream.
(k) To wade or bathe in the stream.
(l) To wash dishes or other articles in the stream.
(m) To commit any nuisance whatsoever.
(Ord. 1967-03, 08-14-1967)
9-4-20. Unlawful to interconnect irrigation lines to city culinary lines.
(Ord. 1980-16, 4-10-1980)
9-4-21. Irrigation outlets to be painted black.
(Ord. 2009-06, 05-06-09) (Ord. 1980-16, 4-10-1980)
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