Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-23
HYDRANTS ACC eSSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC.

PUBLIC.
Sec. %. No hydrant, bib, or hose at
tachment shall be placed in any yard OF
area of any premises, so situated as tO
be accessible to persons living in, or oc-
cupying neighboring premises, unless the
owner of the premises first named be-
comes responsible for, and pays the
water rent for all persons using water
theretrom. A separate rate will be
charged for each separate house; store or
premises supplied, and ifsupplied through
one pipe and meter, all rates must lie
paid by one party on one bill.
DISCONTINUING USE OF WATER,
Sec. 26. Any person wishing to dis
continue the use of water supplied by
the Water Department must give notice
thereof at the office, or the charge for
water will be entered until such notice
has been given. The charge for the
shutting of and turning on OF such SER
vice shall be One Dollar l.OO), and no
allowance will be made in any case for
less than thirty days.
| LEAKS MUST BE REPAIRED.
Sec. q. II the connection or branch
pipe, stop, or hydrant cock. through
which the premises OF any person shall
hay, been supplied with water, shall
become leaky for want Of repair, it shall
be the duty OF SUCH person forthwith to
have the same repaired, and upon fail
ure to have the same repaired within
twenty-four GAY hours after notice, the
supply OF water to such premises shall
be shut of.
UNAUTHORIZED TURNING ON OF
WATER
Sec. %. II any person shall by false
key or otherwise, after the water has
been shut off from ny premises, cause
said premises to be supplied with water,
such person, his aiders and abettors,
each and every one, shall, upon con-
viction, for every such offence, be sub
ject to penalty of not less than Five
Dollars 500 nor more than Fifty Dol
lars ($5O.00), or Imprisonment for not
less than Ave nor more than fifty days,
or both such fine and imprisonment.
WASTE-PENALTIES.
Sec. -. Any person or persons who
knowingly and unnecessarily waste
water on his or their premises, shall be
liable upon conviction TO a penalty OF
not more than Fifty Dollars $50 0O) fine
for each offense, and the value Of water
so wasted may be charged against the
said premises and the supply OF water
to the said premises may be withheld
until such charges are paid.
LEAKS To BE REPORTED.
Sec. 80, 1t shall he the duty of all
employees of the Water Department and
the officers and members OF the Police
Force of the city to report to the Super
intendent of the Water Department, upon
blanks furnished for that purpose, any
leaks or unnecessary waste of water that
may come to their knowledge, also any
and all violations of this Ordinance, or
| any amendments thereof
WHEN WATER MAY BE WITH
HELD.
Sec. 81. The supply of water may be
withheld from all premises when the or
dinances, rules and regulations adopted
by the Mayor and Council have in any
! manner been violated, and the supply
not again turned ON, except upon a rec
tiecation of the cause of withholding
| the same and satisfactory assurance
| given that no further cause of COM
plant shall arise.
RATES, BY WHOM PAID.
Sec. 81. In all cases where water is
used on any premises, the property own
er or his agent must settle for the full
amount of the rents charged against the
property, and the collector of water
rents shall not receive pay from tenants
| unless said tenant sees fit to pay the
whole rent charged against the said pro-
perty.
NO DECREASE IN WATER RATE.
| Sec. 33. No reduction will be made to
any water consumer from the current
rate, unless the water pipes to certain
fixtures have been disconnected and
| soldered up tightly so that water can.
not be drawn from same.
ASSENT TO ORDINANCES.
Sec. 81. Any person whose premises are
| or may be supplied with water in pursu-
ance of this Ordinance, shall be deemed
and taken to assent to the terms and re-
quirements of the same, or any ordinance
amendatory hereof.
RE-AssEssMENT OF RATES.
Sec. 35.-The rates for the use of wa
ter for consumers shall be established
annually by the Mayor and Council,
subject TO change, revision and modifi-
cation, i'm their discretion.
SUPERINTENDENT TO REMOVE
FAUCETS.
Sec. So. 1t is made the duty of the
Superintendent to remove the faucetsan
TO cap over all supply openings, upon
the failure of the owner or agent OF any
property to pay the water rents as they
may come due.