Water and Sewer Ordinance

ORDINANCE #99-12-1-99

WATER AND SEWER ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ODON, INDIANA:

Section 1 .

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows:

(A) “Sewage works” shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

(B) “Superintendent” shall mean the Superintendent of the Municipal Sewage Works of the Town of Odon, Indiana, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.

(C) “Inspector” shall mean the person or persons duly authorized by the Town, through its Board of Trustees, to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.

(D) “Sewage” shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.

(E) “Sewer” shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage

(F) “Public sewer” shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.

(G) “Combined sewer” shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

(H) “Sanitary sewer” shall mean a sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.

(I) “Storm drain” (sometimes termed “storm sewer”) shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.

(J) “Sewage treatment plant” shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

(K) “Industrial wastes” shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.

(L) “Garbage” shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

(M) “Properly shredded garbage” shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.

(N) “Sanitary building drain” shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of the sanitary drainage system inside the walls of any building, which receives the discharge from soil or waste stacks and branches and conveys the same to a point three (3) feet outside the building walls where it connects with its respective building sewer.

(O) “Building sewer” shall mean the extension from building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.

(P) “B.O.D.” (Denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at 20 degrees C, expressed in milligrams per liter.

(Q) “pH” shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

(R) “Suspended solids” shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.

(S) “Natural outlet” shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.

(T) “Watercourse” shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

(U) “Slug” shall mean any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of low exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

(V) “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.

(W) “Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive.

Section 2

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to lace, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.

(B) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within aid Town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said town, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this ordinance.

(C) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

(D) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the Town, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet of the property line.

Section 3

(A) Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 2(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.

(B) Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the Town, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of Zero Dollars (5.00) shall be paid to the Town at the time the application is filed.

(C) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify; the Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.

(D) The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the State Board of Health of the State of Indiana. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.

(E) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Section 3(D), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with ,this ordinance, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.

(F) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the Town.

(G) No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer.

(H) When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer be connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt.

Section 4

(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Clerk-Treasurer.

(B) There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: (1) for residential and commercial service, and (2) for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the said Town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Inspector. A permit and inspection fee of ____Dollars for residential or commercial building sewer permit and ____Dollars for industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer at the time application is filed. Noncompliance shall carry a fine of double the permit fee.

(C) All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

(D) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.

(E) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the said Inspector, to meet all requirements of this ordinance.

(F) The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.

(G) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

(H) No person shall make connection of roof down spouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

(I) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town, or the procedures as set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas tight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.

(J) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the said Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the said Inspector, or his representatives.

(K) All excavations for building sewer installation shall I~ be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the said Town.

(L) All sewer lines, shall be inspected and/or tested by the Superintendent, or his representative, before covering. This applies both to new installations and repairs or replacement of existing lines. The Superintendent shall be notified at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of covering said lines. The property owner can be required to remove and cover if the lines are already covered before inspection, at the property owner’s expense, and a fine of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for noncompliance.

Section 5

(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface draining, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.

(B) Storm water and all other unpolluted raining shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the said Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the said Superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.

(C) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:

(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.

(2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with .other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.

(3) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.

(4) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, ungrounded garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.

(D) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the Superintendent such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:

(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty (150) degrees F, (65 degrees C).

(2) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/1 or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two (32) degrees and one hundred fifty (150) degrees F (0 and 65 degrees C).

(3) Any garbage that has not been property shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.

(4) Any, waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.

(5) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Superintendent, for such materials.

(6) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the State, Federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.

(7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.

(i) Unusual concentrations of inert, suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate).

(ii) Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).

(iii) Unusual B.O.D., chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.

(iv) Unusual volume of low or concentration of wastes constituting “slugs” as defined herein.

(10) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.

(E) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 5(D) of this section, and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life .or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:

(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers.

(4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of Section 5(J) of this section.

If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plans and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.

(F) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the said Inspector, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.

(G) Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.

(H) When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.

(I) All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this ordinance shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” published by the American Public Health Association and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the. point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by the customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty‑four (24) hour composite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples would be taken. Normally, but not always, B. O. D. and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty‑four (24) hour composites of all outfalls where pH’s are determined from periodic grab samples.

(J) No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Town and any establishment whereby a waste of unusual strength, character or quantity may be accepted by the Town for treatment subject to payment therefore by the establishment, provided, that the establishment shall first submit data on the character, quantity and strength of the unusual waste so that the Town can review the proposal and determine whether or not the Water Pollution Control Plant can assimilate the waste without inhibiting the treatment process.

No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Municipal Sewage Works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of Disorderly Conduct.

(A) The Superintendent, Inspector and other, duty authorized employees of the Town bearing proper credentials and identification shaft be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. The Superintendent, or his representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.

(B) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Section 7(A) above, the Superintendent, or duly authorized employees of the Town, shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Town employees and the Town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Town employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 5(H).

(C) The Superintendent, and other duly authorized employees of the Town bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.

(A) Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance, except Section 6, shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.

(B) Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Section 8(A) shall be deemed to have committed a Class C infraction as defined by the statutes of the State of Indiana. Any person found to have committed such an infraction by a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

(C) Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall become liable to the Town for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the Town by reason of such violation.

All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part of this ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts.

This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, recording and publication as provided by law.

The Town, including any employees, agents or representatives thereof, shall not be responsible for any damages to or upon any private property while assisting any property owner/occupier in pursuit of any portion of this ordinance that requires said employee, agent or representative of the Town of Odon to go upon private property.

In the event it becomes known to the Town of Odon that any residence, building, structure or habitat, regardless of the character or usage thereof, has not been connected to the Town sewage system, that the Town shall not be responsible for any sewage fees collected from said owner/occupier and the owner/occupier shall be required to immediately connect said building, structure or habitat to the Town’s sewage facility forthwith at his, her, their or its expense.

(A) That the Town of Odon will not be responsible to locate or repair the water and sewage lines on private property.

(B) That it is the responsibility of the property owner to know where their utility lines are located and to know where they hook into the Town fines.

(C) That if there is a problem, the Town will help to locate and fix it if the home owner asks, but it is out of kindness that we do help the home owner, not because it is our responsibility to do the locating or the fixing. The Town will not be responsible if it be found that the problem was caused by previous owners of the property, or that the home owner’s lines were affixed or not affixed to the Town’s existing lines in an improper manner.

(D) That it is the responsibility of the property owners to make sure that their utility lines are property hooked to the Town’s fines as set forth in this Ordinance.

(A) That a cross connection shall be defined as any physical connection or arrangement between two (2) otherwise separate systems, one (1) of which contains potable water from the Town of Odon Water System and the other water from a private source, water of unknown or questionable safety, or stream, gases or chemicals, whereby there may be a flow from one (1) system to another, the direction of flow depending on the pressure differential between the two (2) systems.

(B) That no person, firm or corporation shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any cross connection. No interconnection shall be established whereby potable water from a private, auxiliary or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the Town of Odon may enter the supply or distribution 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 Odon Water Utility and by the Environmental Management Board in accordance with Rule 3201AC 3-9.

(C) That it shall be the duty of Odon Water Systems to cause inspections to be made of all properties served by the Public Water System where cross connections with the public water system is deemed possible. The frequency of inspections and reinspections based on potential health hazards involved shall be as established by the Odon Water Works.

(D) That upon presentation of credentials, the representative of the Odon Water System shall have the right to request entry at any reasonable time to examine any property served by a connection to the public water system of Odon, Indiana, for cross connections. On request, the owner, lessee or occupant of any property so served shall furnish to the inspection agency any pertinent information regarding the piping system or systems on such property. The refusal of any requested pertinent information shall be deemed evidence of the presence of cross connections.

(E) That the Odon Water system is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of this Ordinance exists and to take such other precautionary measures deemed necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water system. Water service shall be discontinued only after reasonable notice is served on the owner, lessee, or occupants of the property or premises where a violation is found or suspected to exist. Water service to such property shall not be restored until the cross connections) has been eliminated in compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

(F) That if it is deemed by the Odon Water System that a cross connection or an emergency endangers public health, safety or welfare and requires immediate action and a written finding to that effect is filed with the Clerk of the Town of Odon and delivered to the consumer’s premises service may be immediately discontinued. The consumer shall have an opportunity for hearing within ten (10) days of such emergency discontinuance.

(G) That all consumers using toxic or hazardous liquids, all hospitals, mortuaries, wastewater treatment plants, laboratories. and all other hazardous users install and maintain a reduced pressure principal back flow preventer in the main water line serving each building on the premises. The back flow preventer must be installed in an easily accessible location not subject to flooding or freezing.

The Odon Water Works wilt assign singular party responsibility to each water meter connection. This singular party will be held responsible for the meter deposit and payment of the monthly billing. This Ordinance supersedes any policy or past Ordinance allowing split deposits or billings for single meter multi-user connections. All deposits and bills for single meter, multi-user connections will become the sole responsibility of the property owner or person paying the county property tax on which the meter is set or located. Effective on the same date all water deposits will be Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per meter. All water and sewage deposits will be refunded after three (3) years.

That the services and rates rendered by the Water Works System of the Town of Odon is attached as Exhibit A.

That the rates rendered by the Odon Municipal Sewage Utility of the Town of Odon is attached as Exhibit B.

Passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Odon on the 13th day of December 1999.

The meter base shall be located on the land owner’s property, and it is the land owner’s responsibility for all maintenance and repair to their lines.

2. The establishment of a rate of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per annum be set to charge the Odon General Fund for the repayment of past due and now owed hydrant rental money.

3. Established Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per annum the hydrant rental rate to be charged the Odon General Fund after such time that the past indebtedness has been paid in full.

All bills for water service not paid within ten (10) days from the due date thereof as stated in such bills shall be subject to a collection or deferred payment charge of ten percent (10%) on the first Three Dollars ($3.00) and three percent (3%) on the excess over Three Dollars ($3.00).

All bills for sewage service not paid within ten (10) days from the due date thereof as stated in such bills shall be subject to a collection or deferred payment of ten percent (10%) of the balance.

Water furnished to temporary users such as contractors, circuses, etc., shall be charged on the basis of the above quantity rates as estimated by the Water Works Superintendent.

Water service not paid by the 23rd day of the month will be subject to shut-off providing the weekend, Saturday, Sunday or holiday, does not fall on the following day, if this occurs.

Section 1. That there shall be and there are hereby established for the use of and the service rendered by the Water Works System of the Town of Odon, the following rates and charges:

Each user shall pay a minimum charge in accordance with the size of meter installed for which the user will be entitled to the quantity of water set in the metered schedule of rates.

Each user at the time he is connected with the Water Works System shall pay a charge to cover the cost of tapping the main, furnishing and laying service pipe, corporation and stop clocks, service and meter box and installing the meter.

The charge to hook up to the water utilities shall be Four Hundred Dollars ( $400.00), and the charge to hook up to the sewer shall be Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00), plus any additional expenses incurred by the Town of Odon, Indiana. For all new sewer hook ups, a back flow protector shill be