Section 71.2 – Water Works or Filtration Plant; Authorized Acquisitions, Construction, and Maintenance.
71.2 Water works or filtration plant; authorized acquisitions, construction, and maintenance. Sec. 2. The village may acquire, purchase, erect, and maintain the reservoirs, canals, aqueducts, sluices, buildings, engines, water wheels, pumps, hydraulic machines, distributing pipes, and other apparatus, appurtenances, and machinery, and may acquire, purchase, appropriate, and own such grounds, real estate, rights, and privileges […]
Section 71.3 – Borrowing; Purpose; Limitations.
71.3 Borrowing; purpose; limitations. Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for any village, subject to the provisions of this act, to borrow any sum of money, that will not make the total indebtedness of such village greater than the limitations imposed in chapter 9, to be used exclusively for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, repairing, […]
Section 71.4 – Estimate of Expense; Specially Assessing Cost of Certain Water Improvements.
71.4 Estimate of expense; specially assessing cost of certain water improvements. Sec. 4. Before any money shall be borrowed, appropriated, raised, or expended for the purchase, construction, repairing, rebuilding, or extending of water works or filtration plants in any village, or for the payment of any indebtedness incurred by the village, in purchasing, constructing, repairing, […]
Section 71.5 – Private Connections; Manner; Permit; Repairs at Owner’s Expense.
71.5 Private connections; manner; permit; repairs at owner’s expense. Sec. 5. The connecting or supplying pipes, leading from buildings or yards to the distributing pipes, shall be inserted and kept in repair at the expense of the owner or occupant of the building or yard, and shall not be connected with the main pipe until […]
Section 71.6 – Water Rates; Ordinance; Terms.
71.6 Water rates; ordinance; terms. Sec. 6. The council shall establish just and equitable water rates to be charged and paid for water supply. The council shall periodically either modify, amend, increase, or diminish the water rates. The council may prescribe by ordinance when and to whom such water rates shall be paid, and what […]
Section 71.7 – Water Works; Ordinances.
71.7 Water works; ordinances. Sec. 7. The council may enact such ordinances, and adopt such resolutions, as may be necessary for the care, protection, preservation, and control of the water works, and all the fixtures, appurtenances, apparatus, buildings, and machinery connected therewith or belonging thereto, and to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter, […]
Section 71.8 – Water Works; Location Outside Corporate Limits; Control by Council.
71.8 Water works; location outside corporate limits; control by council. Sec. 8. If the council considers it in the public interest, the village may purchase or construct and may maintain a water works beyond the corporate limits of the village. In such case the council may enforce beyond the corporate limits of the village, have […]
Section 71.9 – Water Works; Use of Street or Highway.
71.9 Water works; use of street or highway. Sec. 9. For the purpose of operating or constructing and maintaining such water works, the village may, after obtaining appropriate rights as provided by law, use the ground or soil under any street, highway, or road for the purpose of introducing water into and through any and […]
Section 71.10 – Water Works; Condemnation.
71.10 Water works; condemnation. Sec. 10. If it shall be necessary, in the judgment of the council, to appropriate private property for the construction, maintenance, or operation of water works, the right to occupy and hold the same and the ownership or easement rights may be acquired by the village in the manner provided by […]
Section 71.11 – Water Supply Contract; Use of Streets, Wharves, and Public Grounds.
71.11 Water supply contract; use of streets, wharves, and public grounds. Sec. 11. The council may contract from year to year, or for a period not exceeding 10 years, with a person to supply the village with water and may grant to the person the right to the use of the streets, alleys, wharves, and […]