(1) No person shall take water from any water line, reservoir, or fire hydrant, or any facility of the Silver Lake Water and Sewer District without the district’s consent and without first having obtained from the district a permit to take such water.

(2) No person owning or occupying property connected to the district’s water system shall tamper with any water meter, fire line meter, service line, or any meter related appurtenances of the Silver Lake Water and Sewer District.

(3) No person owning property that proposes to connect to a district service line shall take water from an angle stop, service lead, angle check valve or related appurtenances intended for a future meter installation without consent from the Silver Lake Water and Sewer District to take such water. A meter will not be installed to serve such property until any penalty imposed for violation of this section is paid together with the standard meter installation fee, and any connection charge or general facility fee. If a meter application has been purchased from the Silver Lake Water and Sewer District and, prior to installation of such meter, it is determined by the district that water has been taken in violation of this section then such meter will not be installed and the meter application will be held until the purchaser of such meter application pays any penalty imposed for violation of this section. For the convenience of district meter installation and side sewer inspection, taking of water by a person for purposes of a side sewer installation and inspection for the property with a purchased meter yet to be installed is permitted. Such work to comply with district developer standards, rules and regulations.

(4) No person shall operate any valve in the Silver Lake Water and Sewer District’s water system without the district’s consent. No person shall operate any main valve in the district’s water system without the district’s written approval.

(5) No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, discharge into, alter or disturb any district sewer or appurtenances thereof without permission of the district. No person shall make, or cause to be made, or maintain any connection with the water system of the district, or with any water or sewer system that is connected directly or indirectly with the Silver Lake Water and Sewer District water or sewer system without having permission from the district.

(6) In addition to any other method of collection or enforcement provided by state or local law, the charges imposed for violation of subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be charges against the property as provided in RCW 57.08.081 and subject to the foreclosure provisions therein; and the district may, upon written notice and opportunity for hearing, discontinue service if a charge assessed pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) of this section is not paid within 30 days of written notice, unless the board after a hearing determines good cause exists not to impose the charges or discontinue service.

(7) “Person” means any individual, other than an employee of the district acting within such employee’s scope of work, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization of any character.

(8) District staff is hereby authorized to develop and draft programs, procedures and forms to implement this section and to regulate and control the long term and interim or periodic purveying of water to persons and to provide for and protect the quality of water of the district, including but not limited to procedures, such as designating hydrants for supplying water to permitted users and regulating supply of water to water tankers.

(9) Any violation of the provisions of this section or any programs or procedures developed by staff to implement this section shall be fined $500.00 per violation.

(10) Any person creating, keeping, or maintaining any violation of this section, or permitting, allowing, or suffering any violation of this section to be maintained, who neglects or fails to abate or remove the violation within 24 hours next after so creating, keeping, or maintaining the violation, or permitting, allowing, or suffering the same to be maintained, shall, for each 24 hours thereafter during which the violation is continued, be guilty of a separate violation of this resolution. The provisions of this section relative to violations are not exclusive, and all other rights or remedies of the district are declared to remain in full force and effect. [Res. 544 §§ 1 – 10, 2002; Res. 404 §§ 1 – 5, 1987.]