Amending Ordinance 26-0-55 entitled "An Ordinance Limiting and Regulating the Use of Water by Air-conditioning Equipment" adopted by the City Council of the City of Evanston on August 1, 1955.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:

SECTION 1: That Ordinance 26-0-55 entitled "An Ordinance Limiting and Regulating the Use of Water by Air-conditioning equipment" adopted by the City Council of the City of Evanston on August 1, 1955, be and the same is hereby amended so same shall be and read as follows:

SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS) Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this ordinance, the following words shall have the meaning given to them by this section:

AIR-CONDITTONTNG SYSTEM — shall mean any unit or combination of units used for the cooling or dehumidiflcation, or both, of space for human occupancy, supplied with water through any single customer water pipe connected to the public water system. An air-conditioning system using water separately sub-metered to a tenant of a building shall be considered a separate system.

TONS OF CAPACITY—shall mean the total number of tons of refrigeration installed on one air-conditioning system. For the purposes of this ordinance, one compressor horsepower shall be considered equivalent to one ton of refrigeration.

SEASON—shall be the period May 1 to September 30 in the same calendar year.

WATER REGULATING DEYICE—shall mean a regulating valve, or other device, the purpose of which is to limit the maximum use of water to a predetermined rate.

SECTION 3: REGULATIONS) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to install or to operate an air-conditioning system, as defined in Section 2 of this ordinance, without complying with the following regulations:

(a) All persons, firms or corporations who desire to install or make additions to an air-conditioning system after the effective date of this ordinance, shall obtain approval of their proposed equipment and a permit therefore, in advance, from the Director of Building and shall be required to give notice of completion of the installation to the Director of Building. The permit charge shall be $1.00 per ton of capacity of the system. All persons, firms or corporations, who have installed an air-conditioning system prior to the effective date of this ordinance, shall notify the Director of Building of such existing installation. Failure to give notice shall be considered a violation of this ordinance.

(b)  Water used for air-conditioning system purposes shall be charged for at the regular metered rates, except as provided in regulation (d).

(c)   Any air-conditioning system having 5 tons of capacity or less and installed before July 1, 1956, and any air-conditioning system having 3 tons of capacity or less and installed on or after July 1, 1956, shall be equipped with a water regulating device and shall be limited to the use of water from the city mains at a rate not to exceed 2.0 gallons per minute per ton of capacity.

(d)  Any air-conditioning system of over 5 tons of capacity, installed prior to July 1, 1956, shall be equipped with a water regulating device and may use water from the city mains at a rate not to exceed 2.0 gallons per minute per ton of capacity. The owner of such system shall pay an annual demand charge of $20 per ton of capacity per season for the total tons of capacity over and above 5 tons, unless the use of water from the city mains for such system shall be limited to a maximum of 0.2 gallons per minute per ton of capacity. This demand charge shall be in addition to the regular charges provided in regulation (b). Demand charges shall begin with the 1956 season and shall be charged for each season for any air-conditioning system not equipped and operating to limit the use of water from the city mains of 0.2 gallons per minute per ton of capacity prior to the first day of September falling within such season.

(e)   Any air-conditioning system or additions thereto, resulting in a total capacity in excess of 3 tons installed on or after July 1, 1956 shall be equipped with a water regulating device and shall be limited to the use of water from the city mains at not to exceed 0.2 gallons per minute per ton of capacity, and on or after July 1, 1956, no permit shall be issued by the Director of Buildings for any such above described system, or addition thereto, unless said system is designed to limit the use of water from the city mains to 0.2 gallons per minute per ton of capacity.

(f)    Demand charges shall be payable to the City Collector and bills shall be rendered September 1 in each calendar year, covering the current season. Demand charges, being in lieu of increased rates, shall bear the same penalties for delinquent payment as do the charges for water.

(g)  The Superintendent of Water and Sewers and his duly authorized agent shall, at all reasonable hours, have free access to premises supplied with water for air-conditioning purposes,

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to examine the equipment and to ascertain if there is more water being used than allowed by this ordinance. He shall have the power and authority to require the installation of a meter furnished by the city to determine the amount of water used by any air-conditioning system.

SECTION 4: Any person, firm or corporation who violates or disobeys, or who omits, neglects or refuses to comply with, or who resists the enforcement of, any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The Superintendent of Water and Sewers shall have the authority to discontinue the supply of water to any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance.

SECTION 5: SEVERABILITY) The intention of the City Council is hereby expressed that this ordinance is severable and that the invalidity of any section hereof or a portion of any section hereof, shall not affect any other section or portion of section of this ordinance.

SECTION 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 7: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.

INTRODUCED JUNE 18, 1956
PASSED              JUNE 18, 1956

APPROVED JUNE 18, 1956
JOHN R. KIMBARK
              Mayor

ATTEST: EDWARD W. BELL
              City Clerk

Approved as to form:
REX A. BULLINGER
Corporation Counsel

Published: June 21, 1956