Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
9 Del. C. § 4516
Connection of property with water mains
Permits for connecting any property by a drain or pipe with any county water main shall be obtained from the county government and shall be issued only to plumbers licensed to do business in this State. No permit will be granted for connecting any property by a drain or pipe with any water main unless application is made therefor to the county government in writing upon blanks furnished by the county government. The application shall state the full name of the owner, the size and kind of drain or pipe to be used and a full description of the premises, its location, the number and size of each building located thereon to be drained, the area of each floor thereof, including the floor of the cellar or basement, all of the purposes for which the drain or pipe is to be used, the time when the connection is to be made and other particulars for a full understanding of the subject and that the owner will be subject to all the rules and regulations prescribed by the county government. The application shall be signed by the owner of the property to be drained or supplied with water and by a plumber licensed to do business in this State. The owner shall also execute a release to the county government releasing the county government, its officers and agents and the County from all liability or damage which may in any manner result to the premises by reason of such connection. No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything not therein specifically stated.
Amendment history
55 Del. Laws, c. 255; 56 Del. Laws, c. 103, § 12
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In this title (40 sections)
- 9-4411 · County government to appropriate necessary funds
- 9-4412 · Jurisdiction of Superior Court
- 9-4413 · Exceptions
- 9-4414 · Enforcement of construction codes; remedies
- 9-4415 · Construction using public financial assistance
- 9-4501 · Definitions
- 9-4502 · Powers of County
- 9-4503 · Water system within city or town
- 9-4504 · Bonds; authorization, amount, terms, sale and interest rate
- 9-4505 · Authorized signatures on bonds; validity of issuance
- 9-4506 · Payment of bonds, faith and credit of County; tax levy
- 9-4507 · Authorization of covenants in bonds
- 9-4508 · Service charges; amount and application
- 9-4509 · Power to make charges; liability of users; computation of rates
- 9-4510 · Penalties for failure to pay charges
- 9-4511 · Lien of service charges on real estate
- 9-4512 · Water lien docket
- 9-4513 · Water consumption statement and other information for county…
- 9-4514 · Discontinuance of water supply for failure to pay service…
- 9-4515 · Contract with municipality for the filtering, purifying or…
- 9-4516 · Connection of property with water mains
- 9-4517 · Licensed plumber to connect property with water mains
- 9-4518 · Misrepresentations in application and unauthorized connections…
- 9-4519 · Surveys and inspections by county government; penalty for…
- 9-4520 · Construction of chapter with other laws
- 9-4521 · Annexation
- 9-4522 · Established
- 9-4523 · Praecipe; judgment; monition
- 9-4524 · Form of monition
- 9-4525 · Posting of monition; sheriff’s return; alias or pluries…
- 9-4526 · Issuance and form of writ of venditioni exponas
- 9-4527 · Sales subject to approval of department of finance or chief…
- 9-4528 · Title of property sold
- 9-4529 · Petition by purchasers for deed of conveyance
- 9-4530 · Redemption by owner
- 9-4531 · Petition by owner after redemption for entry on judgment record
- 9-4532 · Regularity of proceedings under venditioni exponas
- 9-4533 · No proceedings unless tax is a lien upon property;…
- 9-4534 · Fees and costs
- 9-4535 · Purchase at sheriff’s sale by agent of county