§ 700.070. Water Service Connections.

A. 

Before a water service connection is provided, the owner of the premises to be supplied or their duly authorized representative shall make application for water service as part of the building permit requirements prescribed by the Community Development Department. Upon approval of the application and payment of the applicable charges, the Water Department will install the water service corporation stop and water meter. A separate water service connection shall be required for each premises unless otherwise determined by the Water Department.

B. 

The applicant shall secure all necessary permits prior to requesting the water service connection. The applicant shall provide twenty-four (24) hours' notice to the Water Department for installing the water service corporation stop and water meter. The charges listed in the rate schedule of the revenue manual assume only one (1) call to make the connection. Additional calls may be at the expense of the applicant at the Public Works Director or assigned designee's discretion. In the event of a Water Department emergency, it may be necessary for the Water Department to delay or reschedule the "making" of a water service connection.

[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]

C. 

The applicant shall be responsible for the water service line, inlet and outlet side of the water meter, meter box, casting and their proper working order and relationship to grade for a period of one (1) year following the premises final inspection.

[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]

D. 

The water service meter box shall be located within three (3) feet outside of the right-of-way line at the face of the premises, unless otherwise determined by the Water Department. All water services will conform to the standards required by the Water Department for location, size, kind, and quality of all materials entering into the water service connection. Only three-fourths (3/4) inch and one (1) inch water meters and corporation stop are furnished by the Water Department, all other material is furnished by the applicant.

[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]

E. 

The water service connections from the water main to the inlet side of the water meter are the property of the City and under its sole jurisdiction and control and will be maintained by the Water Department. All portions of the water service connection from the outlet side of the copper setter exiting the water meter coppersetter and meter well or vault are the responsibility of the customer and will be maintained at their expense.

[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]

1. 

Water Meter Well.

a. 

City Responsibility.

(1) 

The City will repair water meter wells at no charge when the problem:

(a) 

Prevents or impedes the ability to read the meter;

(b) 

Prevents or impedes the ability to turn service on/off; or

(c) 

Presents a safety hazard.

(2) 

If a customer feels that one of these conditions exist, they should report the problem to the Utility Maintenance Division.

b. 

Property Owner Responsibility.

(1) 

If such a repair is necessitated due to some action by the property owner, the account holder will be billed for the work. The amount billed will equal the City's actual expense in making the repair. If preferred, the property owner may return the well to City specifications.

(2) 

Cosmetic alterations to the meter well are the property owner's responsibility.

F. 

Only Water Department personnel shall turn water service on or off. Plumbers are not allowed to turn water on or off at the angle stop cock for any water service line except to make repairs and test their work, after which they will leave the water service off or on as they found it, unless otherwise directed by the Water Department.

G. 

The Water Department can refuse to provide water service thorough facilities that do not comply with the City's standards and policies pertaining to the nature and location of the water service lines or any other water facilities owned by the customer.

R.O. 1996 § 700.070