90.01 Definitions | 90.12 Responsibility for Water Service Pipe |
90.02 Administrator’s Duties | 90.13 Failure to Maintain |
90.03 Mandatory Connections | 90.14
Curb Stop Shutoff Valve |
90.04 Abandoned Connections | 90.15 Interior Valve |
90.05 Permit | 90.16 Inspection and Approval |
90.06 Fee for Permit | 90.17 Completion by the City |
90.07 Compliance with Plumbing Code | 90.18 Shutting off Water Supply |
90.08 Plumber Required | 90.19
Operation of Curb Stop Shutoff Valve and Hydrants |
90.09 Excavations | 90.20 Water Supply |
90.10 Tapping Mains | 90.21 Prohibited Acts |
90.11 Installation of Water Service Pipe | 90.22 Reasons for Discontinuance of Water Service |
90.23 Penalties | |
The following terms are defined for use in the chapters in this Code of Ordinances pertaining to the Water Service System:
1. “Combined service account” means a customer service account for the provision of two or more utility services.
2. “Customer” means, in addition to any person receiving water service from the City, the owner of the property served, and as between such parties the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations hereinafter imposed shall be joint and several.
3. “Administrator” means the Administrator of the City water system or any duly authorized assistant, agent or representative.
4. “Water main” means a water supply pipe provided for public or community use and includes service connections up to and including the curb stop shutoff valve.
5. “Water service pipe” means the pipe from the curb stop shutoff valve to the building served.
6. “Water system” or “water works” means all public facilities for securing, collecting, storing, pumping, treating, distributing and metering water.
(Ord. 1719 – Apr. 12 Supp.)
The Administrator shall supervise the installation of water service pipes and their connection to the water main and enforce all regulations pertaining to water services in the City in accordance with this chapter. This chapter shall apply to all replacements of existing water service pipes as well as to new ones. The Administrator shall make such rules, not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, as may be needed for the detailed operation of the water system, subject to the approval of the Council. In the event of an emergency the Administrator may make temporary rules for the protection of the system until due consideration by the Council may be had.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])
The owners of any houses, buildings or structures used for human occupancy, employment or use, situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located a public water main are hereby required to connect such facilities to the City’s public water system in accordance with the provisions of these Water Service chapters within sixty (60) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public water main is located within two hundred (200) feet of the property line of such owner.
Before any person makes a connection with the public water system, a written permit must be obtained from the City. The application for the permit shall include a legal description of the property, the name of the property owner, the name and address of the person who will do the work, and the general uses of the water. If the proposed work meets all the requirements of this chapter and if all fees required under this chapter have been paid, the permit shall be issued. Work under any permit must be completed within sixty (60) days after the permit is issued, except that when such time period is inequitable or unfair due to conditions beyond the control of the person making the application, an extension of time within which to complete the work may be granted. The permit may be revoked at any time for any violation of these chapters.
Before any permit is issued the person who makes the application shall pay $150.00 plus the cost of the water meter for residential premises and $250.00 plus the cost of the water meter for commercial premises to the City to cover the cost of issuing the permit and supervising, regulating, and inspecting the work and to reimburse the City for costs borne by the City in making water service available to the property served.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
The installation of any water service pipe and any connection with the water system shall comply with all pertinent and applicable provisions, whether regulatory, procedural or enforcement provisions, of International Plumbing Code and the Iowa Public Health Department rules (IAC 641-25.5) for backflow prevention.
(Ord. 1719 – Apr. 12 Supp.)
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