(A) Water connections shall only be installed by the city and upon prepayment of the connection cost and cost of installing the meter. The City Commission shall from time to time determine the average connection cost for the city; and this shall be payment complete for all material and labor involved in tapping the main, laying the copper pipe from the distribution main to the curb stop and box, the furnishing and placing of the curb stop and box, and the installation of the meter.
(B) The meter installation charge is included in the connection charge.
(1) In all cases, the water connection shall be constructed of type “K” copper pipe, unless the connection is two inches or greater, in which case state-approved pipe may be used.
(2) All water connections shall be laid to the depth of five feet under the surface of the street or lowest part of the gutter.
(3) No water connection shall be laid in the same trench with a sewer pipe unless supported upon an earth shelf at least one foot above the sewer.
(4) The city shall install a brass stopcock with a valve box which shall be placed approximately one foot outside of the street side of the sidewalk, and this stopcock shall be under the exclusive control of the city.
(5) No person other than an authorized employee of the city shall open or close or otherwise interfere with the stopcock; however, any licensed plumber may stop and/or open the stopcock in emergency cases when authorized by the Waterworks Superintendent.
(1991 Code, § 2.42) Penalty, see § 10.99