(A) (1) The water service pipe shall run in as direct a line as possible between water main to parkway roundway to meter, and shall be approximately five feet below ground level, with no branch service installed between main and meter. The service pipe shall extend above the basement floor if the meter is in a basement, above the building floor if the meter is in a building or above the vault floor if the meter is in an outside vault. Such service pipe must be no less than one-inch internal diameter in size and shall consist of the materials and be constructed in accordance with the requirements of the City of Blue Island Plumbing Code (hereinafter Plumbing Code) as amended from time to time. It shall be equipped with a shut off both at the parkway and at the meter as aforesaid.
(2) Water service pipe shall extend above the basement floor if meter is in basement, above the building floor if meter is in building, or above vault floor if meter is in outside vault. Such water service pipe, if two inches or less internal diameter, shall be copper pipe, type K, with flared joints.
(3) Water service pipes over two inches internal diameter shall be of ductile iron pipe, asphaltum coated exterior with joints of mechanical or push type fitted to withstand hydrostatic pressure of 100 pounds per square inch.
(4) All such water service pipe shall be laid and be of such surplus length as to prevent breakage and rupture by settlement.
(5) Between the water main and the stop-cock in the parkway, such service pipe must be laid on a shelf cut in the sewer ditch or in a separate ditch for same, as no service pipe will be permitted to be laid on top of sewer. Where there is an existing stub in the parkway, with a lead service pipe terminating at the round way, and with the round way for shut-off valve) having a threaded end for connection, such connection shall be made with a brass solder nipple (for lead) or with a suitable fitting for a flared copper service. No repairs shall be made to an existing water service pipe of material other than lead or type K copper pipe in a size of two inch internal diameter or less, and any such water service pipe requiring repairs shall instead be replaced in its entirely from the water main to the meter with a water service pipe of material conforming to the materials and construction as hereinbefore specified in this section.
(B) In the event a leak or break occurs in a water or sewer service line, the following procedure shall be followed.
(1) All such leaks shall be properly repaired by such water owner.
(2) A permit shall be required for such repair work. In the event the owner fails to properly repair such break or leak, a registered letter shall be sent to such owner at his or her last known address advising such owner to repair such situation immediately. A copy of the same shall be delivered to the premises and posted on the premises in a conspicuous place.
(3) If within five days of mailing such letter the owner shall not have made the repair necessary to secure the system, the city shall make such repair and charge such repair to the owner.
(4) Any charges, including reasonable attorney fees, shall become and constitute a lien against the real estate.
(Prior Code, § 52.10) (Ord. 06-007, passed 1-24-2006; Ord. 2014-007, passed 2-11-2014; Ord. 2015-033, passed 11-10-2015)