(A) When any person, firm or corporation outside the city limits desires to receive a water supply from the water mains of the city, he or she shall make application to the City Council utilizing the form as provided by the city and as may be amended from time to time.
(B) Said application shall be referred by the City Council to the Municipal Services Committee of said Council, who shall consider same and make recommendation thereon to the City Council. No connection for water service outside the city shall be made unless and until the application is approved by the City Council.
(C) The making of such water connection and the furnishing of water by the city to every user outside the city, shall be subject to the following conditions.
(1) Said water connection and furnishing of water shall conform in its entirety with the provisions of this subchapter and the Plumbing Code of the city, as either or both may now exist or hereafter be amended.
(2) The furnishing of such water by the city, and the use hereof by the consumer, shall at all times be subject to all rules and regulations affecting water users within the city, unless otherwise specified, and shall be subject to any special regulations governing water users outside the city.
(3) In case any territory is annexed to the city in which territory any water pipes are laid in accordance with these provisions, all such pipes which are placed in or under any highway, street or alley shall, upon annexation, become the property of the city.
(4) In the event of the annexation to the city of territory which shall include the premises of the owners, the said owners agree that they will not hinder by legal or other means any local improvements for which they may in the future be assessed or which may be levied against said premises, and further agree that they will not sign any petition opposing the annexation to the city of the territory in which said premises are located.
(5) The location of the water meter shall be at the discretion of the city.
(6) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property outside the city to which water is furnished by the city to keep in good repair all water pipes and fittings between the city main and the meter, and to promptly report leaks therein or damage thereto.
(7) A connection fee shall be paid to the city before the connection is made for any connection. For larger connections, the fee shall be such amount as the City Council shall fix at the time it approves the making of such connection.
(8) No additional connection for the furnishing of a water supply to any other building or place than that specified in the application shall be made or permitted unless and until a new application therefore in the form set forth by the Council is made and approved in the manner required in this section and the connection fee paid.
(Prior Code, § 52.16) (Ord. 06-007, passed 1-24-2006; Ord. 2014-007, passed 2-11-2014; Ord. 2015-033, passed 11-10-2015)