(A) (1) The city shall install all water mains and supply lines, including the actual tapping into the city main and installation of the stop box, curb stop and corporation stop. The consumer shall be responsible for any trenching necessary from the city main to the premises to be served and for all installation of the service line from the shut off, stop box or curb stop to the premises served. Meters shall be installed by the city when the consumer requests service in excess of a three-fourth-inch tap or where there is more than one tap, the combined size of which is more than three-fourths of an inch.
(2) All installations of the supply line must be of a type or types of pipe as the governing body or Board of Public Works may from time to time approve. Installation of the service line must be of copper, one-inch plastic, 165 pound per square inch plastic or such other type or types of pipe as the governing body or Board of Public Works may from time to time approve, and must be laid not less than four feet beneath the surface of the ground.
(3) No tap shall be made into the city water main which is nearer than two feet of either end of any joint of pipe, nor which is within 18 inches of an existing tap. On four- to six-inch mains, no tap shall be larger than one inch.
(4) In making excavations in streets, alleys or sidewalks for the purpose of installing pipe, or making repairs, the paving, stones and earth must be removed and deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public and provide for adequate drainage. No person shall leave an excavation made in the street, alley or sidewalk open at any time without a barricade and, during the night, warning lights. After service pipes are laid, the streets, alleys and sidewalks shall be restored to good condition. If the excavation in any street, alley or sidewalk is left open or unfinished for a period of 24 hours or more, the Water Commissioner shall have the duty to finish or correct the work, and all expenses so incurred shall be charged to the consumer. All installations or repairs of pipes require inspection by the Water Commissioner. It is the customer’s responsibility to notify the Commissioner at the time the work is ready for each inspection. All installation shall be done under the supervision of and strictly in accordance with the rules, regulations and specifications prescribed for such installation by the Water Commissioner; provided that, the said rules, regulations and specifications have been reviewed and approved by the governing body or the Board of Public Works.
(1976 Code, § 3-105)
(B) (1) All water furnished to industrial or commercial premises shall be at metered rates through a water meter.
(2) All water furnished to residential premises shall be at metered rates through a water meter.
(3) Residential premises without a water meter as of the effective date of this section shall be permitted to be serviced without a water meter at the non-metered rate, until the municipality installs a water meter for such residential premises.
(4) All water meters installed pursuant to this division (B) shall measure water in gallons.
(5) (a) All water meters three-fourths of an inch or smaller shall remain the property of the city and shall be installed, maintained and repaired by the city.
(b) All water meters in excess of three-fourths of an inch shall remain the property of the city and be installed, maintained and repaired at the expense of the city, and the customer shall reimburse the city the excess cost of acquiring and installing a water meter larger than three-fourths of an inch.
(1976 Code, § 3-105.01)
(Ord. 949, passed 9-12-1988; Ord. 1030, passed 4-15-1991; Ord. 1121, passed 1-24-1995; Ord. 1186, passed 12-18-1995; Ord. 1212, passed 1-22-1996)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537