(A) Where the town distribution mains are now or may hereafter be installed, the town will, at its expense, install the town service pipe provided that the service pipe is required for the immediate and continuous supply of water for general water service to premises abutting such mains on a street, highway or right-of-way in which such distribution mains are located. Service pipes for temporary or transient service shall be at the customer’s expense.
(B) Service pipes supplying a premises shall not pass through or across any premises or property other than that to be supplied, and no water pipes or plumbing in any premises shall be extended therefrom to adjacent or other premises.
(C) The town will make all connections to its distribution mains and will specify the size, kind, quality and location of all materials used in the service line.
(D) The town service pipe shall be furnished, installed and maintained only by the town and shall remain under its sole control and jurisdiction.
(E) Service pipes for private fire protection service connections from the distribution main to the curb or property line shall be installed and maintained in accordance with Commission Rule 5 herein.
(F) The customer’s service pipe shall be installed and maintained by the customer, free from leaks and other defects, at his or her own expense and risk and, for failure to do so, water service may be discontinued. The customer’s service pipe shall be installed in accordance with applicable governmental regulations and the town specifications below the frost line on firm and continuous earth so as to give unyielding and permanent support.
(G) The customer’s service pipe and all connections and fixtures attached thereto shall be subject to the inspection of the town before water will be turned on, and all premises receiving a supply of water and all service pipes, meters and fixtures, including any and all fixtures within the said premises, shall at all reasonable hours be subject to inspection by any duly authorized employees of the town.
(H) For new service lines, the customer shall install his or her service pipe to the curb or property line at a point approved by an authorized employee of the town, after which the town will install its service line from the distribution main to the customer’s service line. On new customers, where no tap is present, there will be a tap fee charged to the customer at a fixed fee or a time and material fee as established by the town. The price determined by the town shall be non-negotiable.
(I) Where the town’s service pipe is already installed to the curb of property line, the customer shall connect with the town service pipe as installed.
(J) The customer shall make all changes in the customer’s service pipe required on account of changes of grade, relocation of mains, sewer or highway construction, and other causes.
(K) No fixture shall be attached to, or any branch made in, the service pipe between the meter and the distribution main, other than by authorized employees of the town.
(L) There shall be no more than one service pipe supplying a single premises, unless otherwise approved by the town.
(M) If a customer, occupant, owner or any of his or her agents, in making an attachment or in shutting off or turning on water, should not properly replace the curb box cap, or should damage the curb cock, curb box, coppersetter or other property of the town, such repairs shall be made only by the town, but at the customer’s cost and expense.
(N) The customer shall install and properly maintain a stop and waste valve of a type approved by the town on the customer’s service pipe immediately inside the foundation wall in a readily accessible location, protected from the possibility of freezing, that it will shut off and drain all plumbing within any and all buildings in the premises.
(Ord. 2010-2, passed 6-7-2010)