The city or an authorized representative will install the service pipes and appurtenances between the water main in the street up to and including the curb stop and curb box; provided that the service pipe is required for the immediate and continuous supply of water for general water service to premises abutting the public street or highway in which such mains are located; and all such service pipes and appurtenances shall be installed only by the city or an authorized representative.
(A) The customer shall pay a charge for tapping the water main, including the costs of a corporation stop, the service line, curb box, curb stop, meter and water valve.
(1) Installation of all of the foregoing equipment shall be by city crews, unless otherwise agreed.
(2) After installation, the maintenance of the corporation stop and service line to the curb box shall belong to the city with the remainder of the installation to be maintained by the customer. Charges shall be determined by the City Council.
(B) Service pipes supplying a premises shall not pass through or across any premises or property other than that to be supplied, nor across any portion of the property that could practicably be sold separately from the immediate premises supplied, and no water pipes or plumbing in any premises shall be extended therefrom to adjacent or other premises.
(C) The city 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 city will not, at its own cost and expense, install service pipes for private fire service or temporary service connections.
(E) The curb box or meter box shall be set at a location approved by the city and shall be accessible at all times.
(F) The customer’s service pipe from the curb stop to the place of consumption shall be furnished, installed and maintained by the customer at their own expense and risk.
(G) The customer’s service pipe and all connections and fixtures attached thereto shall be subject to the inspection of the city before the 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 city.
(H) The customer shall install and properly maintain, in good working condition, a backflow prevention device of a type approved by the city on the customer’s service pipe at some convenient point inside the building in a readily accessible location and in a place protected from the possibility of freezing within any and all buildings in the premises.
(I) (1) The customer shall not be required to make changes in his or her service pipe or meter location required because of changes of grade, relocation of mains and other causes not related to the customer.
(2) Such changes shall be accomplished by the city and the city shall bear the full costs related thereto.
(J) No fixture shall be attached to, or any branch made in the service pipe between the meter and the distribution main.
(K) Each single-family dwelling unit shall be supplied through an independent service pipe from a separate curb stop.
(L) Customer’s service pipes must be kept and maintained in good condition and free from all leaks and defects at the customer’s cost and expense, and for failure so to do, water service may be discontinued.
(M) Multiple service; no allowance will be made for vacancies.
(1) For multi-unit residential customers (apartment complexes, multi-plexes without separate meters and trailer courts), the following billing formula will be applied per resolution as follows.
(a) Non-metered.
1. Base charge online size + {3/4" base residential water charge X number of EDUs (equivalent dwelling units)}.
2. Example: Two-inch line has a base charge of X amount (base line charge for that size of line) plus a charge for each unit for a 3/4" line.
(b) Metered.
1. Base meter charge for line size + {3/4" metered base residential water charge X number of EDUs (equivalent dwelling units)} + water usage.
2. Example: Two-inch line has a base charge of X amount (base line charge for that size of line) plus a charge for each unit for a 3/4" metered line plus a charge for the actual metered water usage.
(2) (a) Per resolution, all multi-unit commercial customers (hotels, motels and RV parks/campgrounds) are required to have a working, appropriately sized meter installed by July 1, 2024. The cost of said meter and installation will be paid for by the account owner.
(b) The multi-unit commercial customers of the municipal water program will be charged using the following formula: base line size charge + usage as required and read by the meter.
(3) Where a motel owner subject to a flat rate schedule closes a number of cabin units during the non-tourist season and physically turns off the water in such units and notifies the city in writing, the city will, upon verification of this fact, discontinue the usage billing for the water service of such closed units until the water is turned on again.
(a) Should it be discovered that the motel owner used some of these closed units during the period of no charge without notifying the city in advance, this concession will be withdrawn and all units will be billed on a year-round basis.
(b) The water basic infrastructure fee will be assessed year-round.
(N) In the interest of preventing waste and promoting conservation of water, the city may specify the hours and days during which lawn and landscape watering will be permitted and will publish notice thereof in newspapers at the start of the sprinkling season, or whenever conditions require a change, and will prominently post such notice in the city office, and may make reasonable determination based upon existing facts whether a customer is using water in a wasteful manner.
(1) (a) Any customer failing to observe the hours or days for sprinkling service shall be guilty of wasting water and shall be subject to a fine(s).
(b) If the customer does not pay the fine(s) after a reasonable time, the city may discontinue service until paid.
(2) Extraordinary expense incurred by the city to discontinue service and subsequent reconnecting shall be paid by the customer.
(Prior Code, § 4.12.060) (Ord. 1, passed 1-17-1980; Ord. 19, passed 11-21-1983; Ord. 38, passed 6-1-1987; Ord. 2021-10, passed 12-20-2021)