(A) Installation; maintenance. The corporation cock, the service pipe from the main to the curb stop valve, the curb stop valve, and curb box will be provided in place and maintained by the KLSWA after payment of the appropriate connection charge. The service pipe from the curb stop box to the building on private property shall be installed and properly maintained by the owner. The customer shall keep the stop box free from obstructions that would prevent access to the valve by approved personnel.
(1995 Code, § 58-141) (Ord. 137, passed 4-10-1995)
(B) Application for connection. Before any connection is made to any water main, application for connection must be made by the owner of the premises to be served, or by his or her authorized representative.
(1995 Code, § 58-142)
(C) Connection charges. Connection charges shall be due and payable in cash upon application for connection to the system. In addition, the cost of labor, connecting pipe, fittings and appurtenances, and installation, plus 30% of these costs, shall also be paid by the prospective user. Applications for service connections shall be made to the Authority prior to making the connection, upon forms furnished by the Authority, at which time the applicant shall pay the connection charge plus $400 which is the estimated cost of the actual connection thereof subject to refund or additional charge after the actual costs has been determined.
(1995 Code, § 58-143) (Ord. 137, passed 4-10-1995)
(D) Revenue from connection fees. All revenue received from connection fees shall be set aside in a special escrow account used to:
(1) Extend and enlarge the system or make capital improvements to the system; or
(2) Retire bond indebtedness incurred by the owners of the system to improve or expand the system.
(1995 Code, § 58-144) (Ord. 137, passed 4-10-1995)
(E) Charges deemed lien. The charges for services which are under the provisions of Public Act 94 of 1933, § 21, being M.C.L.A. § 141.121, as amended, make a lien on all premises served thereby and are recognized to constitute the lien; and whenever any such charge against any piece of property shall be delinquent for six months, the Authority Manager or his or her representative in charge of collection thereof shall certify annually, on May 1 of each year, to the tax-assessing officer of the city, the facts of the delinquency whereupon the charge shall be by the assessor entered upon the next tax roll as a charge against the premises and shall be collected and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as general city or city taxes against the premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced.
(1995 Code, § 58-145) (Ord. 137, passed 4-10-1995)
(F) Tampering with pipes and other equipment. No person shall interfere in any way with service pipes installed by or for the KLSWA. No person shall turn water on or off at the curb stop valve, except agents and employees of the KLSWA or persons under their direction.
(1995 Code, § 58-146) (Ord. 137, passed 4-10-1995) Penalty, see § 50.999