90.01 Definitions | 90.11 Installation of Water Service Pipe |
90.02 Superintendent’s Duties | 90.12 Responsibility for Water Service Pipe |
90.03 Mandatory Connections | 90.13 Failure to Maintain |
90.04 Abandoned Connections | 90.14 Curb Valve |
90.05 Permit | 90.15 Interior Valve |
90.06 Fee for Permit and Connection Charge | 90.16 Inspection and Approval |
90.07 Compliance with Plumbing Code | 90.17 Completion by the City |
90.08 Plumber Required | 90.18 Shutting Off Water Supply |
90.09 Excavations | 90.19 Operation of Curb Valve and Hydrants |
90.10 Tapping Mains | |
The following terms are defined for use in the chapters in this Code of Ordinances pertaining to the Water Service System:
1. “Combined service account” means a customer service account for the provision of two or more utility services.
2. “Customer” means, in addition to any person receiving water service from the City, the owner of the property served, and as between such parties the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations hereinafter imposed shall be joint and several.
3. “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of the City water system or any duly authorized assistant, agent or representative.
4. “Water main” means a water supply pipe provided for public or community use.
5. “Water service pipe” means the pipe from the water main to the building served.
6. “Water system” or “water works” means all public facilities for securing, collecting, storing, pumping, treating, and distributing water.
The Superintendent shall supervise the installation of water service pipes and their connection to the water main and enforce all regulations pertaining to water services in the City in accordance with this chapter. This chapter shall apply to all replacements of existing water service pipes as well as to new ones. The Superintendent shall make such rules, not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, as may be needed for the detailed operation of the water system, subject to the approval of the Council. In the event of an emergency the Superintendent may make temporary rules for the protection of the system until due consideration by the Council may be had.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])
The owners of any houses, buildings or structures used for human occupancy, employment or use, situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located a public water main are hereby required to connect such facilities to the City’s public water system in accordance with the provisions of these Water Service chapters within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public water main is located within 150 feet of the property line of such owner. There shall be no cross-connections permitted between any existing private water system and the Municipal Waterworks Plant and System.
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