CHAPTER 90
WATER SERVICE SYSTEM

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

 

90.01 DEFINITIONS.

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.

90.02 SUPERINTENDENT’S DUTIES.

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])

90.03 MANDATORY CONNECTIONS .

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.

90.04 ABANDONED CONNECTIONS.

When an existing water service is abandoned or a service is renewed with a new tap in the main, all abandoned connections with the mains shall be turned off at the corporation stop and made absolutely watertight.

90.05 PERMIT.

Before any person makes a connection with the public water system, a written permit must be obtained from the City.  The application for the permit shall include a legal description of the property, the name of the property owner, the name and address of the person who will do the work, and the general uses of the water.  If the proposed work meets all the requirements of this chapter and if all fees required under this chapter have been paid, the permit shall be issued.  Work under any permit must be completed within 90 days after the permit is issued, except that when such time period is inequitable or unfair due to conditions beyond the control of the person making the application, an extension of time within which to complete the work may be granted.  The permit may be revoked at any time for any violation of these chapters.

90.06 FEE FOR PERMIT AND CONNECTION CHARGE.

Before any permit is issued the person who makes the application shall pay $25.00 to the Clerk to cover the cost of issuing the permit and supervising, regulating, and inspecting the work.  In addition there shall be a connection charge in the amount of $100.00 paid before issuance of a permit to reimburse the City for costs borne by the City in making water service available to the property served.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)

90.07 COMPLIANCE WITH PLUMBING CODE.

The installation of any water service pipe and any connection with the water system shall comply with all pertinent and applicable provisions, whether regulatory, procedural or enforcement provisions, of the State Plumbing Code.