Water meters, unless otherwise authorized by the Superintendent of Utilities, shall be located in meter boxes consisting of a tile not less than twenty inches in diameter and covered with an approved top, Ford Type C or equal. Meter boxes shall not be constructed in or under any rigid paving materials without permission of the Superintendent.
All water service lines shall be not less than three and one-half feet below finished grade at any point. When sanitary sewer ditches are used for installation of water service lines, a distance of at least one and one-half feet above and to either side of such sanitary sewer line shall be maintained at all points of installation, or the water service line shall be installed in a separate ditch or trench at a distance of not less than two feet from any ditch or trench which has been used for a sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 71-51. Passed 10-19-71.)