(A) Service connections will be laid by the Department from the water main to the property line in keeping with the provisions of Attachment No. 3 hereto, which shall be the latest revision of Extension Policies of the Department of Water of the Public Utilities Board, City of Etowah, Tennessee. Such service connections, including the meter installation, will befitted with all necessary hardware and so installed as to be readily accessible at all times to the agents of the Department. The location for such service connections will be in accordance with § 52.28 of this chapter.
(B) When such service connections are completed, the Department shall have ownership of and shall be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of such service connections from the main to and including the meter and meter installation. The remaining portion, designated as the “service line” or “customer’s service line”, beyond the meter and meter installation (even though such remaining portion is not located within the customer’s property line) shall belong to and be the responsibility of the customer.
(C) In all cases, the service line shall be installed by the customer at the customer’s expense and shall be and remain the exclusive property of the customer. The service line shall be of material approved by the Department and shall be provided with a stop and waste cock. Water service to any customer may be discontinued and water service to any applicant may be refused or declined by the Department if the service line is not supplied with a stop and waste cock. Notwithstanding anything else herein provided, the Department shall not be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of any customer’s service line located within the property line of the customer, even though the Department’s meter and meter installation are located within said property line.
(1994 Code, § 18-227) (Ord. 421, passed 12-18-1986; Ord. 423, passed 3-5-1987)