(A) The connection from the main to the curb stop shall be placed at least four feet below the level of the ground and the service pipe shall be laid sufficiently waving so that it shall be at least one foot longer than if laid in a straight line and shall be placed in such manner as to prevent rupture or breakage from settling of the ground. All service pipes shall be of Type K copper tubing and shall be of not less than 3/4 inch nominal diameter.
(B) No person whether owner or occupant in possession or control of any building, structure or premises into which water is supplied through the city Waterworks System shall be allowed, without written permission from the City Council to supply other persons or families or to supply water from such building or premises to any other building structure or premises. The supply of water to a building, structure or premises of any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this section, shall be shut off and stopped forthwith, and the water shall not again be turned on to such building, structure or premises from which it was cut off until there shall have been paid to said city such sum of money as the City Council shall deem properly due the city.
(C) If after the water supply shall have been turned on to any building, structure or premises, it shall be found by any officer or employee of the said city that fraudulent representations have been made by the applicant for such water supply or that water is being used in or upon such building, structure or premises for purposes not set forth in the application made for such water supply or that there is willful and unreasonable use or waste of water, the Superintendent or such employee of the city as he shall designate shall have the authority and it shall be his duty to cut off and stop the supply of water to such building, structure or premises until the person or persons responsible for such fraudulent representation or for such use of water or willful or unreasonable waste thereof, shall pay the city such additional sum of money for such water supply or on account of such unreasonable waste of water as the Superintendent or Council shall find properly to be due the city. Every person supplied with water from the city Waterworks System shall, at his or her own cost and expense, have installed and kept in repair all pipes leading from the curb stop to his or her building, structure or premises as are supplied with water through such service pipe.
(D) Each water service pipe shall be connected with said water main and shall extend horizontally at right angles with said water main to a point at least 20 feet from the center line of the street and shall there be provided with a bronze curb stop of not less than three-fourths of an inch in diameter to be installed within a telescopic shut-off box of the best quality of cast iron or first grade steel pipe.
(E) The water main must he tapped at an angle of 45 degrees with the vertical, and the corporation stop must be turned so that the T handle will be on top.
(F) The owner shall pay for the entire cost of installation of the service pipe from the corporation stop to the building. All repairs for service pipes beyond the curb stop and plumbing system of buildings shall be made by and at the expense of the owners of the premises served. If a leak is discovered the owner shall be given notice to repair it within 48 hours. If he fails to do so, the city may repair any service pipes, and if this is done the cost of such repair work shall be repaid to the city by the owner of the premises served.
(Ord. 652, passed 8-21-95) Penalty, see § 51.999