A. Permit Required: Each person or organization desiring customer service must make written application for a permit to have service lines connected to the existing Water Department system. Until such permit is approved by the Water/Wastewater Superintendent or directly by the City Council, no one is permitted to make any connection to the existing water system or to attempt such connection. Any excavation of streets or alleys, for the purpose of attempting to make or making water service connection to any existing pipe or units of the Water Department system, without a written permit to make such entry into the street or alley, is a Municipal infraction. Any unauthorized connection to an existing pipe of the Water Department system is a Municipal infraction. Violations of this section are designated as Municipal infractions as specified in title 1, chapter 4 of this Code. (Ord. 2018-05, 11-19-2018, eff. 1-1-2019)
B. Charges: Applicants for water shall be charged from the actual location of the main where the main is located in the street, to the curb line, for all service pipes and trenching and the City, through its Water/Wastewater Superintendent or through the City Council, shall have the power to make such arrangements with the plumber and others as they may deem expedient to carry this section into effect, and no water shall be turned on until the costs of such connection or connections have been paid. When the main is extended, the costs of all such extension shall be borne by the applicant or applicants for service requiring such extension. (Res., 1-1-1977; amd. 1999 Code)