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SERVICE
Every person or persons desiring a supply of water must make application therefor to the City Administrator. The City Administrator may require any applicant to make a service deposit in the amount as he or she deems necessary subject to the review of the City Council. Water may not be supplied to any house or private service pipe except upon the order of the City Administrator. The Department shall not supply to any person outside the corporate limits water service without special permission from the City Council; provided, the entire cost of laying mains, service pipe, and supply pipe shall be paid by the consumer. Nothing herein shall be construed to obligate the city to provide water service to nonresidents.
(Neb. RS 17-537, 19-2701) (Prior Code, § 3-103) (Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)
(A) The city, through its Water Department, shall furnish water to persons within its corporate limits whose premises abut a street or alley in which a commercial main now is or may hereafter be laid. The city may furnish water to persons within its corporate limits whose premises do not abut a street or alley in which a city commercial main is now or may hereafter be laid and may also furnish water to persons whose premises are situated outside the corporate limits of the city, as and when, according to law, the City Council may see fit to do so. The rules, regulations, and water rates hereinafter named in this chapter shall be considered a part of every application hereafter made for water service and shall be considered a part of the contract between every consumer now or hereafter served. Without further formality, the making of application on the part of any applicant or the use or consumption of water service by present consumers thereof and the furnishing of water service to the consumer shall constitute a contract between the consumer and the city, to which contract both parties are bound. If the consumer shall violate any of the provisions of the contract or any reasonable rules and regulations that the City Council may hereafter adopt, the City Administrator, or his or her agent, may cut off or disconnect the water service from the building or premise or place of the violation. No further connection for water service to the building, premise, or place shall again be made except by order of the Administrator or his or her agent.
(Prior Code, § 3-104)
(B) Contracts for water service are not transferable. Any person wishing to change from one location to another shall make a new application and sign a new contract. If any consumer shall move from the premise where service is furnished, or if the premise is destroyed by fire or other casualty, he or she shall at once inform the City Services Director who shall cause the water service to be shut off at the premise. If the consumer should fail to give notice, he or she shall be charged for all water used on the premise until the City Services Director is otherwise advised of the circumstances.
(Neb. RS 17-537)
(Prior Code, § 3-114) (Ord. 776, passed 8-20-2002; Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)
The expense of providing water service or replacement of water service from the main to the lot line shall be paid by the consumer and installed by the city. The consumer shall then also pay the cost of installation and pipe from the lot line to the place of dispersement. In the event the consumer receiving new water service is a commercial class customer, the city shall also supply and install the required water meter. The consumer shall be required to pay the expense of furnishing and installing pipe, trenching, and the necessary labor to bring water service from the lot line to the place of dispersement.
(Neb. RS 17-542) (Prior Code, § 3-105) (Ord. 776, passed 8-20-2002; Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)
The city shall repair all supply pipe between the commercial main and the stop box. The customer, at his or her own expense, shall replace and keep in repair all service pipe from the stop box to the place of dispersement. When leaks occur in service pipes, the City Services Director shall shut off water service until the leak is repaired at the expense of the customer to the satisfaction of the City Services Director. All water meters shall be kept in repair by the city at the expense of the city. When meters are worn out, they shall be replaced and reset by the city at the expense of the city; provided, that if the customer permits or allows a water meter to be damaged, injured, or destroyed through his or her own recklessness, carelessness, or neglect so that the meter must be repaired or replaced, the City Administrator shall bill and collect from the customer the cost of the meter repair or replacement in the same manner as water rent is collected. Permitting a water meter to be damaged or destroyed by freezing shall always be considered negligence on the part of the customer. All meters shall be tested at the customer's request at the expense of the customer any reasonable number of times; provided, that if the test shows the water meter to be running 2% or more fast, the expense of the test shall be borne by the city. The city reserves the right to test any water service meter at any time, and if the meter is found to be beyond repair, the city shall always have the right to place a new meter on the customer's water service fixtures at city expense. Should a consumer's meter fail to register properly, the customer shall be charged for water during the time the meter is out of repair on the basis of the monthly consumption during the same month of the preceding year; provided, that if no basis for comparison exists, the customer shall be charged the amount as may be reasonably fixed by the City Administrator. It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with any water meter, or by any means or device to divert water from the service pipe so that the same shall not pass through the meter, or while passing through the meter, to cause the same to register inaccurately.
(Neb. RS 17-537) (Prior Code, § 3-106) (Ord. 776, passed 8-20-2002; Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)
(A) The City Council or the City Administrator may order a reduction in the use of water or shut off the water on any premise in the event of a water shortage due to fire or other good and sufficient cause. The city shall not be liable for any damages caused by shutting off the supply of water of any consumer while the system, or any part thereof, is undergoing repairs or when there is a shortage of water due to circumstances over which the city has no control.
(Prior Code, § 3-110)
(B) No consumer shall supply water to other families, or allow them to take water from his or her premise, nor after water is supplied into a building shall any person make or employ a plumber or other person to make a tap or connection with the pipe upon the premise for alteration, extension, or attachment without the written permission of the City Administrator. It shall further be unlawful for any person to tamper with any water meter or by means of any contrivance or device to divert the water from the service pipe so that the water will not pass through the meter or while passing through the meter to cause the meter to register inaccurately.
(Prior Code, § 3-109)
(Neb. RS 17-537) (Ord. 800, passed 10-18-2005)
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