(a) When new service pipes are put into any
, the service cock
be left closed and shall thereafter be opened only by an authorized employee of the Water Department and only upon the request of the
or his or her agent. However, a plumber
open and close a service cock to test his or her work, as provided in § 1042.03(e).
(b) If a permit is issued as provided in § 1042.03(h) and a water meter has been installed for the temporary use of water, the
notify the Department upon the completion of his or her work so that the water meter
be read and the connection shut off.
(c) No person
take or use city water from
other than his or her own, and no person shall sell or give away water from his or her own
for any purpose. No connection through which water
pass from one
to another shall be constructed, although the ownership of both properties may be the same.
(d) Where the water has been turned off by the Department for any reason, no person, except an authorized employee or agent of the Department,
turn it on again. Whenever this rule is violated, the Department
shut the water off at the corporation cock at the main and the
shall pay, in advance, double the established rate for water used in violation of this division (d), in addition to the entire expense incurred by the Department for doing this work, before the water
be turned on again.
(e) No steam boiler
be directly connected to the service pipe. The
of the
involved shall make such provisions as
be required by the Department before the water may be supplied to such an installation.
(Ord. 11, passed 4-13-1938; Ord. 2210-01, passed 10-12-2022)