A. Independent Service Line And Meter Required:
1. The water main line and water service line shall be so arranged that there is a separate and independent water service line and meter to each property owner.
2. After the effective date hereof, a separate and independent water service line and meter shall be provided for every new property owner connecting to the water system of the city. Separate service lines and meters are not required for each trailer space in overnight trailer courts, nor for each cabin in cabin courts; however, separate water service lines and meters are required for trailer houses on individual lots or for long term trailer rental units in mobile home courts.
3. The city may, in its sole discretion, allow a property owner to have more than one water service line providing water to its property; provided, however, that the property owner shall pay for the meter and shall have the additional meters installed at its expense and shall provide all required excavation, backfill, street repair and other service line and connection costs.
B. Existing Branch Service Lines: Where water service is now provided through one water service line to several customers (branch service lines), the city, by resolution of the city council, may decline to continue to provide water for said premises until separate water service lines are provided at the owner's expense. Where more than one dwelling is served from one such service line, the established rate shall be charged for each customer in the same manner as if each did, in fact, have an individual water service line.
C. Service Line And Meter Maintenance: All water users shall keep their individual water service lines and water meters in good repair and shall keep them in such good condition that they shall not allow any leakage from the city water system.
D. Service Line Installation And Maintenance:
1. As part of the construction of the new water system in 1995, the city will construct an appropriately sized water service line at the city's expense which shall run from the main line to the property line of each individual property owner who was receiving service from the city's prior water system. All other property owners desiring water service, whether for an existing dwelling unit, commercial facility, or a newly constructed facility, shall be required to obtain all permits, licenses, etc., required by this chapter and shall be required to install his own water service line as explained in the following subsections.
2. When a permit for a water service line has been granted, the water tap at the main line shall be installed by the city at the city's expense. The actual service line and all associated excavation, backfill, street repair, and piping shall be completed by the property owner at his expense. Thereafter, or after the water service line has been installed, each water service line within the public right of way or easement shall be maintained by the city at its expense and kept within and under its exclusive control and jurisdiction.
3. All water service lines within any public right of way or easement shall be constructed by the property owner requesting the water service; and in any new subdivision, they may be installed as part of the construction of the new water distribution system within said subdivision; and provided further, that said water and service lines are constructed, inspected, tested, and certified as being in conformance with the city standard drawings and specifications governing the construction of water service lines.
4. Water service lines may also be installed by contract in conjunction with city sponsored projects or when, in the opinion of the public works superintendent, it is in the city's best interest to have or allow said water service lines to be installed by other than city personnel.
E. Water Meter Installation And Maintenance: The city shall provide to all property owners making new connections to the water system one appropriately sized water meter and meter box. If the meter is determined to be malfunctioning by the city, after proper inspection by the public works superintendent, it shall be the city's responsibility to provide the property owner with a new meter as replacement for the malfunctioning unit. (Ord. 984, 7-5-1995)