(A) Service line installation.
(1) Water meters and water meter yokes shall not be less than five-eighths inch in new construction and service line replacement projects.
(2) Water service lines shall be installed at a minimum depth of six feet below finished grade.
(3) A tracer wire shall be installed with each water service line and attached or affixed to the curb stop within six inches of the finished or final grade.
(B) Service line responsibility. City responsibility ends at the first point of shut off, i.e., curb stop, angle valve, or gate valve with the following exceptions:
(1) Where there is no curb stop or shut-off device between the corporation stop and the structure in question, the city’s responsibility shall end at the property line.
(2) Where there is a curb stop or gate valve that functions as first point of shut off, the city is not responsible for service line materials from that point, with the exception of the meter yoke assembly.
(Prior Code, § 26-A-06) (Ord. 964, passed 2- -2000; Ord. 1063, passed 6- -2008; Ord. 1130, passed 4- -2012; Ord. 1196, passed 12-3-2018; Ord. 1249, passed 11-6-2023)