(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. The city shall be responsible for water service lines, pipes and fixtures from the water main to the curb stop with the following exceptions:
(1) Where a curb stop or other shut-off device was placed prior to the adoption of these regulations the city’s responsibility shall be to that point of termination provided that it is not more than ten feet from the property line; and
(2) 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.
(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)