(A) All additions to the public utility facilities constructed by private funds and turned over to the city for maintenance and upkeep shall be under the direct control of the city as are all similar utilities owned or controlled by the city. No private individual, firm or corporation shall have any right to charge anyone for or prevent anyone from making a connection to a utility facility.
(B) The term PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES, as used in this section, shall include, but is not limited to, sewage lift stations, water mains, sewage force mains, gravity flow sewers and electric utility lines and poles.
(C) All new or replacement water mains, valves and other appurtenances; and all new or replacement sewers, manholes and other appurtenances constructed or reconstructed in a flood hazard area, as defined elsewhere in this code, shall be designed and constructed as to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into these systems and discharges from these systems into floodwaters.
(Prior Code, § 25-1) (Ord. passed 4-23-1956; Ord. 82-7, passed 4-26-1982)