(A) Water connections shall only be installed by the city and upon prepayment of the tap-in fee. The cost for all material and labor involved in tapping the main, laying the copper pipe from the distribution main to the curb stop and box, and the furnishing and placing of the curb stop and box shall be billed after the connection to the water system.
(B) In all cases the water connection shall be constructed of type “K” copper pipe unless the connection is two inches or greater, in which ductile iron pipe or equivalent pipe may be used. All water connections shall be laid to the depth of five feet under the surface of the street or lowest part of the gutter. No water connection shall be laid in the same trench with a sewer pipe unless supported upon an earth shelf at least one foot above the sewer. The city shall install a brass stopcock with a valve box which shall be placed approximately one foot outside of the street side of the sidewalk and this stopcock shall be under the exclusive control of the city. No person other than an authorized employee of the city shall open or close or otherwise interfere with said stopcock; provided, however, that any licensed plumber may stop and/or open the stopcock in emergency cases when authorized by the Waterworks Superintendent. In all instances, the installation of a water connection shall be in conformance with the city’s design standards and construction specifications in place at the time of connection.
(2011 Code, § 13.04.130) (Ord. 17, passed - -1949; Ord. 287, passed - -2005) Penalty, see § 10.99