(a) All requests for water service from the Lorain, Ohio Division of Water shall be made to the County Sanitary Engineer or other County official in unincorporated areas and to the appropriate authority in incorporated municipalities.
(b) The application for water service MAIN shall be submitted to the Director of Public Service and/or Council of the City of Lorain, Ohio and subject to their approval.
(c) Upon approval of the Director of Public Service and Council, the application for water service MAIN made to the Division of Water shall be accompanied by a fee as set by the Director of Utilities to cover engineering cost required to determine the feasibility of water service.
(d) After completion of the plans and specifications by the governmental agency, or their Consulting Engineering, at least thirty days prior to the advertisement for bid of said lines, three sets of plans and specifications shall be submitted to the Director of Utilities for approval; one of which will be retained by the Division of Water Engineers .
(e) The governmental agency responsible for the construction of the water MAIN shall notify the Director of Utilities as to when the construction will start, and shall furnish a program and schedule of the approved work. The Division of Water reserves the right to inspect materials used on the job, and the construction of the water service MAIN. Any order of the Director of Public Service or Director of Utilities requiring compliance with plans, specifications, standard practices, or rules and regulations, shall be complied with.
(f) A place for written approval of the Director of Public Service and Director of Utilities shall be provided for on the General Location Plan or Detail Plans if no general plan is prepared.
(g) Upon completion of the water MAIN extension, the governmental agency responsible for the construction of the MAIN shall notify the Director of Utilities so that a representative of the Division of Water Engineers can witness the pressure or leakage test, and the sterilization of the water mains. Sampling and testing shall be by the Division of Water Engineers and Chemists as required for all water service mains to be connected to the Lorain Division of Water system.
(h) A master water meter must be installed between the City water MAIN and the extension. The master water meter must be approved by the City. The master water meter must be housed and two sets of keys be given to the City Division of Water. The meter shall be read monthly.
(i) Before the water MAIN will be placed in service, the responsible governmental agency shall advise the Division of Water that they have accepted the project from the contractor and shall furnish four sets of as built record drawings of the water MAIN installation to the Director of Utilities.
(j) Upon advice that the water service MAIN has been accepted and after receipt of the record drawings and when all tests are found to comply with the City standards, the Director of Utilities will accept application for water service.
(Ord. 167-96. Passed 9-16-96.)