(A) All costs and expenses incident to establishing water service, including the installation of and connection of a building to the distribution system, shall be borne by the property owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by establishing water service.
(B) The city shall maintain and repair at its expense the waterworks from the main up to and including the service valve, meter pit, or curb stop for a user.
(C) The user shall maintain at its own expense the service pipes beginning outside of the service valve, meter pit, or curb stop into a building serviced by the waterworks, together with all service pipes contained within the building.
(D) In the event that an inside meter setting is permitted, the following shall apply:
(1) User shall maintain at its expense all piping beginning at the service connection; and
(2) City shall only be responsible for maintenance of the meter.
(E) If an inside meter setting is vacated by establishing an outside meter setting, the meter previously used for the inside setting shall convert to being part of the piping and the user’s responsibility.
(F) The city shall inspect and approve of the work prior to initiation of service to the customer, and shall assess a fee.
(1) The fee shall be $450 for residential and other users within the city limits, and $600 for residential and other users outside the city limits.
(2) Mobile home and trailer parks shall pay a fee of $125 per space.
(3) Notification when water service ready for inspection. The applicant for establishing water service shall notify the department 24 hours in advance of commencing work on establishing water service. The applicant shall then notify the department when the water service connection is ready for inspection. No backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
(4) All excavations for water line or service installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(5) The installation of service pipes shall meet the current recommended practices as established by the American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) and the local specifications adopted by the Board of Public Works. In the absence of applicable AWWA standards for local specifications, the ten state standards shall apply.
(6) Official workers of the city shall have free access at all reasonable hours to all parts of the premises to which water is supplied to make necessary examinations and inspections.
(Ord. 1972-40, passed 11-21-72; Am. Ord. 1981-28, passed 4-22-81; Am. Ord. 1986-2, passed 3-18-86; Am. Ord. 1986-20, passed 12-2-86; Am. Ord. 1999-20, passed 12-21-99; Am. Ord. 2006-22, passed 2-6-07; Am. Ord. 2008-20, passed 12-16-08; Am. Ord. 2022-6, passed 5-17-22; Am. Ord. 2022-10, passed 7-5-22)