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Any owner, occupant, or user of a premises who shall discover a leak in a service line to the premises shall notify the city within 24 hours. Any water wasted due to a failure of a person to comply with this regulation shall be estimated by the city and be charged for against the owner at the premises at the established rate.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-8)
Each new building or part thereof constructed in the city which is required by code to have sewer and water shall have its own individual sewer and water connections to the city mains. Any shared existing services for adjacent units of separate ownership which fail and require replacement or substantial repairs shall at that time be separated. Connections shall be made in accordance with standards and specifications approved by City Council.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-9) (Ord. 139, passed 7-23-1984)
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 50.09, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with city, state, and federal regulations.
(A) All applications for the installation, maintenance, and repair of water meters shall be made to the city.
(B) No other person other than the city or its designee shall maintain or repair any water meter within the city limits. Every water meter connected to the water system shall be sealed by or under the direction of the city, and no other person shall break or remove the seal, provided, however, that a plumber licensed to do business in the state may break the seal to remove the meter for necessary repairs. In all cases where a seal is broken or a meter is removed by a licensed plumber, the plumber shall notify the city of the fact within 24 hours after the seal is broken or the meter is removed. Whenever any seal attached to a water meter by or under the direction of the city is found broken, the broken condition of the seal shall be prima facie evidence that the seal was broken contrary to the terms and provisions in violation of this chapter.
(C) All water meters connected to the water system shall be accessible to the city at any reasonable hour of any business day, and the refusal of admission of any owner or occupant of any premises wherein a water meter is installed after the owner or occupant has been notified that admission is desired for the purpose of inspecting a water meter installed in the premises shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(D) The meters shall be repaired from time to time as is necessary to ensure accurate measuring of the flow of water, except that whenever a meter has been damaged due to negligence on the part of persons other than the employees of the city, the owner, occupant, or user of the premises or other persons desiring the use of the water shall reimburse the city for the expense of repairing any such meter. Upon failure to reimburse the city within a reasonable time and upon demand therefor, the water services and supply to the premises may be shut off or discontinued as determined to be in the best interest of the city.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-10) Penalty, see § 50.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with, alter, bypass, or in any manner whatsoever interfere with the proper use and functioning of water meter within the city.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-11) Penalty, see § 50.99
After the initial connection has been made to the curb stop or the sewer lead, the applicant, owner, or the occupant or user of the premises shall be liable for all repairs required to any water, sanitary, or storm sewer lines necessary for connection of the premises to the street main, including any necessary street repairs.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-12) (Ord. 101, passed 6-8-1981)
All connections to the water system and sanitary sewer system shall be performed by a plumber licensed to do plumbing in the city, except that nothing in this chapter shall be construed as to prohibit an individual owner from obtaining a permit and installing the connection by his or her own labor, provided, however, that the construction is conducted under the regulations of this chapter and requirements of the engineer and plumbing inspector.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-13)
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