(A) All property owners in the city who apply for water service and who tender the applicable connection charge or charges, shall be entitled with reference to any premises abutting on any street, road, alley, public way or easement to which there exists, within fifty (50) feet of the property line or easement of such owner, a water line or main, to have such water line or main brought, by average depth, to a point located at the edge of the owner's property line or easement; or if the owner's property line or easement is located more than fifty (50) feet therefrom or requires that a line or lines be laid more than average depth in order to serve their premises, the owner may be entitled to the same privilege by paying the additional cost of bringing said line or lines the additional distance, in excess of fifty (50) feet, to their property line or easement, and by paying the additional cost, if any, of laying such line or lines deeper than average depth.
(B) The payment of the applicable water connection charge entitles the applicant to the following:
(1) A tap at the water main.
(2) No more than fifty (50) feet of three-fourth (3/4) inch conduit laid in an open-cut trench dug in earth that extends from the city's water main to a point one (1) foot from the applicant's property line.
(3) A complete meter installation to be installed at the point of ending of the conduit, which meter installation will consist of a water meter, yoke, or other setting used, a meter box, a meter box cover, a shut off valve and a brass nipple.
(C) The water connection charge is a tap-in or service charge for the privilege of connecting to the municipal water system of the city, and the payment of such amount does not constitute the purchase of a water meter.
(D) Title to water meters shall at all times remain vested in the city, and, if a meter is not used by an applicant, such meter may be removed by the city as needed.
(Ord. 3-96, passed 7-1-96; Am. Ord. 10-97, passed 1-5-98)