Fire protection facilities shall be allowed inside and outside a building under the following conditions.
(A) The customer using a fire protection system shall furnish and maintain a service meter approved by the city. Service connection and meter installation shall be required by the city at the expense of the customer.
(B) (1) When a building has a fire protection service, whether a wet or dry sprinkler system, separate from the regular water service to the building, an approved proportional meter or detector check may be used in place of a service meter.
(2) The customer shall agree in writing that water supplied through this service will not be used for any purpose, except for extinguishing a fire.
(3) If an approved proportional meter or detector check registers water use other than to extinguish a fire, the city may install a service meter.
(C) No charge shall be made for water used to extinguish a fire if the customer reports to the city in writing within ten days of the fire.
(D) Water may be obtained from fire protection facilities for filling a tank connected with fire service only if the city grants permission in writing and approves the means of measurement for filling the tank prior to obtaining water. The rates for general use of water will apply.
(E) The city may terminate water service to an approved fire protection system if water is used for purposes not related to extinguishing a fire.
(Prior Code, § 3.05.040) (Ord. 260, passed 4-5-1999; Ord. 274, passed 6-26-2000; Ord. 275, passed 6-5-2000; Ord. 287, passed 4-16-2001; Ord. 294, passed 7-1-2002; Ord. 313, passed 4-5-2004; Ord. 318, passed 7-19-2004)