(A) For all fire protection service installations made after the effective date of this schedule and requiring a special separate fire service line located on the property owner's premises, the property owner or consumer shall install at their expense, subject to the utility's inspection and approval, all the necessary complete separate piping system, extending from the consumer's system and connecting to the utility's existing water main.
(B) All separate fire service lines installed after the effective date of this schedule shall have installed in same an approved meter that will accurately measure any flow of water in same and detect any illegal diversion of water from the fire line. The check meter and its installation shall meet the utility's specifications and the entire installation shall be at the expense of the property owner or consumer.
(C) For old unmetered fire service lines, existing as of the effective date of these general rules and regulations, the utility reserves the right to require the consumer or property owner to install at his or her expense suitable approved meter installation to accurately meter all water that passes through the fire service line connection. In such an event the consumer will be given reasonable written notice (not to exceed six months) as to the date that such meter is to be installed and if the meter is not installed and in operation by the date specified by the utility, the fire service line shall be disconnected.
(D) After the effective date of these general rules and regulations, no new separate fire service line or combination fire protection and regular service line will be installed unless the property owner agrees in writing that 100% of the existing and future water requirements of the premises to be protected by the fire service line under consideration shall be furnished by the utility.
(E) Where such special fire protection service has been established and the property owner or consumer subsequently obtains his or her normal water supply from sources other than the utility, the charge for the fire protection service furnished by the utility shall be the applicable minimum and system capacity charges.
(F) Where the consumer purchases 100% of his or her water requirements from the utility and all service including fire protection is supplied through a single meter and single service line, the billing shall be based on service line size and no additional charge will be made for such fire protection service.
(G) No charge will be made for any water used for fire fighting purposes. The fire flow shall be estimated by the utility and deducted from the consumer's water bill.
(H) In the event that any non-fire protection lines or connections or taps are made to an unmetered fire service line or any evidence exists that water for non-firefighting purposes has been or could be illegally diverted from any unmetered fire line, the fire line shall be immediately disconnected from the utility's water system. Such fire protection service will not be restored until the consumer or property owner makes an advance deposit that will cover the total installed cost of adequate fire line metering equipment plus such other costs as are required to provide properly metered fire line protection service, plus an additional amount that will cover the estimated billing as determined by the utility for all water usage that may have been illegally diverted from the fire line.
TAP AND SERVICE LINE INSTALLATION CHARGES* (applicable to § 53.004) | |||||
Diameter of Tap and Size of Service Line (in inches) | Size of Meter | Inside Corporation | Outside Corporation | ||
Total Charge | Advance Deposit | Total Charge | Advance Deposit | ||
6.0" and above | Exempt | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
* Inspection Fee Only.
(Ord. passed 5-1-80; Am. Ord. 14-2015, passed 3-21-16) Penalty, see § 10.99