A. Turning On Water: The water must not be turned on to any premises except by the inspector or authorized agent of the utility. It may be turned on to test plumbing work but must be turned off immediately after the test has been made.
B. Separate Trenches: No water pipe shall be roughed out closer than three feet (3') from the sewer pipe at the foundation of any building and shall not be laid in the same trench with the sewer line or be so constructed as to cross the sewer line, and no water pipes shall be laid in the same trench as sewer, gas or any other pipe, but a separate trench must be provided for such water pipe at least three feet (3') horizontally from all other pipelines.
C. Repair Of Private Lines: Whenever it shall become necessary to repair or alter any private water line, the size of the line, the size of the tap onto the utility water system and the sizes, types and locations of meter boxes, angle stops and other facilities must conform to standards established in this title. If there is a water main of the utility that is accessible to the residences served by such private line, the users of such private line may make connections directly to the utility water system rather than repair the private line and bring it into conformity with current standards. All repairs or alterations made to such private water lines shall be made at the expense of the property owner.
D. Abandoned Service Lines; Disconnection: In the event any service line that is or has been delivering water to any building, house or area is abandoned for any reason whatsoever, it shall be the responsibility of the owner thereof to disconnect the service line from the water main and to cap the corporation stop at his expense. The work may be performed by employees of the utility upon written request and payment of the cost of the service plus a charge of fifteen percent (15%) for overhead.
E. Frozen Service Lines: Ogden City Water Utility will only thaw out service lines that are owned and maintained by the City (typically from one foot back of curb out to the City mainline). There is no charge for the first thaw out. Any additional thawing of the service line will be charged at a rate of one hundred and ten dollars ($110.00) per hour with a minimum charge of one hundred and ten dollars ($110.00). The specified Frozen Service Lines fee shall be increased annually on July 1st in perpetuity by the percentage change in the west region consumer price index for all items derived for urban consumers (west region CPI-U), without any seasonal adjustment, for the prior year from January to January and produced by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (CPI).
(1979 Code §§ 14.10.100, 14.10.120, 14.10.160, 14.10.170; amd. Ord. 2023-39, 6-20-2023)