(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Olive Hill, Kentucky, acting by and through its City Council or such other body, as shall be the governing body of the city under the laws of the commonwealth at any given time.
CUSTOMER. A property owner or his or her agent who has agreed to purchase water from the city.
MANAGER. The manager, superintendent, or other person duly employed and authorized by the city to supervise the operation of the system.
SYSTEM. The municipal waterworks system of the city as now or hereafter constituted.
(B) Applications for water service. Each customer must make application for water service at the City Hall, and the application, including service received thereunder, is unassignable by the customer.
(C) Water taps and connections.
(1) Whenever the city determines it to be feasible to provide water service to a customer, the city shall install, maintain, and operate a main distribution pipeline or lines from the system’s source of water supply and shall further install and maintain, at the city’s expense, such portion(s) of the necessary water service lines as may be needed to bring water from a water main to the lot or easement line of a customer; provided, however, that if the necessary water service line from the water main to the water meter of a customer is unusually long, as determined by the manager within guidelines fixed by the city, the customer may be required to pay a portion of the cost of such service line.
(2) The expense borne by the city in any event shall include the necessary tap, fittings, and shutoff valve, which items shall belong to the city. Each customer shall install and maintain at his or her expense that portion of the service line from the lot or easement line to his or her premises, including a stop and waste cock at the end of the house side of his or her service, which items shall belong to the customer. The minimum earth cover of the customer’s service shall be 30 inches. The manager shall determine the size and kind of service to be installed.
(D) Purchase and use of water.
(1) Each customer shall be entitled to purchase from the city pursuant to such agreements as may from time to time be provided and required by the city such water as the customer may desire, subject, however, to the provisions of this section and to such further rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the city; provided, however, that should a customer sell or dispose of a portion of his or her property or subdivide the same, he or she or the new owner of each such new tract may not demand water and taps without paying connection fees for each such tract to be served.
(2) In the event that the total water supply shall be insufficient to meet all the needs of the customers, or in the event there is a shortage of water, the city or its manager may prorate the water available among the various customers on such basis as is deemed equitable by the city or its manager, and may also prescribe a schedule of hours covering use of water and require adherence thereto or prohibit the use of water for specified purposes for such appropriate period of time as may be necessary under the circumstances.
(E) Ownership of lines and meters. The city shall own all lines, meters, and other water equipment as shall be paid for by the city.
(Ord. passed 11-13-1972)