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(A) Application. No water from the waterworks system shall be turned on for service into any premises by any person but the city. An application to have water turned on shall be made to the City Clerk. The applicant shall, in addition to completing such application, furnish a photo identification card which the City Clerk shall photocopy and keep with the application, and shall contain an agreement by the applicant to abide by and accept all the provisions of this chapter as conditions governing the use of city water supply.
(1969 Code, §§ 27-121, 27-122)
(B) Turn-on fee. A fee shall be paid for turning on the water. The only exception to this will be when the customer temporarily relocates to another home out of state, in which case a fee shall be added to the bill at the time of turn-on.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998; Am. Ord. 2004-34, passed 8-23-2004) Penalty, see § 51.999
All service pipes and laterals from the waterworks system (water mains) to the stop box shall be installed by, and at the expense of the city for a distance not to exceed 200 feet. If the water service must cross a city or state road or alley that requires boring and casing, the cost of that boring and casing shall be borne by the applicant for the service or the owner of the property being served. All expense for more than 200 feet shall be at the cost of and installed by the owner of the property to be served or the applicant for the service. All these water services shall have a curb cock on the terrace with a stop box flush with the ground.
(1969 Code, § 27-126) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
All repairs for service pipes and laterals from the waterworks system (water mains) to the stop box shall be made by and at the expense of the city. From the stop box to the property being served, all repairs and excavations shall be by and at the expense of the property owner.
(1969 Code, § 27-129) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) If, in accordance with the State Plumbing Code, Chapter 225, Act 320, §§ 1 et seq., or in the judgment of the city, an approved backflow prevention device is necessary for the safety of the public water supply system, the city will give notice to the water customer to install such an approved device immediately. The water customer shall, at his or her own expense, install such an approved device at a location and in a manner in accordance with the State Plumbing Code and all applicable local regulations and shall have inspections and tests made of the approved devices as required by the State Plumbing Code and local regulations.
(B) No person shall establish or permit to be established or maintain or permit to be maintained any connection whereby private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply other than the regular public water supply of the city enters the supply or distribution system of the municipality, unless the private, auxiliary, or emergency water supply and the method of connection and use of that supply shall have been approved by the city and the State Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) It shall be the duty of the city to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. These surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every 2 years, or as often as the city shall deem necessary. Records of these surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least 5 years.
(D) The approved cross-connection control device inspector shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and the city or its authorized agent shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand, the owner, lessees, or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the city any information which it may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use on that property. The refusal of this information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the city, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this section.
(E) The City Clerk of this city is hereby authorized and directed to discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupant thereof, the water service to any property wherein any connection in violation of the provisions of this section is known to exist, and to take other precautionary measures as he or she may deem necessary to eliminate any danger of contamination of the public water supply distribution mains. Water service to the property shall not be restored until those conditions have been eliminated or corrected in compliance with the provisions of this section, and until a reconnection fee is paid to the city. Immediate disconnection with verbal notice can be effected when the city is assured that imminent danger of harmful contamination of the public water supply system exists. Such an action shall be followed by written notification of the cause of disconnection.
(F) The consumer responsible for backsiphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained, or repaired device, or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of cleanup of the potable water supply system.
(Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
(A) All water services used or laid on city property shall be of K copper construction.
(B) At no time will plastic or galvanized pipe be used regardless of who is laying the pipe.
(1969 Code, § 27-128) (Ord. -, passed 7-27-1998) Penalty, see § 51.999
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