1. Water service connect-ion will be made to improved property only, or to property in process of improvement, upon written request for service connection with signature of property owner or his duly authorized agent. A new application must be made upon any change in ownership of the property
2. The Water District shall install and maintain the curb cock and box for each customer; provided, however, that on occasion shall the Water District install and maintain service lines for more than 50 feet from the main line to the present water district.
3. The owner shall, at his own expense, dig and fill trenches and furnish pipe for his service line from the curb cock and box to his own property and to maintain the same, and in all respects be responsible for any and all injury and damage in consequence thereof or resulting therefrom.
4. All service lines shall have a covering of not less than 3 feet and it is forbidden to lay any service pipe in the same trench with a sewer pipe. The Water District reserves the right to inspect, before covering, that portion of the line installed by the owner.
5. The stop cock or any water line supplying water to any premises, whether through an old or new installation, shall be under the exclusive control of the Water District and no person shall open or close the same, or lend a key for so doing, without the consent of the Water District, except in case of breaks or accident.
6. Service lines upon the premises supplied must be maintained by the customer and all leaks must be promptly repaired by the owner, and upon failure to make such repairs with reasonable dispatch, the service may be discontinued after due notice and will not be resumed until necessary repairs are made. In such case, a charge in an amount as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors will be made to cover the cost of turning the water off and on. [Ord. 66]
(Ord. 1, 12/26/1952; as amended by Ord. 66, 9/5/2002, § 1)