(A) Commercial service is a connection which serves an apartment house where there are three or more families residing or a store, factory or institution which requires large quantities of water. The sizes of these services shall be determined by consultation with the Board of Works. The Board of Works may require, at its discretion, that separate customers in apartment houses or commercial buildings with three or less consumer quarters or family units, and in double houses, duplex flats or trailer camps be metered separately in cases where one meter is presently installed and consumption is less than combined minimums for all customers. Until such time as customer and/or property owner re-aligns piping at his or her expense to facilitate installation of separate meters, the monthly billing shall be not less than combined minimums of all separate customer units served.
(B) Residence service is a connection which serves a residence wherein not more than two families reside. The size of these services shall be not smaller than five-eighths inch nor larger than one inch inside diameter of pipe.
(C) A service shall consist of: One corporation cock, three-fourths inch in size for single-family residences and of a size as specified by Utility Superintendent for apartments or commercial consumers, threaded into the water main. Cooper pipe or plastic P.V.C. Spec. PE 3306 connected to the corporation cock, and extending to not less than two feet outside the curb line.
(D) Water shall be turned off (or on) at curb cock in front of meter only by a Water Department employee or a licensed plumber. All service pipes must have stop and waste cocks between outside meter and consumer premises for emergency shut-offs and making of repairs.
(E) In no case shall service pipes be allowed to run across from one lot to another, but each lot shall be served by a service directly from the distribution main serving the premises.
(F) All persons are forbidden to cover up or in any way interfere with any curb-box, valve pit, valve box or hydrant. In the case of any automobile or vehicular accident involving the breaking or disconnection of a fire hydrant, the car owner involved shall pay for the repair of same.
(1992 Code, § 13.04.030) (Ord. 1969-24, passed 2-3-1970; Am. Ord. 2005-22, passed 11-15-2005) Penalty, see § 52.99