A. Application procedure. Any person desiring to connect a user pipeline to the City's heating distribution pipeline, or to connect a secondary use to a user's discharge pipeline, may apply for such service connection with the Department on forms provided for that purpose. The Department shall approve or deny said application in writing within fourteen days of its filing.
B. Service connection fees. Upon approval of a service connection application, the applicant shall remit a connection fee to the Department in an amount to be established by resolution of the Board.
C. Failure to remit the fee in full, or otherwise comply with fee requirements, within fourteen days of the date of application approval shall render said approval void. The applicant shall be given written notice of such voiding by certified mail.
D. Service connection standards and inspections. All user service pipeline connections to the heating service system, including secondary use connections, shall be completed under procedures promulgated by the Department. All completed and approved user service pipeline connections shall remain inoperable, by Department deactivation of the City heat meter, until such time as a service account is activated by the Department. All completed and approved service connections shall be used only for the purpose expressly cited in the connection permit; service users shall not, any manner, otherwise connect or divert the heat or fluid provided by the service connection. The City shall not be liable for the materials, workmanship, operation, or maintenance, relating to the user service pipeline or to private heating or cooling equipment installed beyond the City's service connection.
(Ord. MC-298, 8-17-83)