(A) Water connecting or supplying pipes leading from buildings or yards to the curb box (or at the public right-of-way location where the curb box would usually be located if there is not one presently existing) shall be inserted and kept in repair at the expense of the owner or occupant of the building or yard being served, and shall not be inserted or connected with the main distributing pipe (watermain) until a permit therefor shall be obtained from the City Council or from its authorized agent.
(B) It shall be the responsibility of the private property owners and not the city or the Kalamazoo Lake, Sewer and Water Authority to fairly apportion and divide the expense of maintaining and repairing existing connecting and supplying pipes, as those pipes are defined in § 52.31 above, where a connecting or supplying pipe is providing water to more than one premises.
(Ord. passed 4-27-1987) Penalty, see § 52.99