Subd. 1. Supervision. All work performed within the limits of the city shall comply with all requirements of the Minnesota Plumbing Code as amended and the Shorewood Standard Specifications and Details Manual and shall be under the direct supervision of the City Water Inspector and Public Works Director.
Subd. 2. Authority to do work. Only persons authorized by this chapter shall tap any distributing main or pipe of the water system, or insert stopcocks or ferrule therein.
Subd. 3. Excavations. If the installation is to be in a surfaced street, the location of the water main shall be ascertained from the City Engineer and, upon completion, the installation shall be inspected by the Public Works Department. Prior to construction within the street, notice shall be given to the City Water Inspector, School District, United States Post Office, Police and Fire Departments, and City Public Works Director. The notice must be given at least three days prior to the excavation for laying of the service pipe, and the connection must be made before 3:00 p.m. After approval by the Public Works Department, the street shall be restored to its previously existing condition as directed and approved by the Public Works Department. The expense of the construction and restoration shall be borne by the applicant.
Subd. 4. Separate connections and meters. No more than one housing unit or building shall be supplied from one service connection except by special permission of the City Council. Whenever two or more parties are supplied from one pipe, connecting with the distribution main, each building or part of the building must have a separate stop box and a separate meter.
Subd. 5. Property service lines. All installations of property service lines shall comply with the following:
a. Property service pipe must be laid with sufficient waving to allow not less than one foot extra length and in the manner as to prevent rupture by settlement.
b. Property service lines must be placed not less than seven and one-half feet below surface or finished grade, whichever is lower, and arranged so as to prevent rupture by freezing.
c. A shut off or other curb stop shall be installed at the property line and placed so as to be protected from freezing.
d. All underground joints are to be mechanical (compression or flared, not sweated) unless otherwise approved by the City Inspector.
e. Joints shall be kept to a minimum with not more than one joint used for service up to 70 feet in length.
f. All piping joints and connections shall be left uncovered until inspected and tested at normal water line pressure.
g. Connections at mains for domestic supply shall be at least one inch.
h. No water pipe shall be connected with any pump, well, tank or piping that is connected with any other water supply other than the municipal water system.
i. Not more than one building shall be supplied from one service connection unless by special permission from the City Council.
j. When two or more buildings are supplied from one pipe, each building must have a separate stop box and separate meter.
k. Prior to connection with the municipal water system, all means of cross-connection to a retained private water supply shall be eliminated.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-28-2003)