The City Manager shall prepare rules and regulations with respect to water services, including specifications for service and supply pipes, which, unless otherwise ordered by ordinance, shall be of copper, lead or polyethylene plastic material. Such rules and regulations shall cover, inter alia, the following subjects: fire mains, sprinkler systems, fire hydrants, drinking fountains, inter-connections, restrictions on water use during fires, specifications for construction of house boilers, depth of trenches, stopcocks, waste cocks, stop boxes, excavations in streets, pushed pipes, barricades and lights, manner of tapping mains, consumers supplying water to others, and any other subject governing the consumption of water in the City. No such rule or regulation shall be contrary to the provisions of this chapter. He shall present such rules and regulations to the Mayor and Council for their consideration and, when such rules and regulations are adopted by the Mayor and Council and are promulgated according to law, they shall be deemed and considered to be a part of this chapter.
(Ord. 935. Passed 1-22-79.)