(A) Certification. Connections shall not be made to either the city water or the wastewater system until the city's operator or other party designated by the City Council has certified that the respective system or applicable portion thereof is adequate and operational. Water service shall not be provided to any residential or business unit not in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Texas Department of Health, the Texas Natural Resources and Conservation Council, as set out in the Texas Water Code or as otherwise required by statute or regulation.
(B) Service access. Upon application for connection to the water system the applicant shall grant an easement of ingress and egress to and from the meter or point of service for such installation, maintenance and repair as the city, in its judgement, may deem necessary. Taps and connections will not be made when, in the opinion of the city's operator, building materials obstructs the work area and debris or the work area is not completed to finished grade. When sidewalks, driveways or other improvements have been constructed prior to application for service, such application shall be construed and accepted as a waiver of a claim for damages to such improvements resulting from the reasonable actions of the city's operator in installation of the customer's connection.
(C) City property. All meters, fittings, boxes, valves and appurtenances installed by city personnel shall remain the property of the city. City maintenance of the water service ends at the customer side of the connection to the water meter itself. City maintenance of the wastewater service ends at the tap, or point of connection, of the lateral line into the city wastewater line.
(D) Connections. All connections of the city water system and/or wastewater system shall be made by the city's operator unless specified otherwise by the City Council. No person, other than the properly authorized agents of the city, shall be permitted to tap or make any connections with the mains, distribution or collection lines of the city's water system, or wastewater system, except for emergency fire fighting purposes, or make any repairs or additions to or alterations in any meter box, tap, pipe, cock or other fixture connected with the water service except by the written permission of the City Council. No dual or multiple connections (being more than one user on a single meter) shall be permitted.
(E) Plan approval required. Each applicant for a connection shall within ten days prior to payment of tap fees, submit to the city operator the following information:
(1) One set of drawings showing details of building plumbing, site plumbing and the location, size and number of proposed connections to the city's water system and/or wastewater system; and
(2) A general description of the type of proposed establishment.
(3) The city's operator or other party designated by the City Council shall review the information presented and may approve or reject the application, or request that further information be submitted prior to the approval of the application. The applicant shall be notified in writing as to the basis for rejection. Failure to construct the facilities in accordance with approved drawings shall constitute a basis for denial of city water services. If the application information is not timely made, the city shall not be held responsible for delays in the installation of any water or wastewater connection. Payment of tap fees to the city prior to the approval of plans shall not constitute approval of said plans or approval for service as set forth herein; any unauthorized connection or connections may be removed at the expense of the person or firm causing such connection or connections to be made.
(Ord. 2019-005, passed 8- -2019) Penalty, see § 52.999