(A) The customer shall pay all expenses associated with the installation of all new service lines. A service line consists of a water service line from the main to the curb stop and from the curb stop to the meter location. The curb stop and meter will be placed in a location to be determined by the City Waterworks.
(B) The City Waterworks shall maintain water service lines from the main to and including the curb stop.
(C) Subject to the provisions of § 53.04, the property owner shall install and maintain all service pipes and fixtures from the curb stop to the meter. Any leaks or defects in these lines or fixtures shall be promptly and properly repaired. When the City Waterworks becomes aware of a leak in a private service line or fixture, the owner of such service pipe shall be notified of the leak. If the necessary repairs are not begun promptly following notice and completed within a reasonable period of time, the fixture attaching such service line with the main may be removed or water service terminated at the option of the City Waterworks. In the alternative, the City Waterworks may elect to make the necessary repairs and then charge the owner with the reasonable and necessary cost of those repairs.
(D) When the property to be served is not adjacent to a water main and it is necessary to cross public or private property to provide service, the property owner requesting service shall be responsible for the maintenance of the required line unless the City Waterworks agrees, in writing, to accept the responsibility for the maintenance of the line.
(E) The consumer shall install a check and relief value for the protection of the meter and other equipment when a service line is connected directly to hot water fixtures which may cause back pressure.
(F) When the customer is served by a non-metallic water line, the customer shall install a plastic coated twelve gauge, solid copper wire with the line from the curb stop to the building served, to make the location of the line more readily determinable. The wire shall be accessible at both the curb stop and the building.
('74 Code, §§ 50.08, 50.09, 50.27) (Ord. 1357, passed 4-1-46; Am. Ord. 98-5, passed 4-13-98) Penalty, see § 10.99