§ 52.30  SERVICE PIPES.
   (A)   The city shall furnish and install the service pipe from the main to the water meter. The water meter will be located as close to the property line of the owner to be served as practicable. The city will furnish a corporation cock, the curb cock, the water meter and the meter box. There is hereby established a fee of $550 for the provision and installation of the pipe and appurtenances. Except as hereinafter provided, all repairs on the corporation cock, the curb cock, the water meter and the curb box shall be made by the city at its expense after the first installation. In the event that a water meter is located on private property, the city's responsibility and expense for repair and maintenance of the service pipe shall not extend beyond the property line of the owner of the private property.
   (B)   All service pipes from the water meter to the premises to be served shall be installed by and at the cost of the owner of the property to be served or by the applicant for the service.  The installation shall be under the supervision of the Director of the Department of Public Works.  All service pipes shall be buried at least 3½ feet deep in the ground.  All repairs on service pipes from the water meter to the premises being served and plumbing system of building shall be made by and at the expense of the owners of the premises served.  The city may in the case of emergency repair any service pipe, and if this is done, the cost of the repair work shall be repaid to the city by the owner of the premises served.
(1992 Code, § 52.30) (Am. Ord. 111477B, passed 11-14-1977; Am. Ord. 72880, passed 7-28-1980; Am. Ord. 081301B, passed 8-13-2001; Am. Ord. 2005-MC08, passed 8-22-2005; Am. Ord. 2005-MC14, passed 10-24-2005)  Penalty, see § 10.99