90.02 SUPERINTENDENT’S DUTIES.

The Superintendent shall supervise the installation of water service pipes and their connection to the water main and enforce all regulations pertaining to water services in the City in accordance with this chapter. This chapter shall apply to all replacements of existing water service pipes as well as to new ones. The Superintendent shall make such rules, not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, as may be needed for the detailed operation of the water system, subject to the approval of the Council. In the event of an emergency the Superintendent may make temporary rules for the protection of the system until due consideration by the Council may be had.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])

90.03 MANDATORY CONNECTIONS.

All residences and business establishments within the City limits intended or used for human habitation, occupancy or use shall be connected to the public water system, if it is reasonably available and if the building is not furnished with pure and wholesome water from some other source.

90.04 ABANDONED CONNECTIONS.

When an existing water service is abandoned or a service is renewed with a new tap in the main, all abandoned connections with the mains shall be turned off at the corporation stop and made absolutely watertight.

90.05 PERMIT.

Before any person makes a connection with the public water system, a written permit must be obtained from the City. The application for the permit shall include a legal description of the property, the name of the property owner, the name and address of the person who will do the work, and the general uses of the water. If the proposed work meets all the requirements of this chapter and if all fees required under this chapter have been paid, the permit shall be issued. Work under any permit must be completed within 60 days after the permit is issued, except that when such time period is inequitable or unfair due to conditions beyond the control of the person making the application, an extension of time within which to complete the work may be granted. The permit may be revoked at any time for any violation of these chapters.

90.06 FEE FOR PERMIT.

Before any permit is issued the person who makes the application shall pay to the Clerk a fee to be set by resolution of the Council, which fee shall cover the cost of issuing the permit, supervising, regulating, and inspecting the work, and making necessary engineering studies.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)

90.07 PERMITS FOR OTHER CONNECTIONS.

Permits may be issued (upon payment of a fee as may be set by the Council by resolution) for connection to the public water system for swimming pools, irrigation of yards, gardens, and other uses for which sanitary sewer service charges are not applicable. A backflow preventer to protect against contamination of the water system shall be installed in such connections on the hose bib. No underground irrigation systems shall be allowed in the public right-of-way or public lands.

90.08 COMPLIANCE WITH PLUMBING CODE.

The installation of any water service pipe and any connection with the water system shall comply with all pertinent and applicable provisions, whether regulatory, procedural or enforcement provisions, of the International Plumbing Code, as adopted and amended.