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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.
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)
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.
All taps into water mains shall be made by or under the direct supervision of the Superintendent and in accord with the following:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])
1. All taps in the water main must be at least 12 inches apart and on the side and near the top and not in any case within 18 inches of the hub.
2. Service connections shall be three-fourths inch type K copper (ASTM B88) or schedule 40 PVC (polyvinyl chloride) (ASTM D1784 and D1785). Where good engineering design requires, larger service lines may be required.
3. Service lines shall be installed at least five and one-half feet below finished ground level. Pipe must be laid sufficiently waving, and to such depth, as to prevent rupture from settlement or freezing.
4. In any instance in which a service line for requested water service exceeds 110 feet in length, the property owner shall, before water service is extended to such owner, agree to pay the cost of installation of a meter pit in a location to be designated by the City, and said property owner shall pay the cost of installation of said pit prior to the furnishing of water to said property. The meter pit shall thereafter be the property of the City.
All original connections to the municipal water system shall be made at the expense of the owner of the property to be served. Thereafter, and during the time that this provision is in effect, the City will make necessary repairs to the service line from its system to the main shutoff valve provided for in Section 90.15 of this chapter, provided that notice of the necessity of such repair be given the Superintendent prior to excavation. Property owners requesting a tap of a water main by the City employees shall pay to the City an amount set by resolution of the Council, plus costs of materials, except for the original connections to the municipal water system, which shall be made at the expense of the owner of the property to be served.
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