A. Payment Of Installation Cost: The applicant for private fire protection service shall pay the total actual cost of installation of the service from the distribution main to the customer's premises including the cost of a detector check meter or other suitable and equivalent device, valve and meter box, said installation to become the property of the City. The City may agree to install the connection and meter at the cost plus ten percent (10%).
B. No Connection To Other System: There shall be no connections between this fire protection system and any other water distribution system on the premises.
C. Use: There shall be no water used through the fire protection service except to extinguish fires and for testing the firefighting equipment.
D. Meter Rates: Any consumption recorded on the meter will be charged for at double the regular service rates except that no charge will be made for water used to extinguish fires where such fires have been reported to the duly authorized fire protection agency.
E. Monthly Rates: The monthly rates for private fire protection shall be established by the City Council upon receipt of application.
F. Water For Fire Storage Tanks: Occasionally water may be obtained from a private fire service for filling a tank connected with the fire service, but only if written permission is secured from the City in advance and an approved means of measurement is available. The regular water rates will be applied.
G. Water Pressure And Supply: The City assumes no responsibility for loss or damage due to lack of water or pressure, either high or low, and merely agrees to furnish such quantities and pressures as are available in its general distribution system. The service is subject to shutdowns and variations required by the operation of the system.
H. Rules: The following rules shall apply to fire service connections:
1. Valve: When a fire service connection is installed, the valve governing same will be closed and sealed and remain so until a written order is received from the owner of the premises to have the water turned on.
2. Meter: If the City does not require a meter and if water is used through a fire service connection for any other purpose than extinguishing of fires, it shall have the right to place a meter on the fire service connection and at the owner's expense or shut off the entire water supply from such premises.
3. Additional Service: The City shall have the right to take a domestic, commercial or industrial service connection from the fire service connection at the curb to supply the same premises as those to which the fire service connection belongs. The City shall also have the right to determine the proportion of the installation costs properly chargeable to each service connection, if such segregation of costs shall become necessary.
4. Check Valve: The City Council reserves the right to install on all fire service connections a check valve of a type approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and to equip the same with a bypass meter at the expense of the owner of the property.
I. Violations; Discontinuance Of Service: If water is used from a private fire service in violation of the agreement or of these regulations, the City may, at its option, discontinue and remove the service. (Ord. 91-40, 1-7-1992)