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(A) Generally.
(1) The municipality, through its Water Department, shall furnish water to persons within its corporate limits whose premises abut a street or alley in which a commercial main now is or may hereafter be laid. The municipality may furnish water to persons within its corporate limits whose premises do not abut a street or alley in which a municipal commercial main is now or may hereafter be laid and may also furnish water to persons whose premises are situated outside the corporate limits of the municipality, as and when, according to law, the governing body may see fit to do so. The rules, regulations and water rates hereinafter named in this chapter shall be considered a part of every application hereafter made for water service and shall be considered a part of the contract between every consumer now or hereafter served.
(2) Without further formality, the making of application on the part of any applicant or the use or consumption of water service by present consumers thereof and the furnishing of water service to said consumer shall constitute a contract between the consumer and the municipality, to which said contract both parties are bound. If the consumer shall violate any of the provisions of said contract or any reasonable rules and regulations that the governing body may hereafter adopt, the Utilities Superintendent or his or her agent, may cut off or disconnect the water service from the building or premises or place of such violation. No further connection for water service to said building, premises or place shall again be made save or except by order of said Superintendent or his or her agent.
(Prior Code, § 3-105)
(B) Change in premises. Contracts for water service are not transferable. Any person wishing to change from one location to another shall make a new application and sign a new contract. If any consumer shall move from the premises where service is furnished, or if said premises is destroyed by fire or other casualty, he or she shall at once inform the Utilities Superintendent, who shall cause the water service to be shut off at said premises. If the consumer should fail to give such notice, he or she shall be charged for all water used on said premises until the Utilities Superintendent is otherwise advised of such circumstances.
(Prior Code, § 3-116)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537
(A) Installation procedure. In making excavations in streets, alleys or sidewalks for the purpose of installing pipe or making repairs, the paving, stones and earth must be removed and deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public and provide for adequate drainage. No person shall leave an excavation made in the street, alley or sidewalk open at any time without a barricade, and during the night, warning lights. After service pipes are laid, the streets, alleys and sidewalks shall be restored to good condition. If the excavation in any street, alley or sidewalk is left open or unfinished for a period of 24 hours or more, the Utilities Superintendent shall have the duty to finish or correct the work, and all expenses so incurred shall be charged to the consumer. All installations or repairs of pipes require two inspections by the Utilities Superintendent. The first inspection shall be made when connections or repairs are completed and before the pipes are covered. The second inspection shall be made after the dirt work is completed and the service is restored. It is the customer’s responsibility to notify the Superintendent at the time the work is ready for each inspection. All installation shall be done under the supervision and strictly in accordance with the rules, regulations and specifications prescribed for such installation by the Utilities Superintendent; provided, that said rules, regulations and specifications have been reviewed and approved by the governing body.
(Prior Code, § 3-106)
(B) Expense.
(1) The municipality shall pay the cost of tapping the main and installing the meter. No person other than the Utilities Superintendent or his or her duly authorized agent shall tap the water main. The customer shall pay a tap fee as follows.
4" saddle with 1" corporation (corp.) | $150 |
4" saddle with 1.5" corp | $200 |
4" saddle with 2" corp | $250 |
6" saddle with 1" corp. | $150 |
6" saddle with 1.5" corp | $200 |
6" saddle with 2" corp | $250 |
For all larger sizes of saddle or larger sizes of corporation, the fee shall be $125 per corporation inch | |
(2) The customer shall at his or her own expense bring water service from the main and upon his or her own premises and shall employ a licensed plumber who shall install water service to the place of disbursement. The customer shall supply and pay for the installation of the supply pipe, service pipe and the curb stop. The extension of commercial mains into territory within the corporate limits which is not supplied with water service may be made by means of water extension districts.
(Prior Code, § 3-107)
(Ord. 685, passed 12-6-1994; Ord. 792, passed 12-8-1999; Ord. 921, passed 10-11-2016)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537
(A) Any pipe, solders or flux used in the installation or repair of any residential or nonresidential facility which is connected to the public water supply system shall be lead free.
(B) For the purpose of this section, LEAD FREE shall mean:
(1) Solders and flux: not more than 0.2% lead; and
(2) Pipe and pipe fittings: not more than 8% lead.
(Prior Code, § 3-127) (Ord. 534, passed 6-7-1988)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 71-5301
(A) The customer shall repair or replace, as the case may be, all supply pipe between the commercial main to the place of disbursement. The municipality shall repair or replace, as the case may be, all incorporations between supply pipes and commercial mains. When leaks occur in service pipes, the Utilities Superintendent shall shut off water service until the leak is repaired at the expense of the customer to the satisfaction of the Utilities Superintendent. All water meters shall be kept in repair by the municipality at the expense of the municipality. When meters are worn out, they shall be replaced and reset by the municipality at the expense of the municipality; provided, that if the customer permits or allows a water meter to be damaged, injured or destroyed through his or her own recklessness, carelessness or neglect so that the meter must be repaired or replaced, the Utilities Superintendent shall bill and collect from the customer the cost of such meter repair or replacement in the same manner as water rent is collected. Permitting a water meter to be damaged or destroyed by freezing shall always be considered negligence on the part of the customer.
(B) All meters shall be tested at the customer’s request at the expense of the customer any reasonable number of times; provided, that if the test shows the water meter to be running 2% or more fast, the expense of such test shall be borne by the municipality. The municipality reserves the right to test any water service meter at any time and, if said meter is found to be beyond repair the municipality, shall always have the right to place a new meter on the customer’s water service fixtures at municipal expense. Should a consumer’s meter fail to register properly, the customer shall be charged for water during the time the meter is out of repair on the basis of the monthly consumption during the same month of the preceding year; provided, that if no such basis for comparison exists, the customer shall be charged such amount as may be reasonably fixed by the Utilities Superintendent. It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with any water meter, or by any means or device to divert water from the service pipe so that the same shall not pass through said meter, or, while passing through said meter, to cause the same to register inaccurately.
(Prior Code, § 3-108) (Ord. 512, passed 3-3-1987; Ord. 554, passed 2-7-1989) Penalty, see § 10.99
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