(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