The property owner will be responsible for the cost of installation and materials of service line from, and including, the curb stop to the building for which it is intended.
(A) The property owner shall install a curb stop and box at or as near as possible to the property line. The property owner shall use an approved pipe of at least the grade “k” type copper or an AWWA approved plastic at least 200 pounds test from the curb stop to the meter.
(B) All service lines will be at a minimum of one inch with the exception of those in existing trailer parks that can have a minimum of a three-quarter inch service line.
(C) All service pipes must be laid as much under the surface of the ground as the depth of the main in the street. In all cases the pipe is to be protected so as to prevent rupture from freezing. All service pipes must be provided with a means to trace the line by electronic means. The location of the connection point to that location device shall be reported to the office of the City Finance Officer within ten days of the completion of installation and is to be measured from two property lines. The plumber making or installing the water service must, within ten days of installation, complete the taping record in the office of the City Finance Officer furnishing location of the service curb box in feet from two lot lines.
(D) No water user shall be permitted to repair any iron service when such service breaks or in any way causes a leak, it shall be replaced with approved pipe, at the expense of the water user or property owner and shall be installed under the supervision of the City Superintendent.
(E) The Council shall at all times have the power to change or adopt any rules or regulations by presenting the same in form of an ordinance at any regular or adjourned meeting and such action shall become effective upon the passage and publication of such resolution.
(F) No person, consumer, owner or occupant of premises shall be permitted to construct or lay water pipes across another lot, lots or fraction thereof to other premises for serving or supplying water for domestic or commercial use. All water service pipes shall enter on the street at the front of the building nearest the sidewalk. No more than one house shall be piped or connected with water mains or line from the same tap. Any person, consumer, owner or occupant of premises who are getting water from the city water distribution system is not permitted to dispose or barter any water registered through his or her water meter without first making application to the Council setting forth what the possible amount consumed will be and obtaining a special rate from the Council for that purpose.
(G) Water lines and sewer lines are prohibited from being placed in the same ditch. They must be at least ten feet apart.
(H) Every service pipe must be provided with an I. V. Minneapolis Pattern, like Mueller No. G-15150 or its equal stopcock for each consumer placed outside the lot line easily accessible and so situated so that the water can be conveniently shut off. All stop cocks in the line of the service pipe or branches under the ground must be stops with circular waterways of the same diameter of the waterways as the pipe in which each are placed and be in every respect as required by the Council or the City Superintendent.
(I) Unless otherwise permitted, stop cocks shall be placed in the service line or the outer edge of the property line and protected by a box or pipe reaching from the tap to the surface of the ground of suitable size to admit a stop key for turning on and off the stop; also with a heavy metal cover, visible and even with the pavement.
(J) The meter box should be at least ten feet from the hydrant box.
(Prior Code, § 4.03.05) (Ord. 226, passed - -; Ord. 592, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 785, passed - -; Ord. 796, passed - -; Ord. 818, passed - -)