Chapter 15.44
SERVICE CONNECTIONS
Sections:
15.44.010 Application – Filing – Contents.
15.44.030 Relocation of connection – Cost.
15.44.050 Premises adjacent to city water main – Separate services required – Exceptions.
15.44.060 Maintenance of water pipes on premises.
15.44.010 Application – Filing – Contents.
(1) Any person desiring to have premises connected with the water supply system of the city shall present at the office of the water department a description of the premises by lot number, block number, and postal address number thereof and shall make application therefor on a printed form to be furnished by the city for that purpose, which application shall specify the size of service required, and shall state generally the purposes for which water is to be used. The application for water shall be signed by the occupant of the premises to be served or his duly authorized agent, and shall be filed in the office of the manager, and at the time of filing such application the applicant shall pay to the water department the fees for installation of water service as provided by this article or resolution of the city.
(2) The application provided for in subsection (1) shall constitute a contract on the part of the person making the same with the city to pay for the water applied for at the rate and in the manner specified by the ordinances or resolutions of the city governing the same and to comply with all other provisions of the ordinances or resolutions of the city pertaining thereto.
(3) All contracts shall take effect from the day they are signed and rates shall be charged from the dates the premises are connected with the city water supply and the meter installed. Meter rates shall be in effect as long as the meter remains on the service. (Ord. 1183 § 1, 1964; Ord. 426 § 2, 1943).
15.44.020 Installation.
Upon the presentation of receipt for the installation fees and the execution and delivery of the contract hereinbefore provided for, the manager shall cause the premises described in the application, if a water main is adjacent thereto, to be connected with the city’s water main by a service pipe extending approximately at right angles from the main to the property line, except as hereinafter provided. On all installations made subsequent to January 1, 1943, a stop and waste-cock of approved pattern, protected from frost, must be placed within five feet of the meter by means of which the consumer’s pipes may be drained. (Ord. 426 § 3, 1943).
15.44.030 Relocation of connection – Cost.
(1) Whenever it has been ascertained that a retaining wall, ornamental wall, or any other form of permanent wall is to be or has been erected on any portion of a city street or public place in which a water service connection has been installed, the manager may cause the relocation or readjustment of such water connection service or any portion thereof.
(2) The cost of such relocation or readjustment shall be charged against the property at which the erection of the permanent structure, as hereinabove referred to, is to be or has been done, and to the owner thereof.
(3) In no case shall the city be required to maintain or repair any portion of the service connection at any greater distance from the water main than the meter. (Ord. 426 § 3, 1943).
15.44.040 Premises not adjacent to city water main – Connection procedure – Cross-connections prohibited.
(1) In case of application for water service to supply a premises adjacent to which there is no city water main, the city will lay its connection from the main towards the premises for a distance in no case to exceed 20 feet and permit connection therewith by means of a union and pipes laid at the expense and maintained by the owner of the service, or may, in the discretion of the manager, upon the payment of the actual cost thereof, extend the service to the premises of the applicant along and beneath any public street or alley of the city, but not otherwise.
(2) The manager may limit the size and number of service connections which may be requested for any separate premises.
(3) In no case shall any cross-connection be laid between two or more city service connections nor between any city service connection and pipes supplying water from any other source. (Ord. 426 § 3, 1943).
15.44.050 Premises adjacent to city water main – Separate services required – Exceptions.
Where there is a water main adjacent to any premises, the owner of each house thereon supplied by city water must install his own separate service in connection with the city main, and the premises so supplied will not be allowed to supply water to any other premises except temporarily where there are no mains in the street; provided, that such restrictions shall not apply to services already installed, unless in the judgment of the manager it is found necessary to enforce such provisions as to connections already made; provided, further, that where two or more buildings are supplied by one metered service, not less than the minimum rate for premises supplied by means hereinafter provided for shall be assessed for each separate building or premises so supplied. (Ord. 426 § 3, 1943).
15.44.060 Maintenance of water pipes on premises.
(1) All persons connecting to city service or laying their own private pipes shall be required to use only standard galvanized, wrought-iron or copper pipe up to and including two inches in size, and all pipes shall be laid not less than one and one-half feet below the surface of the ground, except as hereinafter provided. The manager will maintain private services from city mains in streets which are being graded and will have such access on private property as shall be necessary to maintain such pipes during the work, and shall as soon as practicable upon the completion of such work, re-lay said pipes in their permanent location. Except for the above cause, owners shall maintain their private pipes from the end of the city service to and into their properties, or in case the manager finds it necessary to maintain the same, the owner shall relinquish all right in said pipes. When necessary, the manager may slope service in on property to conform to the slope occasioned by the grading of street or alley and charge the expense thereof to the owner of the service.
(2) The ownership of all main extensions, service pipes and appurtenant equipment maintained by the city shall be vested in the city, and in no case shall the owner of any premises have the right to claim or reclaim any part thereof unless herein otherwise provided.
(3) Whenever pipes connected with a city service connection are to be used as part of a lawn and shrubbery sprinkling system exclusively, such pipes may at the option of the property owner be laid less than one and one-half feet below the surface of the ground. (Ord. 1183 § 1, 1964; Ord. 426 § 4, 1943).
15.44.070 Installation fees.
(1) No service connection less than three-fourths inch in size shall be installed.
(2) The fees for the installation of water service as hereinabove provided shall be in such amounts as shall be fixed by resolution of the city council from time to time upon recommendation of the manager of the water department. (Ord. 1183 § 1, 1964; Ord. 838 § 1, 1956; Ord. 426 § 5, 1943).