37-49 Service pipes—Excavations under sidewalk; installation.

(a)    Where basement areas have been excavated beneath sidewalks, water service pipes shall be laid by the City only to the inside of the area wall and the owner shall be required to construct, from plans approved by the Director, a suitable meter pit and sidewalk opening with cover in order to locate the meter abutting the sidewalk side of the curbline in regular position.

(b)    The installation of water service pipes extending from the main to the meter abutting the sidewalk side of the curbline, together with the necessary labor and materials for such construction, shall be made by the Water Services Department.

(Code 1962, § 38-34; Ord. No. G-1059, § 1)