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Sec. 17-16. - Adequate supply of water.#
Every dwelling house, tenement house or other occupied building shall have an adequate supply of drinkable water at one or more accessible points.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 17-16)
Sec. 17-17. - Filling wells and cisterns.#
Whenever, in the opinion of the city council, the use of any well or cistern is dangerous to health, the use of such well or cistern shall be discontinued and such well or cistern shall be filled with ashes, sand or gravel or shall have a suitable stone or iron cover cemented down.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 17-17)
Sec. 17-18. - Rates, rules and regulations—Adopted.#
The city council hereby adopts and ratifies the latest rates, rules and regulations as established by the director of public works as the rates, rules and regulations of the water division of the city and such rules and regulations are on file and available in the city offices.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 17-18)
Sec. 17-19. - Same—Amendments.#
The rates, rules and regulations of the water division of the city adopted and ratified by the city council are hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Bills rendered monthly, quarterly or semi-annually. Amended to read as follows: "Water bills are rendered to the owner of the property supplied. Large industrial, manufacturing, and commercial accounts are billed monthly, all others are billed quarterly."
Section 2. Meters. Amended by adding thereto the following: "Remote reading water meters. All meters installed on new services shall be the remote reading type equipped with outside registers for remote reading from an outside receptacle. The outside receptacle shall be securely attached to the exterior of the house or building and connected to the outside register by a cable. The cost of the entire assembly will be included in the price of the meter. The applicant shall arrange with their contractor to install the outside register and the cable in a location approved by the water division. Actual connections of the cable to the outside register shall be performed by the employees of the water division."
Section 2. Meters. Subsection entitled "meter testing" is amended to read as follows: "Every water meter is carefully tested before it is first installed, and before it is reset after being removed for repairs or other purposes. Periodic tests for duty of each meter will also be made as often as the water division may deem necessary. Should a property owner at any time question the accuracy of the meter on his service, it may be tested (preferably in his presence) after the division receives the request in writing. A deposit of $25.00 will be required before the meter is disconnected. Should the test show that the meter has been overregistering in excess of 1.5 percent, the deposit will be refunded. If the test is within this limit or registers in favor of the consumer, the deposit will be retained by the division to cover the cost of removal and test."
Section 3. Service pipes (general). Amended by changing the subsection entitled, "Connection charge for service pipes," to read as follows: "Service pipes are installed by the water division from the distribution main in the street up to and including the curb stop just inside the curbline. In the case of service lines six inches or larger, the installation will terminate just inside the curbline with no curb stop. The charge for this installation will be at the following rates, and must be paid for in advance. Size of Pipe Cost of Installation
¾-inch $1,675.00 (includes meter)
1-inch $1,770.00 (includes meter)
2-inch $2,525.00 (includes meter)
6-inch and 8-inch $3,500.00 plus cost of tapping sleeve and valve (no meter)
The above service pipe charge is a connection charge and is made irrespective of the length of service pipe or the location of the main pipe.
Additional costs such as road sawcutting, police detail work and work necessary to comply with state road cut permits will be billed as required by the job."
Section 3. Service pipes (general). Subsection entitled "material for service pipes" is amended to read as follows: "All service pipes three-fourths inch in diameter to and including two inches in diameter shall be type "K" extra heavy, soft temper, cold drawn, seamless, deoxidized copper tubing, having a minimum ultimate tensile strength of not less than 30,000 pounds per square inch. For service pipes three-fourths inch in diameter to and including two inches, the water division may also allow polyethylene tubing type 3408 high-density polyethylene of 200 psi pressure rating. PE tubing shall be of copper pipe size and shall meet ASTM specifications for D3350.
"Service pipes four inches in diameter and above shall be Class 52 ductile iron pipe, manufactured in accordance with American Water Works Association Specification AWWAC151-65."
Section 5. Financing extensions. Amended to read as follows: "Whenever any such water main shall be constructed, an assessment shall be made upon all lots abutting upon that portion of the street in which such water main shall be located and at a rate not exceeding $8.00 for each front foot of such lots upon such streets, plus a charge, to the applicant only, for rock excavation, at the rate of $20.00 per cubic yard of rock actually required to be removed to make the extension; and provided also, that the assessment shall apply to the front feet on the street where the water main is first constructed, and the first 80 feet on the side street shall be exempt from assessment, if thereafter, a main shall be constructed on such side street. Rock excavation will be measured, as the main extension progresses, and all ledge and boulders, in excess of one-half cubic yard will be subject to the $20.00 per cubic yard charge. Upon completion of the main extension, the applicant will be notified of such charge for rock excavation and shall pay such charge, in full, before the main extension will be placed in service. In the event that any estate is situated between two streets, where water mains are constructed, the assessment shall apply to the front feet on the street where the water main is first constructed, and 80 percent of the footage on the side street shall be exempt from assessment."
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 17-19; Ch. 272, § I, 8-19-03)