[Ord. No. 64 §1, 2-8-1965]
The Superintendent of Waterworks or other authorized agents
and employees of the City shall have access at all reasonable hours
to the premises supplied with water by the City, for the purpose of
making necessary examination of plumbing fixtures, taking meter readings,
changing meters, and for any other reasons deemed necessary by the
City.
[Ord. No. 64 §2, 2-8-1965]
All water customers of the City shall prevent unnecessary waste
of water by keeping their hydrants, faucets, valves, hose and apparatus
of all kinds, together with their stop-boxes in good repair and accessible
at all times to the City's employees.
[Ord. No. 64 §3, 2-8-1965]
No physical connection shall be allowed between a service line
from the mains of the City and any pipe or tank which shall have contents
polluted or otherwise questionable character, or which is not a water
supply approved by the State Board of Health of Missouri. Should such
a cross connection be found, the City, after giving the customer a
twenty-four (24) hour notice of its intention, will discontinue service
to the customer unless all physical connections between the two (2)
water supplies have been severed.
[Ord. No. 64 §4, 2-8-1965]
When application is made for a tap to the City's mains, all
necessary plumbing and excavation permits from the City or other authority
over such work shall be exhibited. The City shall be given at least
forty-eight (48) hours notice in advance of the time a tap is to be
made.
[Ord. No. 64 §§5—7, 2-8-1965]
A.
The
service line from the main at the property line must be installed
in accordance with any applicable rules and regulations covering such
installation. No service line shall have an inside diameter of less
than three-quarter (¾) inch and only type K copper pipe shall
be used. Service lines shall be installed not less than three (3)
feet below the finished grade.
B.
Water
service lines must be laid in a trench separate from the sewer trench.
The undisturbed earth between the separate trenches shall not be less
in width than the depth of the water service line below the finished
grade. A shelf cut into the side of a sewer drain trench is not a
separate trench within the meaning and requirements of this rule.
C.
A round
way, inverted core, tee head curb cock of good bronze material shall
be installed on the service line at a point as near the curb line
as practical and permissible. A cast iron extension curb box of an
approved pattern shall be placed over the curb cock so that the curb
cock is readily accessible for turning on or off by the City's Superintendent.
When the service line is extended into the building an inverted core,
round way, bronze stop and waste cock of an approved pattern shall
be installed on the service pipe at or immediately beyond the point
where the service pipe enters the building, and the stop and waste
cock shall be provided with a suitable wrench or extension handle
to make it accessible at all times for readily turning off or on by
the occupant of the building or by the City Superintendent.
[Ord. No. 64 §§8—10, 2-8-1965]
A.
The
main must be exposed at the tapping point, and service pipe, curb
cock and stop box, all furnished by the customer, must be installed
before tap will be made by the City. The service trench shall not
be backfilled until after the tap is made.
B.
The
tap excavation at the main must be of sufficient size to allow the
tapper to attach and operate the tapping machine, and must be free
from mud and water. If the tapper finds the tap not ready when he/she
calls to make the tap, the City must be notified again of readiness
before the tapper will call.
C.
All
service pipes, valves, stop cocks, stop and waste cocks, stop boxes,
curb and meter boxes, which are the property of the customer, are
to be kept in repair by the customer.
[Ord. No. 64 §11, 2-8-1965]
Customers will not be permitted to extend service lines along
public or private streets, or roadways, or through property of others
in order to obtain connection to a water main, unless authorized.
[Ord. No. 64 §12, 2-8-1965]
Separate premises must have separate service pipes, curb cocks
and curb boxes.
[Ord. No. 64 §13, 2-8-1965]
The City will provide plans and specifications for boxes for
meters larger than two (2) inches.
[Ord. No. 64 §14, 2-8-1965]
All meter installations will be made at the property line. Meter
wells shall be made of clay or concrete tile with metal cover. Using
meter riser and meters specified by the City.
[Ord. No. 64 §15, 2-8-1965]
Customers must take necessary precautions to prevent pipes and
meters from freezing in cold weather and must keep the meter boxes
free from water at all times.
[Ord. No. 64 §16, 2-8-1965]
No person except a duly authorized employee of the City, or
other person duly authorized by the City, shall make any connection
or disconnection, either temporary or permanent, to a water main of
the City, or set, change, remove, interfere with or by-pass any water
meter.
[Ord. No. 64 §17, 2-8-1965]
The customer shall accept as standard of measurement, the meter
installed by the City. Should the meter become defective or fail to
register correctly, the quantity of water used shall be determined
by a test of the meter, or by the amount used during the corresponding
period of the preceding year, or by an estimate based on the average
amount of water used during the preceding twelve (12) months proportioned
to the period during which the meter is shown to have been defective
or inaccurate.
[Ord. No. 64 §18, 2-8-1965]
The City, at its expense, will make periodic tests and inspections
of its meters in order to maintain them at a high standard of accuracy.
The City will make a test of the accuracy of any water meter, free
of charge, upon request of a customer, provided that the meter had
not been tested within twelve (12) months previous to such request.
[Ord. No. 64 §19, 2-8-1965]
The City reserves the right at all times, without notice to
customers, to shut off the water in a main for the purpose of making
repairs or extensions, or for any other necessary purpose, and all
persons having boilers or tanks within their premises depending on
the pressure from the main to keep them filled, are hereby cautioned
against danger of collapse. It is the intention of the City to notify
their patrons of the necessity of shutting off the main supply, but
an emergency may, at times, not permit taking the time to do so.
[Ord. No. 64 §20, 2-8-1965]
Plumbers shall not turn water off or on at the corporation or
stop cock to any service pipe, except to make repairs and test their
work, after which they will leave it off or on as they found it. Only
persons authorized by the City may turn the water on or off at the
corporation or stop cock. Water shall not be turned on to any premises
except by an employee of the City.
[Ord. No. 64 §21, 2-8-1965]
The City may regulate or limit, by special regulations or orders,
any unusual, unnecessary or wasteful use of water, or the filling
of tanks, basins, swimming pools, etc., requiring large flows of water,
where such use of water may affect service to other customers, and
may restrict or regulate the quantity of water used by customers in
case of scarcity or whenever in the judgment of the Board of Aldermen
an emergency affecting public health and welfare may require such
restrictions.
[Ord. No. 64 §22, 2-8-1965]
Whenever the strict enforcement of this Article would entail
unusual, real and substantial difficulties or hardships, the Board
of Aldermen or its duly authorized representative may vary or modify
it in such a way that a customer may use the City's water service
without unjust difficulties and expense, if at the same time the public
welfare and interests of the municipality are fully protected and
the general intent and spirit of the Article is preserved.
[Ord. No. 64 §23, 2-8-1965]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment that is a part of the City's Waterworks.
Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 64 §24, 2-8-1965]
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Sections 705.170 and 705.330 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
[Ord. No. 64 §25, 2-8-1965; Ord. No. 899 §10, 8-18-2010]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be subject to the general penalty provisions contained in Section 100.040.
