[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0101), 5-6-2003]
No water shall be furnished except through a service installed by the Water Department of the City. Such service installation shall include excavation, tapping the main, service line to the meter installation, but not beyond the property line, meter tile, meter tile cover, five-eighths (⅝) inch through three-fourths (¾) inch meter and meter connecting fittings and backfilling the installation. The cost of this installation shall be in lieu of any other main connecting fees and shall be such a fee and not a transaction in which the materials are purchased. The ownership of such service line and other appurtenances installed by the Water Department of the City shall remain with the water system of the City. The responsibility for maintenance and repairs to service lines installed as above will be that of the Water Department. The maintenance for any meter which is over five-eighths (⅝) inch through three-fourths (¾) inch in size shall remain the responsibility of the property owner. If the service line is replaced by the Water Department and if the owner executes an assignment of such service line to the Water Department, then such service line shall be the property of the Water Department and shall be maintained by such department.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0102), 5-6-2003]
The applicant for water shall pay all costs of tapping the main and tapping shall be under the supervision and inspection of the City. The cost of such taps shall be established by the Board.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0103), 5-6-2003]
In tapping, a main stopcock shall be inserted at the top, and it will lay at a depth of three (3) feet or more below the surface of the ground. The service pipe to the meter and such service pipe shall conform to AWWA standards.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0104), 5-6-2003]
A suitable brass stopcock with round waterway must be placed in the service pipe, so that the T head will stand parallel with the curb when the water is off, to allow the City to control the flow of water through any such pipe, located inside the curbstone and as near thereto as practicable, with iron stop box of such pattern as may be approved by the Mayor. Should it become necessary to dig the box out for the purpose of turning the water on or off, it shall be at the expense of the customer. No person other than the Mayor or one duly authorized by him/her shall turn on the water at any stopcock or meter or in any other manner take water from the water mains.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0105), 5-6-2003]
Along streets where water mains are laid, service pipes shall not be allowed to run across lots, that is, from one lot to another, but must be taken from the mains in front of the premises or some point in the street adjacent to the same, except by special permit of the Mayor; provided that one (1) service pipe may be used to supply all the parties taking water within sixty (60) feet on either side of such service pipe, in which case such branch service must have a curb stop and box. No more than one house shall be supplied from one (1) tap except by special permit of the Mayor.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0106), 5-6-2003]
No corporation cock shall be inserted for any premises where one has been previously inserted for water conveyed for the purpose of giving an increased supply, except pursuant to a new application and permit. Nor shall any attachment be made to any premises previously supplied with water, until the corporation cock previously used shall be drawn and the opening securely stopped with a brass plug at the expense of the owners of the premises. Nor shall any two (2) corporation cocks be inserted into any street main within less than ten (10) inches of one another.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0107), 5-6-2003]
No cross-connection or connection between any pipe carrying water from the waterworks of the City and water from any other source of supply shall be made and no pipe or orifice or opening of any kind shall be installed or permitted in any pipe or conductor of water from such waterworks in any tank, vessel, reservoir or container of any kind below the water level or possible water level.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0108), 5-6-2003]
All persons using City water for steam engines or heating or refrigerating plants shall provide suitable tanks of capacity sufficient to afford a supply for at least ten (10) hours in case the water should be shut off.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0110), 5-6-2003]
All water supplied by the waterworks shall be charged and paid for by meter measurement and no water will be supplied without such meter. Nothing in this Chapter shall be so construed as to mean that more than one (1) meter will be furnished for any one (1) building or premises, but where two (2) or more dwellings are located on one (1) lot, each of its dwellings or the occupant or owner thereof shall pay at the regular rates for the water used in each house or dwelling.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0111), 5-6-2003]
All water meters measuring water furnished by the waterworks of the City shall be installed in an approved meter box, provided with inside lugs or bolts by which is secured an approved cast iron meter box cover with lid that can be locked or sealed and the dial of the meter shall be not less than eight (8) inches nor more than fourteen (14) inches from the lid of the box, and the lid shall not be lower than the surface of the ground nor more than one (1) inch above the level of the ground, shall be provided with an approved fastening that can be securely locked or sealed, and all such water meter boxes shall be installed at the expense of the owner of the building or premises in a location provided by such owner and approved by the City, and to be at all times easily accessible to City employees to read, inspect or repair the meter, and shall insofar as possible or practical be located as near as possible to the line dividing the street or alley from the lot or in the space between the street pavement and the sidewalk, and where such meter box is not installed in such accessible location, such meter box shall be installed under the direction and supervision of the City, and the owner of the building, premises or lot shall be charged for the labor and material required; provided, where water meters are now installed in buildings or basements in locations safe from frost and accessible at all times to City employees, and where at the same time no other more suitable location can be found for such meter, there may be installed around such meter by the direction and supervision of the City an approved metal box or enclosure that can be securely locked or sealed. No person other than one duly authorized by the City shall open any meter box or lock or break any seal. The owner or water user shall keep safe from molestation meter boxes, locks and seals and where boxes or locks are found open or seals broken, it shall be considered prima facie evidence that it has been done by the water user. Whenever water meters are furnished by the City, approved connections or yokes shall be furnished by the owner or water user.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0112), 5-6-2003]
When a connection is made to supply water for building purposes, the service pipe shall be carried at the expense of the party building to the inside of the curbstone line where a proper curb stop shall be placed with a pipe leading to the surface, the faucet of which shall be kept secured and locked when not in use. When the building is completed, the faucet and pipe shall be taken up and the water shut off at the curb stop.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0113), 5-6-2003]
Whenever extensions are desired or new connections are to be made in place of old ones to the City water supply, permits must be obtained in the usual manner. It shall be the duty of all plumbers to report in writing to City Hall before the water will be turned on, all connections made by them, giving a description of the premises, location of the corporation cock, length of service pipe, number of feet from the northerly or easterly line of the lot or premises to the place where the tap in the main is located, together with the names of the occupants and the owner of the premises, and it shall be the duty of all plumbers to produce a special permit before making any change in connections that have been made with the water mains.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0114), 5-6-2003]
No consumer or other person whose water service shall have been turned off for any reason shall turn on the water or reopen the service, or permit the same to be done by any person, except by order of the City.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0115), 5-6-2003]
No person shall take water for private use from any public hydrant, plug, draw cock, hose, pipe or fountain furnished for fire purposes or other public use without the consent of the City, and a special permit therefor having been paid for and received. The City shall determine the charge for said permit, which shall be an estimate as to the cost of any water used and extraordinary expenses incurred by the City in providing supervisory personnel or other extraordinary service.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0116), 5-6-2003]
No person shall hitch any animal to any fire hydrant, or open fire hydrant, or remove or obstruct the stopcock cover of any fire hydrant, or paint, mark or deface any fire hydrant or any public or private stopcock, or place or deposit any dirt or other material in any such stopcock boxes or in any meter box, or turn any public or private stopcock, or commit any act tending to obstruct the use thereof, or in any manner tamper with or injure any building, meter box, valve box, valve, engine, motor, pump or other machinery, pipe, hose, tools, fixtures or apparatus of the waterworks.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0118), 5-6-2003]
A. 
The construction of any private water supply system within the corporate limits of the City is hereby prohibited unless an application has been submitted and the following requirements have first been met:
1. 
The Board of Aldermen has voted to approve the construction of said private water supply system and the applicant has received written notification of said approval; and
2. 
The operator of any such private water supply system has obtained an operating permit from the City; and
3. 
The system is constructed and operated in accordance with the rules, regulations and requirements of the Division of Health, the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Missouri, and any other State, County or municipal agency which may have authority to regulate a private water supply system and community; and
4. 
The system is not placed into operation until such time as the City has inspected and approved the completed system.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0120), 5-6-2003]
A. 
The construction of a private water supply system as set forth in this Chapter shall not be given approval by the Board of Aldermen if it is determined:
1. 
The City has the ability to provide water service to the area to be served by the proposed private water supply system; and
2. 
Extension of the City's water system to the proposed service area is economically feasible for the City; and
3. 
The City can extend water service to the proposed service area within a reasonable time;
4. 
If the construction of the system would be adverse to planning goals of the City or adverse to the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the City.
[Ord. No. 1429 §1(12.0121), 5-6-2003]
In the event that any private water system is approved and implemented as herein provided, each residence, business, property, multi-dwelling unit and individual business that will be serviced by such private water system shall pay to the City the minimum water rate charged by the City to users of the City's water system as well as any additional amounts charged to users of the City's system by reason of any bond issue, tax, assessment, fee or other tariff, until the private water system properly services said unit.