The applicant shall be responsible for providing an approved public water supply system consistent with the preliminary plan or final plat, this chapter and the rules and regulations of the entity providing or to provide water to the development.
(1) 
Where an approved public water supply or distribution main is within reasonable distance of the subdivision as determined by the Director of Engineering or his/her designee and connection to the system is both possible and permissible, the developer shall be required to bear the cost of connecting the development to such existing water supply and the acquisition of all necessary easements. In some instances, the city may request that the main water connection be oversized or rerouted to suit future water system improvements in that area. In some cases, the city will reimburse the developer the costs of oversizing such connections.
(2) 
The applicant shall, consistent with all existing ordinances, make a pro-rata contribution to funding of needed storage facilities, treatment facilities, and specific distribution lines as determined necessary by the city. Under extraordinary circumstances, these provisions may be varied with the approval of the council and the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(3) 
When platting or development occurs on a tract that is currently served by a water line less than eight (8) inches in diameter, the applicant/developer shall be responsible for either upsizing the water line prior to recordation of any final plat or posting fiscal surety for the construction of the water line across the entire length of the tract.
(Ordinance CO42-07-07-12-3I adopted 7/12/07)
The design and construction of a public water system shall:
(1) 
Comply with regulations covering extension of public water systems adopted by the state commission on environmental quality.
(2) 
Be of sufficient size to furnish adequate domestic water supply and fire protection services to all lots, and to conform with the master utility plan for the city;
(3) 
Be located where maintenance can be accomplished with the least interference with traffic, structures and other utilities;
(4) 
Be designed in an effort to eliminate the need for booster pumps or other similar devices;
(5) 
Not propose water mains less than eight (8) inches in diameter, with consideration for six-inch pipe in cul-de-sacs;
(6) 
Be acceptable, without penalty, to the state fire insurance commission.
(7) 
Include fire hydrants:
(A) 
At a minimum spacing of five hundred (500) feet for residential developments;
(B) 
Within three hundred (300) feet of all sides of a nonresidential development.
(C) 
At the end of all cul-de-sac streets, or similar dead-end water distribution lines; and
(D) 
For fire flows calculated with twenty (20) pound residual pressure.
(8) 
Include valves on each fire hydrant lead, at each intersection of two (2) or more mains, and valve spacing so that no more than 30 customers will be without water during a shutoff;
(9) 
Include automatic flushing valves at the end of all dead-end waterlines;
(10) 
Be designed and constructed in accordance with city standard details and specifications;
(11) 
Be designed and constructed to comply with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the entity that will provide water service to the development;
(12) 
The design of private water systems shall include backflow prevention assemblies for domestic and fire protection systems that are directly or indirectly connected to the city’s potable water distribution system; and
(13) 
The water system shall be constructed by the applicant/developer across the entire frontage of the tract so as to allow future extensions of the water system by adjacent tracts. A waiver to this requirement shall be in writing from the Director of Engineering or his/her designee.
(Ordinance CO42-07-07-12-3I adopted 7/12/07)