(a)
All residences, commercial businesses, and all other entities located
within the city limits are required to use the city's water system
facility.
(b)
All residences, commercial businesses, and all other entities located
within a platted subdivision within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction
that has water available to the subdivision through an agreement between
the developer and the city are required to use the city's water system
facility.
(c)
There shall be no free service or use of the facility permitted by
anyone or any entity or business located within the city limits or
located within a platted subdivision within the city's extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
(d)
The city reserves the right to terminate, discontinue, and regulate
the usage of and the supply of water by the city to all areas outside
the city limits and located within or upon unplatted lands (whether
or not subdivided) lying within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
No persons who reside in or upon unplatted properties located within
the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be deemed to have a
right to water service, it being understood that the city's first
and primary obligation is to supply water to the city's residential
and commercial water users situated within the city limits.
(Ordinance 1319 adopted -/-/2003)
(a)
Every connection to the city's water system, except fire hydrants,
shall be metered by a meter approved and installed by the city personnel.
(1)
No person shall interfere with or bypass the city's meter in such
a manner as to obtain water without the full amount being registered
on the meter.
(A)
Service shall be permanently disconnected from any account where
a bypass or other such devices is discovered;
(B)
Such account shall be reconnected only at the discretion of the city
council and only after payment for estimated water used (as determined
by the city) plus the cost of rerouting and repairing the service
to register water use properly on the meter.
(2)
No person shall break or tamper with any lock on the stopcock in
the water meter box.
(b)
No person, except authorized city employees of the utility department,
unless authorized in writing by the city administrator-secretary,
shall turn water on or off at the stopcock in the meter box, or connect,
remove, repair, or otherwise disturb or tamper with the water utility
meter.
(c)
The discovery of any of the activities prohibited in subsection (a) of this section shall be prima facie evidence that such prohibited activity was performed by the person or person(s) to whom the water utility is being provided.
(d)
The consumer shall install a cut-off valve inside the service line
at a location accessible to the consumer in case of an emergency,
and shall not use the stopcock on the meter to run the water on or
off.
(1)
For all new service connections, the consumer must install a cut-off
valve prior to the meter being activated.
(2)
For all existing service connections, when the property is sold,
the new owner must enter into an agreement to install a cut-off valve
within six months of service activation as a condition for the meter
to be activated.
(e)
This section shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions
of the law.
(Ordinance 1319 adopted -/-/2003)
(a)
No direct connection between the public drinking water supply and
a potential source of contamination is permitted. Potential sources
of contamination shall be isolated from the public water system by
an air gap or an appropriate backflow prevention device.
(b)
No cross-connection between the public drinking water supply and
a private water system is permitted. These potential health threats
to the public drinking water supply shall be eliminated at the service
connection by the installation of an air gap or reduced pressure zone
backflow prevention device.
(c)
No connection which allows water to be returned to the public drinking
water supply is permitted.
(d)
No pipe or pipe fitting which contains more than eight percent lead
may be used for the installation or repair of plumbing at any connection
which provides for human use.
(e)
No solder or flux which contains more than 0.2 percent lead can be
used for the installation or repair of plumbing at any connection
which provides water for human use.
(f)
Any customer of the city's public water system shall allow his property
to be inspected for possible cross-connections and other unacceptable
plumbing practices.
(1)
These inspections shall be conducted by the city or its designated
agent prior to initiating a new water service, when there is reason
to believe that cross-connections or other unacceptable plumbing practices
exist, or after any major changes to the private plumbing facilities.
The inspections shall be conducted during the city's normal business
hours.
(2)
The city shall notify the consumer in writing of any cross-connection
or other unacceptable plumbing practice which has been identified
during the initial inspection or periodic reinspection.
(3)
The customer shall immediately correct any unacceptable plumbing
practice on his premises.
(4)
The customer shall, at his expense, properly install, test and maintain
any backflow prevention device required by the city. Copies of all
testing and maintenance records shall be provided to the city.
(Ordinance 1319 adopted -/-/2003)
