The county may determine the size and number of the service connections and their locations in relation to boundaries of the premises to be served and the point of connection to the customer's facilities. The customer's piping to the service connection location should not be laid until the service connection is installed. In the event the customer's pipe is laid prior to the time the service connection is installed and its location does not correspond to that of the service connection, the customer must provide for connecting to the service connection.
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All service connections, meters, valves and housing installed by the county or conveyed to the county, however provided for, shall be the sole property of the county under the control of the county, and will be maintained at the county's expense except as otherwise noted. No rent or charge will be paid by the county where facilities are located on a customer's premises. The county may relocate its facilities as required by operating conditions and may remove any and all of its facilities from the customer's premises at the termination of service.
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The customer will be held responsible for loss or damage to the county's meters or other facilities resulting from the customer's negligence, or use and operation of appliances and facilities on the customer's premises, or damage caused by steam, hot water or chemicals. The county's control and responsibility ends at its shut-off valve or meter. The county will in no case be liable for loss or damage on the premises served, or elsewhere, caused by, or in any way arising out of, the running or escape of water from open faucets, burst pipes or faulty fixtures or appliances on the premises.
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An application for a service connection shall be made on a form furnished or approved by the county. This application shall specify the size of the service connection desired, the property to be served, and the purpose for which the water is to be used. The information supplied by the applicant shall be considered as authoritative and final. If any error on such application shall cause the installation of a service connection that is improper either in type, size, or location, the cost of all changes required shall be paid by the applicant. Applicant shall make proper application for service, in accordance with Section 4.10.030, Application for service, before water service will be provided. If such application has been made and the applicant requests the water turned on, the billing for water service shall begin when the service connection is installed and meter is set.
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Each house or building under separate ownership shall be supplied through a separate service connection or service connections. Two or more houses or buildings under one ownership and on the same parcel of land may be supplied through one service connection, or a separate service connection may be installed for each building. The county may limit the number of houses or buildings or the area of land under one ownership to be supplied by one service connection. The county may limit the number of service connections to any residential or other structure whether under separate or multiple ownership. When property provided with a service connection is subdivided, the service connection shall be considered as supplying the parcel of land which it directly enters. A service connection to a premises shall not be used to supplying adjoining premises of a different owner or to supply premises of the same owner for which proper application for service connection was not made or is on opposite sides of a public street or alley. Whenever any service connection is authorized to be abandoned or removed, any re-establishment of service shall be considered a new service connection.
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The applicant shall pay the service connection installation charges which shall be the cost to the county and shall include meter and housing. Where a charge has been fixed for the installation of the size of the service connection desired, the charge shall be paid in advance by the applicant, except as otherwise provided by Chapter 4.20, Temporary Service. Where no such charge is fixed, the county may require the applicant to deposit an amount equal to the estimated cost of installation of the service connection.
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When the county renews a service connection, such service connection may be enlarged at the customer's request and on payment by the applicant to the county of the difference in cost between the existing service size and the requested enlarged service size.
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The county shall furnish, set and maintain all meters. Meter installation charges which shall be the cost to the county, must be paid in advance by the applicant. When a change in size of an existing meter or detector check valve is requested by a customer or a change is required because of a change in the type of service to be provided a customer, the county will make such change provided the requested required size complies with the requirements of the applicable plumbing code. When the current charge, under this title, applicable to the meter or detector check valve to be installed is greater than the charge applicable to the existing installation, the difference between such charges shall be paid in advance by the customer. When a meter is relocated at the customer's request, he/she will be charged the cost of making such relocation.
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The regulations of the California Department of Health Services insofar as the same are applicable to the protection of water supply of this county, are adopted, incorporated herein and made a part hereof. No water service connection to any premises shall be installed or maintained by this county unless the public water supply is protected as required by said state regulations and this section. Backflow preventive devices required hereunder shall be approved by the county engineer, and shall be installed by and at the expense of the customer. The customer shall regularly test and service such devices to maintain them in satisfactory operating condition and shall overhaul or replace such devices if they are found defective. Records of such tests, repairs and overhauling shall be kept by the customer and made available to the county on request. Service of water to any premises may be discontinued by the county after notice if a backflow preventive device required by this section is not installed, tested and maintained, or if any defect is found in an installed backflow preventive device, or if it is found that a backflow preventive device has been removed or bypassed, or if unprotected cross-connections exist on the premises; and service will not be restored until such conditions or defects are corrected.
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A customer making any material change in the size, character, or extent of the equipment or operations for which the county's service is utilized shall immediately give the county written notice of the extent and nature of the change.
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The county shall have the right of ingress to and egress from the customer's premises at all reasonable hours for any purpose reasonably related to the furnishing of water service and the exercise of any and all rights secured to it by law or this title, including inspection of the customer's piping and equipment as to compliance with applicable codes. A customer shall provide and maintain reasonable access for county representatives to all service connections, meters, backflow prevention devices, or other facilities pertinent to water service installed on his/her premises. Upon termination of service, the county may remove any and all of its facilities installed in connection therewith on the customer's property.
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