A. 
Any officer or employee of the City exhibiting a proper credential shall have the right of access at all reasonable hours to any premises where water is supplied by the Department for the purpose of inspection, examination and to make surveys.
B. 
If any such officer or employee is refused admittance to any such premises or after being admitted is hindered or prevented from making such examination or survey, then the City may cause the water service to such premises to be terminated after giving 24 hours' notice to the owner or occupant of such premises, unless in the interim such officer or employee is freely admitted to make such inspection, examination or survey.
A. 
1. 
No person other than an officer or employee of the Department shall be permitted to tap any of the water pipes or mains of the distributing system, or to insert tees, stopcocks, clamps or other connections therein, or to turn on the water from any service connection under any circumstances, save and except that any plumber desiring to test the plumbing may, for temporary purposes, turn on the water at the curbcock. In an emergency, in order to make repairs and to prevent damage to the property of the consumer or others by reason of defective or broken pipes or fixtures, such water or service connection may be turned off by any person.
All persons other than officers or employees of the water system shall be held liable for any damage done to the City's water system regardless if an emergency existed or not.
2. 
Upon proper application, an employee of the Department will turn on or turn off the water for any of the purposes set forth in subsection (A)(1) of this section. A fee will be assessed as established by Council resolution.
B. 
It is unlawful for any person, except authorized officers or employees of the Public Works Department or Fire Department, to open or use any fire hydrant or carry away any water therefrom, without permit from the Public Works Department.
C. 
Any individual desiring to use water from any hydrant, street pipe, service or fixture belonging to the City must make application at the Public Works Department for a permit to do so. If water is available and use is approved, water for such service shall be furnished upon the same basis as water furnished to other consumers of water.
D. 
Failure to obtain a permit as required by subsections (B) and (C) of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 446 § 1, 1989)
Every water consumer shall install and maintain, at the consumer's own expense, a shutoff valve inside the property line at a location accessible in event of emergency.
None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to or in any manner affect any agreement for furnishing water or for extension of water mains made before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and to which the City is a party. However, as to such agreements, the provisions and requirements of ordinances and resolutions enforced at date of such agreement, and any and all such agreements so made, are ratified and confirmed. Further, the City, at its discretion, may relocate a meter which is not in the public right-of-way to the public right-of-way and not assume liability for any downstream piping of new location.