[Approved 10-17-1967 by Ch. No. 1135 as Secs. 12-12 through
12-19 of the 1966 Code]
The cost of installing and maintaining all private
fire connections shall be borne by the property affected; except that
the city will make ordinary repairs to meters not occasioned by carelessness
or abuse.
Meters capable of accurately measuring both
small and large quantities of water are required on all fire connections
from which water is used for other than fire purposes or from which
there is found to be leakage or waste.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
A.
The annual charge for private fire connections for
automatic sprinklers only, on which satisfactory meters are not installed,
where on small supplies there are no drips and valves are sealed,
and on large supplies with drips and valves sealed, is as approved
by the Public Utilities Commission on the Water Supply Board's schedule
of rates and tariffs.
B.
The annual charge for private fire connections for
fixtures other than or in addition to automatic sprinklers, on which
no meter or satisfactory device for detecting use or waste of water
is installed, is as approved by the Public Utilities Commission on
the Water Supply Board's schedule of rates and tariffs.
Where there is more than one connection to one
pipe system the full charge will be made for the largest such connection
and half rates for the additional ones.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
The Director of Public Works, at his or her
discretion, or the Chief Engineer of the PWSB shall have the right
to require the installation of approved devices for detecting waste
or use of water for other than fire purposes, such as alarm valves,
detector meters, check valves on the main line with small metered
bypass or metered drip on sprinkler systems.
No other supply or branch connection, whether
metered or not, shall be allowed from any fire supply.
All valves on bypass meters shall be sealed
open.
