All water pumps and wells shall be installed and constructed in accordance with the current Wisconsin Well Construction and Pump Installation Code, and said Code is made, by reference, a part of this chapter.
A. 
Permit. No water service connection to the public water distribution system shall be made without a permit or license, which shall be obtained from and issued by the City Plumbing Inspector. The tapping of water mains and the making of branch connections to the water distribution system of the City shall be made only by employees of the City or by such other persons as the Plumbing Inspector may have authorized to do such work. Prior to the issuance of a permit or license for connection to the public water distribution system, a fee or charge shall be paid to the City Water Department or its authorized agent who shall make such connection. The fee or charge shall cover the labor and materials for such tapping and/or making of the branch connections. All materials used shall be of a type and quality approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
B. 
Tests. The Plumbing Inspector shall inspect all water service pipes before they are covered or otherwise made inaccessible.
C. 
Records. The Plumbing Inspector shall keep a record of all connections made to the public water distribution system, showing the location of all taps, branch connections, corporation cocks, valves, meter pits and/or meters and other data necessary for the efficient service of the Water Department.
D. 
Connection required.
(1) 
All buildings to be used for human habitation, including residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, constructed or to be constructed upon any vacant land adjacent to or abutting any public right-of-way or easement wherein a municipal water main is installed or is being installed as required by the City of Franklin, shall be connected to the municipal water system and not be serviced by a private well. This subsection shall apply to all lands which are vacant and on which there does not exist a lawful private well on the effective date of this subsection and to all buildings to be used for human habitation for which a building permit has been issued after the effective date of this subsection. This subsection shall be effective on May 1, 1994.
(2) 
Should the owner of any land or structure subject to Subsection D(1) above, fail or refuse to connect the property to the municipal water system, the City may cause such water connection to be made, and the expense thereof shall be assessed as a special tax against said premises and shall be spread upon the first tax roll which is delivered to the City Treasurer after such work has been completed for at least 60 days. Such owner shall also be subject to the penalties set forth at § 190-32 of this code.
(3) 
The owner of any land for which the City has caused water connection to be made may, within 30 days after completion of such work, file with the City Clerk, in writing, a statement that the owner cannot pay such special tax in one sum and requesting that said special tax be collected in equal annual installments, not to exceed five in number, together with interest thereon at the rate of 15% per annum from the completion of the work, in which case there shall be spread upon the first tax roll which is delivered to the City Treasurer, after such work has been completed for at least 60 days, the first installment, together with interest upon the unpaid amount of said special tax at the rate of 15% per annum to the first day of February next following the delivery of said tax roll to the City Treasurer; subsequent installments shall be spread on the tax roll in succeeding years.
(4) 
The Building Inspector may deny a building permit application for a building subject to Subsection D(1) above if adequate provision is not made in the application for the connection of the building to the municipal water system.
(5) 
The Common Council may grant an exemption from the requirements of Subsection D(1) above upon the application of the owner of the land improved or to be improved by such buildings where it finds that compliance with Subsection D(1) would create an unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty.
A. 
The water service pipe from a public utility main to the building shall be Type K copper water tube, lead, brass or cast-iron pipe. The service from a pump of a privately owned supply to any building shall be copper water tube, lead, brass, cast-iron, galvanized steel or wrought iron pipe. All underground copper water pipe fitting shall be of the flared type.
B. 
Size; service connection. The minimum size for any service connection to the water distribution system in the City shall be one-inch tap with a one-inch pipeline and three-quarter-inch meter. The size of all service connections shall be approved by the Plumbing Inspector, except that a different size may be installed if authorized, in writing, by the City Engineer.
C. 
Meters. All water meters shall conform with the standard specifications of the City of Franklin for such meters. One-inch meters and larger shall be set by the plumber; smaller meters will be set by the Water Department of the City or its representatives.
D. 
Air chamber. A large air chamber, spring-type, or pipe 1 1/2 inches in diameter and three inches long shall be placed close to and on the house side of the valve at the water meter. A three-quarter-inch brass valve with side opening shall be installed on the vertical waterline below the air chamber, and a ground joint brass drip shall be installed on top of the air chamber. Any other type air chamber shall be approved by the Plumbing Inspector before installation.
E. 
Valves and boxes. All valves, corporation cocks and boxes shall comply with the standards specified by the Water Department of the City of Milwaukee.
F. 
Hot-water systems and storage tanks.
(1) 
Every hot-water storage tank, manual or automatic heater or other equipment used for the heating or storage of domestic hot water hereafter installed, replaced, repaired or relocated shall be provided with an approved automatic temperature and pressure relief valve.
(2) 
The relief valve inlet and outlet shall not be less than three-quarter-inch iron pipe size. The minimum cross section of any interior flow-ways between inlet and outlet and also between orifice and outlet shall not be less than 3/16 inch. The minimum total flow area between the inner end of the inlet and orifice and also between the orifice and the inner end of the outlet connection shall be equal to that of the inlet connection pipe size. The minimum area of any internal flow passage shall not be less than 59% of the total flow area. Relief valves shall be provided with test levers for manually lifting the disc from its seat 1/16 inch when there is no pressure on the valve. The rated capacity of the relief valve or valves shall be equal to or in excess of the input to the hot-water storage tank or the output from the water heater. The pressure setting of the relief valve shall not exceed the maximum allowable working pressure of the tank or heater. The temperature setting of the automatic temperature relief valve shall not exceed 210° F. Temperature relief operation must be temperature steam rated.
(3) 
The temperature sensing element of all temperature or temperature and pressure relief valves shall be immersed in the water within the upper six inches of the tank. The maximum diameter of any part of a thermal element extending through the threaded inlet connection shall not exceed 5/16 of an inch in diameter. No valve shall be installed in the hot-water line between the tank or the heater and the relief valve.
(4) 
Every relief valve shall be provided with a discharge pipe or drain of either copper or galvanized pipe terminating not more than six inches above the floor. The discharge pipe with no thread on end shall be the same size as the outlet on the relief valve and in no case less than 3/4 inch in diameter.
(5) 
All relief valves shall have the following data marked thereon by suitable means: manufacturer's name, type, identifying number, pressure setting, relieving temperature, code symbol, when required, and capacity rating or rating in Btu per hour.
(6) 
Gas vents. All gas-fired hot-water heaters shall be vented to an American Gas Association approved flue or gas vent in such a manner that all the products of combustion are discharged to the outside atmosphere. Where gas vents pass through combustible partitions, such vents shall be enclosed in noncombustible materials at least four inches thick, or in a double safety thimble made of two concentric rings of sheet metal with at least one inch open air space between and with the outer ring covered with at least one-quarter-inch asbestos. No portion of any gas vent shall be placed closer to combustible partitions, walls or ceilings than 11/2 times the diameter of the flue pipe. Where a battery of gas heaters is vented into the same gas vent, the cross-sectional area of the gas vent shall be equal to the sum of the areas of the flue hood outlets of the gas heaters. All gas vent pipes shall be securely strapped or supported so as to prevent their sagging or coming apart. All gas vents shall be continuous and of the same material up to the top and shall extend at least three feet above flat roofs or parapet walls and not less than two feet above the edge of gable and hip roofs.
G. 
Lawn sprinkler lines. On all underground lawn sprinkler feed lines, a full-size approved type of syphon breaker shall be installed.
A. 
Before connecting the service pipe to the water main, a horizontal offset shall be made near the main, laid on a solid ground bottom and protected from settlement. When the service is laid in the same trench with the sewer, the service pipe shall be laid on a shelf of solid ground and shall be six feet deep. The stop box shall be set on the lot line. In the event that a water service line is installed from a building to the property line for future water service, such line shall terminate at a stop box installed at the same time on the property line.
B. 
Curb corporation cocks and boxes shall be set in accordance with regulations of the City of Milwaukee relating thereto. Upon completion of the job, the plumber shall check the stop box to assure freedom of any obstruction or defect that might interfere with its operation. The plumber shall see that the stop box is put to final grade before leaving the job.
[Added 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2470]
For all water services infrastructure within the boundary limits of the City, ownership shall vest in the City at the point of connection to the water main and the service pipe, up to and including the curb box. These services shall be maintained and repaired by the City without expenses to the property owner, except for damage caused to them as a result of negligence on the part of the property owner or occupant or for any leaks on the property owner's side of the curb box, in which case they will be repaired at the expense of the property owner. Ownership of all water services and laterals located from the point of connection of the private property at the curb box, including if in the public right-of-way or easement from the point of connection, and thereafter upon the private property to serve the property and all facilities throughout the premises served shall vest in the property owner(s), and must be maintained free of defective conditions by and at the expense of the owner(s) of the property served. All other water supply systems services infrastructure not specifically identified herein as being owned by a property owner(s) shall be and are owned by the City.