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.
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.
