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10/16/23, 9:57 AM Print Preview https://lakeelmo.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=ordinances&name=TITLE_5_PUBLIC_WORKS 6/48 5.04.110, has been paid and the leak repaired. When the waste of water is great, or when damage is likely to result from the leak, water may be turned off immediately pending repairs. (b)Frozen service pipes. If the service pipe is frozen, the service pipe will be restored to proper operating condition only by an authorized city employee. The property owner/customer shall pay all costs associated with thawing out water service. (c)Specifications for service pipe. Every service pipe must be laid with sufficient waving to allow not less than one foot of extra length and in a manner to prevent rupture by settlement. The service pipe must be placed not less than eight feet below the surface and arranged to prevent rupture by freezing. Service pipes must extend from the curb box to the inside of the building, if not taken into a building, then to the hydrants or other fixtures which it is intended to supply. A shut-off or other stop-cock with waste valve, of the size and strength required, shall be used and placed to be well protected from freezing. Type K copper tubing shall be used up to and including two-inch services. All underground joints are to be mechanical, unless otherwise approved by the plumbing inspector. Joints on copper tubing shall be kept to a minimum, with not more than one joint used for service up to 70 feet in length. All joints and connections shall be left uncovered until inspected and tested at normal water line pressure. Services over two inches shall be Type K copper or Doctile iron pipe. Connections with the mains for domestic supply shall be at least one inch. HISTORY Adopted by Ord. 08-253 on 11/3/2021 5.04.150 Abandoned Services (a)Disconnection of abandoned/unused services, charges. All service installations that have been abandoned or have not been used for one year or, for any reason, have become useless for further service, shall be disconnected at the main by the city and all pipe and appurtenances removed shall be the property of the city. Any expense of the city shall be charged to the property and, if not paid within 30 days, shall be treated as a delinquent account pursuant to LEC 5.04.090. (b)Changes to "old," existing connections. When new buildings are erected on the site of the old ones, and it is desired to increase or change the old water service, no connections with the mains shall be given until all the old service shall have been removed and the main plugged. If any contractor, worker, or employee upon the building shall cause or allow any service pipe to be hammered together at the ends to stop the flow of water, or to save expense in removing the pipe from the main, the owner of the building, the worker, and contractor shall, upon conviction of the violation, be subject to the penalties as set forth in LEC 1.04.230, and shall remove the service pipe from the main. If the contractor, worker, or employee fails to do so on 24 hours notice, the contractor, worker, or employee shall be obligated to pay the city the cost incurred by it for the removal. HISTORY Adopted by Ord. 08-253 on 11/3/2021 5.04.160 Water Pipe Connected To Pump, Wells, Or Tank No water pipe of the water system shall be connected with any pump, well, tank, or piping that is connected with any other source of water supply, and when these connections are found, the building official shall notify the owner to disconnect the connection. If not done immediately, the water supply shall be turned off immediately. Before any new connection to the water system is permitted, the plumbing inspector shall ascertain that no cross connection will exist when the new connection is made. No person shall permit water from the water system to be used for any purpose except upon the person's own premises unless written consent is first obtained from the city.