FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 97-029 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Ordinance 97-29 Adopted April 21, 1998 600.10 Discontinuance of Water Service. Subd. 5. Property Access. Failure to allow City employees or authorized representatives onto property for purposes of installing or repairing water meters and/or remote reading devices (MIIJ). 600.13 Authorization Required. Only persons authorized by this section shall tap any distributing main or pipe of the water system, or insert stopcocks or ferrules in the main or pipe 600.17 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 (8) 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 seventy (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. 600.22 Water Cooled Air Conditioning System. No water-cooled air conditioning systems shall be connected to the water system. 600.27 Water Meters. Except for extinguishing of fire, no person except authorized City employees shall use water from the water supply system or permit water to be drawn from the system unless the water is metered by passing through a meter supplied or approved by the City. No person not authorized by the City shall connect, disconnect, and take apart, or in any manner change or cause to be changed, or interfere with any meter or the action of the meter.