FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 97-029 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Ordinance 97-29 Adopted April 21, 1998 Subd.1 Water Meter Charze. A charge for water meters, and meter interface units, shall be paid to the City by customers for water meters in advance before meter interface unit delivery of the water meter for installation. The charge shall be determined by resolution by the Council. Remote reading devices will be required on all water meters. 600.28 Installation of Water Meters. The installation of a water meter shall be installed at the time of structure construction, and shall meet the requirements of this section and shall not be installed prior to receiving a permit approved by the Building Official. The Building Official shall maintain permit application forms. Subd. 1. Installation. Installation of the water meter, raising the curb box to finished grade, and flushing of the lines shall be the responsibility of a plumber duly licensed and registered according to State Statute. The City's Water Department must do turning on the water service. The meter setting shall be provided as follows: A. Meter settings shall be located in the utility, laundry or furnace room and in every case shall be located no more than eight (8) feet from the nearest floor drain unless there is prior approval from the Building Official. B. The setting shall be installed to provide that the meter is between six (6) and twelve (12) inches from the wall and between eighteen (18) and thirty-six (36) inches from the finished floor. C. The Water meter shall have full accessibility with a clear space of three (3) feet in all directions except as noted in paragraph (B.). D. Each meter setting shall be provided with a ball valve on the street side and the house side of the meter. Such valves shall be well protected from freezing. Meters one (1) inch and larger shall be provided with ball valve, valved bypass (one nominal size less than inlet) and ball valve, valved drain outlet with iron pipe threads (plugged one nominal size less than inlet). This tee and ball valve shall be installed between the meter outlet and the meter outlet ball valve. E. Meter setting shall be accomplished with brass mechanical joint ahead of the inlet ball valve.