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ARTICLE II. WATER* <br />Page 6 of 19 <br />(a) Unauthorized turn -on or tampering : No one except an authorized employee of the city <br />shall turn the water on or off from or to any premises at city curb cock, or connect or disconnect, <br />or in any way tamper with, any pipes in the meter boxes or with any other part of the water <br />system of the city. <br />(f) Resale or distribution : No customer supplied by the city shall commercially supply water to <br />any other person on property other than the premises for which the customer has applied for <br />service, except as may be permitted by special agreement with the department. Water used by <br />any customer shall be restricted to that use specified in the application or permit for said <br />service. <br />(g) Utility emergency requirements : All faucets, sprinklers, hose nozzles or other continuous <br />streams must be shut off promptly upon the sounding of an alarm of fire or upon notice of other <br />emergency or major disaster. The water shall not be turned on again until the fire is known to be <br />extinguished or the required repairs have been made. <br />(h) Shut -offs for extensions and repairs : The city reserves the right upon reasonable notice, if <br />possible, at any time to shut off the water in its mains for the purpose of making extensions or <br />repairs, or for other purposes, and all persons having boilers within their premises not supplied <br />with tanks or cisterns, but depending upon the pipes of the city to keep them supplied, are <br />hereby cautioned against the danger of collapse. <br />(i) Responsible owner or applicant : In all cases where water is supplied to several tenants <br />from one connection or tap, the city contracts only with the person designated on the <br />application. Failure by said person to comply with the provisions of this article, or with <br />resolutions or regulations enacted or adopted pursuant hereto shall be sufficient cause to <br />disconnect all service until said ordinances, resolutions or regulations are complied with. <br />0) Right of utility to install facilities : The city shall have the right at any time, and at any point <br />for good cause, to install or change any water meter, detector check, backflow preventer, and <br />fittings as required by this article and the customer shall bear all costs for work so performed. <br />Failure to pay for these facilities as set forth in this article shall relieve the city of any <br />responsibility to provide any service and the service shall be disconnected until full payment of <br />costs, interest and penalties has been made to the city. <br />(k) Curb cocks : There shall be a curb cock or valve in every attachment just inside the curb at <br />a point to be designated by the city. Said curb cock and box will be supplied by the city and shall <br />be for its exclusive use and under its exclusive control. <br />(1) Damage to customer's property : The city will not be responsible for damages to buildings <br />or their contents from any break in a water pipe beyond the street service box. Water customers <br />shall, for their own protection, provide at their own expense another valve at the first suitable <br />point beyond the meter. <br />(m) Unused service connection : Any service connection which has been installed for a period <br />of ten (10) years or more and has not been activated for ten (10) years shall be considered <br />inactive and obsolete. Any person desiring water service for such premises or any portion <br />thereof formerly supplied by the inactive service shall make application for a new service <br />connection and pay the current charge therefor. <br />(n) Meter box or hydrant obstruction : No person shall place trash, dirt, building materials, or <br />other objects or obstructions on or around meter boxes or on, around, or adjacent to city <br />hydrants, and no person shall allow the said meter boxes or hydrants to become obstructed or <br />obscured by vices, trees shrubs, plants, or in any manner so as to make their location difficult to <br />determine, or so as to interfere with or render difficult free access to, or use of, said meter boxes <br />or fire hydrants. In the event of obstruction or obscuring, notice shall be given by the utility to the <br />property served by such meter, or adjacent to such hydrant; such notice shall contain the <br />requirement that the obstruction be removed within twenty-four (24) hours. Where a meter box <br />is obstructed or obscured so that it cannot be read, a penalty charge of two dollars and fifty <br />19F-108 <br />http://Iibrary2.municode.com/default-test/DocView/14452/l/242/244 3/3/2009 <br />