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(c) Meter required. Every water service, except fire protection services <br />meeting conditions of section 39-27, shall have a meter installed in the service line in <br />the public right-of-way or a dedicated easement. <br />(d) Maintenance of customer's facilities. Customers shall prevent all waste of <br />water and keep their service pipes, all plumbing fixtures, pipes, and other apparatus <br />(except facilities owned by the city) in good repair and free from leakage and backflow <br />at their own expense. Customers shall be liable for all damages which may result from <br />the customer's failure to maintain such facilities in good repair and free from leakage <br />and backflow. <br />(e) Vacated premises. Water rates will be charged for vacated premises until <br />the city is notified of the discontinuance of the use of water, and is requested to turn off <br />the water. <br />(f) Admittance to premises. Any authorized employee of the city shall be <br />admitted at all reasonable hours to all appropriate parts of the premises supplied with <br />water to see that the provisions of this article, resolutions adopted pursuant hereto, and <br />administrative regulations published in accordance herewith are carried out. <br />(g) Unauthorized turn -on or tampering. No one except an authorized <br />employee of the city shall turn the water on or off from or to any premises at any city <br />curb stop, or connect or disconnect, or in any way tamper with, any pipes in the meter <br />boxes or with any other part of the water system of the city. <br />(h) Resale or distribution. No customer supplied by the city shall <br />commercially supply water to any other person on property other than the premises for <br />which the customer has applied for service, except as may be permitted by special <br />agreement with the agency. Water used by any customer shall be restricted to that use <br />specified in the application or permit for such service. <br />(i) Utility emergency requirements. All faucets, sprinklers, hose nozzles, or <br />other continuous streams must be shut off promptly upon the sounding of an alarm of <br />fire or upon notice of other emergency or major disaster. The water shall not be tumed <br />on again until the fire is known to be extinguished or the required repairs have been <br />made. <br />Q) Shut -offs for extensions and repairs. The city reserves the right upon <br />reasonable notice, if possible, at any time to shut off the water in its mains for the <br />purpose of making extensions or repairs, or for other purposes, and all persons having <br />boilers within their premises not supplied with tanks or cisterns, but depending upon the <br />pipes of the city to keep them supplied, shall caution against the danger of collapse. <br />(k) Responsible owner or applicant. In all cases where water is supplied to <br />several tenants from one connection or tap, the city contracts only with the person <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 18 of 56 <br />75C-20 <br />