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system. Any pressure regulation to control water pressure greater than 80 psi (pounds per square inch) shall be the responsibility of the customer. (s) Curb stops. There shall be a curb stop or valve in every attachment just inside the curb at a point to be designated by the city. The curb stop and box will be supplied by the city and shall be for its exclusive use and under its exclusive control. (t) Damage to customer's property. The city will not be responsible for damages to buildings or their contents from any break in a water pipe beyond the street service box. Water customers shall, for their own protection, provide at their own expense another valve at the first suitable point beyond the meter. (u) Unused service connection. Any service connection which has been installed for a period of ten (10) years or more and has not been activated for ten (10) years shall be considered inactive and obsolete. Any person desiring water service for such premises or any portion thereof formerly supplied by the inactive service shall make application for a new service connection and pay the current charge therefore. (v) Meter box or hydrant obstruction. No person shall place trash, dirt, building materials, or other objects or obstructions on or around meter boxes or on, around, or adjacent to city hydrants. No person shall allow the meter boxes or hydrants to become obstructed or obscured by vines, trees shrubs, plants, or in any manner so as to make their location difficult to determine, or so as to interfere with or render difficult free access to, or use of, meter boxes or fire hydrants. In the event of obstruction or obscuring, notice shall be given by the agency to the property served by such meter, or adjacent to such hydrant; such notice shall contain the requirement that the obstruction be removed within twenty-four (24) hours. Where a meter box is obstructed or obscured so that it cannot be read, a "special investigation/meter reread fee" shall be made for returning to read the meter. (w) Responsibility of city. The city's responsibility ends at the customer's side of the meter or where the city's facilities terminate. (x) Above ground water system appurtenances. Fire hydrants and aboveground backflow prevention devices, fire connection stand pipes and above ground meters shall be entirely color coded as follows: Public fire hydrant White Private fire hydrants OSHA Red Irrigation meter and Backflow Prevention Device Green Domestic meter and Backflow Prevention Device Blue Fire Backflow Prevention Device and fire connection standpipes OSHA Red All colors shall follow the city's standard specification as established by the agency. Ordinance No. NS -2921 Page 20 of 57