A. Where water mains exist adjacent to the property or premises to be served, upon submission to the water department of information as to the location and nature of the premises to be served, applicant will be furnished with information as to the proposed location of the meter setting. If the customer service line has been installed prior to the application for service, it shall be the applicant’s responsibility to clearly mark the location thereof. However, the water department shall have sole jurisdiction to determine the location of the street service line and the feasibility of a connection to the customer’s service line. It shall be the applicant’s responsibility at his own expense, to run his service line from the premises being served to the meter setting at or near the curbline in a manner consistent with city regulations and the State Plumbing Code. Service pipes and connections from the water main to and including the meter setting shall be installed at consumer’s expense by the water department. No service connections less than three-quarter inch in size shall be installed. An advance payment of the estimated cost of the work by the City shall be made before a permit is granted for such installation; provided, however, if the estimated cost paid is not sufficient to cover the total expense for labor and material and overhead as established by the City’s current charge schedule for such installation, the deficit shall be paid promptly upon billing and shall be a charge against the property for which such installation was made and the owner thereof until so paid; any excess estimate payment shall be returned to the person applying for the installation. Permanent water service shall not be furnished by the City until all charges as indicated have been fully paid.

B. Installation of Service Pipes. Pipes of all sizes, for all purposes, laid from the property line to the stop and waste cock in the building must in no case be less than three-quarter inch in diameter of galvanized steel, iron, Type K copper water tubing, or other material as approved by the State Plumbing Code, including approved plastic piping. Cast iron or steel pipes when properly dipped may, with the approval of the City water department be used for fire protection purposes. Services from the property line to the wall of the building to be served shall be laid with not less than thirty (30) inches of cover below the surface of the graded ground. No pipes shall be laid in sewer ditches or culverts. Service pipes shall be so connected and maintained as to provide electrical continuity from within the building to the main.

C. Unusual Conditions. When in the judgment of the City water department, unusual conditions exist which require greater attention, extra fittings, meter boxes, vaults, backflow preventers, or other safeguards to assure adequate volume and pressure of water to an individual service and/or to minimize repair and maintenance problems inherent in the installation or to prevent cross-connections, the City may require the applicant to meet the cost of such additional fittings, meter vaults or other safeguards at customary city charges which will be taxed to the applicant and be in addition to the usual meter and service installation charges and considered a part thereof. Where meters are required to be installed in driveways or roadways or under other circumstances which in the opinion of the water department may give rise to unusual installation or maintenance problems, the City shall have the right in its discretion, to require concrete meter vaults or other devices to likewise be installed; the cost of such vault or other protective device shall be borne by the owner of the property requesting the service installation. Meters shall be set at property lines and the service pipe from the main to the meter, as well as the meter and meter box, shall be the property of the City and not the person owning the premises or paying for the installation.

D. Services larger than three-quarter inch may, in the discretion of the water department, be installed when requested in writing, provided the system is able to adequately serve such larger connections without interfering with the water service of others. The charges made for the installation of larger services shall be sufficient to cover all costs thereof, and the minimum or “ready to serve” charge shall be higher than for standard three-quarter inch service connections.

E. Installation, Connection, System Development Charges and Service Charges. The charges for installation of water service as hereinabove provided, connection fees therefor, and system development charges as provided in Ordinance 7-1998 and WVMC 13.16, shall be fixed by the City Council by resolution or ordinance, which charges or fees may be amended or altered from time to time in like manner. (Ord. 9-1998 § 1, 1998; Ord. 4-1982 § 3, 1982.)