§ 27-21. Connections to service mains.

(a)

Service pipe to property line. The public services department shall be responsible for installing the service pipe to the property line of the owner of platted lots who or which has paid the appropriate fee for water service. The department shall not run service connections into lots or parts of lots that have been divided or if no provision for easements or alleys have been made for water supply lines.

(b)

Installation of larger service pipes. In case the service supplying a house or building is found not to be large enough due to additions to the building or an increase or change in the number of fixtures, the public services department will be responsible for making the larger tap and install the larger service upon the payment of the tapping charge and appropriate deposit for the size of the new service. No credit will be given for the service already in place that is found to be insufficient in size.

(c)

Valve. The owner shall be required to place a valve on the service between the building and the meter box so the supply may be turned off by the owner in case of a break or repairs being made in the building.

(d)

Size of service connection prescribed. The meter sizing and type shall be based on Chart I, as shown below, included in this chapter.

This Chart I is derived from the National Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors Water Supply Calculator, as derived from the National Bureau of Standards BMS 66 and 79, as amended.

Meter sizes shall be based on the actual number of fixture units as derived on calculation, on an eight-gallon per second flow rate.

No meter shall be permitted to have in excess of the number of fixture units shown on Chart I below, nor be allowed to exceed the peak flow volume as established by American Water Works Association Manual M-22, most recent edition.

CHART I
METER SIZE CHART

WATER METER SIZE	METER TYPE	MAXIMUM FIXTURE UNITS	PEAK MAXIMUM VOLUME-AWWA
5/8 —¾	Displacement	25	20 GPM
1	Displacement	45	50
1.5	Displacement	100	100
2	Compound	225	160
3	Compound	500	320
4	Compound	750	500
6	Compound		1000
8	Compound		1600
10	Turbine		2900
12	Turbine		4300

 

Any meter found to be undersized based upon this Chart I shall, as directed by the city, be upsized to the appropriate meter size. All costs, charges and additional fees related to replacement of the meter shall be paid by the owner in conformance with this ordinance and applicable resolutions.

The public services department in every instance reserves the right, at its option, to designate and prescribe the size of a service connection, either upon original installation of a new connection or upon any renewal or replacement of any old connection and in any case, where a size of service other than that applied for by the owner, or previously existing, is so designated and prescribed by the public services department, and the owner is bound by that determination.

(e)

Other requirements relating to service. The public services department reserves the right, at its option, to require any owner to install on owner's service connection a tank, check valve or valves, approved backflow prevention devices, cock or gate valve, pressure regulator or other appliances, apparatus or equipment of such type and design as is approved by the public services department and thereafter to require any change, alteration, substitution or addition of and to any such tank, etc., and failure upon the part of the owner to comply with such requirements of the public services department within thirty (30) days of written notice may authorize the finance department at its option in writing and without further notice, to cancel and discontinue the service.

(Ord. No. 2011-035, § 2, 11-22-11)