2023-20 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 64 - Water Service

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April 1, 2013) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2005-112, December 19, 2005) (Amended, Ordinance No. 90-12, January 29, 1990) 610. COMMERCIAL SERVICE LINE. Water service classified as commercial service will be supplied through a single service line to each building situated on one lot or parcel of ground or on contiguous lots or parcels of ground under single ownership and the water furnished thereto will be measured by a single meter for each service line. The owner may request in writing to the Public Works Director that more than one service line or more than one meter be utilized to furnish the water service in this section. The director shall approve or deny such requests in writing to the owner prior to service line installation. The intervening of a street, alley, or public easement or way between such lots or parcels of ground under single ownership shall be ignored in determining the contiguity thereof. In the event any part of such lot or parcel, or such contiguous lots or parcels, is separate service lines and meters. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2017-08, February 6, 2017) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2055-112, December 19, 2005) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2000-63, July 17, 2000) (Amended, Ordinance No. 90-35, March 19, 1990) -711. WATER METER INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.All existing and newly installed water meters shall be located or relocated, at the expense of the owner of the premises served, so as, in the determination of the Public Works Director, to control the entire supply of water to the premises and in a clean, dry safe place so that the meter or meters not be subject to great temperature variance and be properly protected from freezing and other hazards, and be easily accessible for installation, maintenance, reading, and replacement. All meters shall at the time of installation be equipped with a device, approved by said director, which will permit said meter to be read without entry into the building or