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

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entity, and the officers or employees of the City shall not be liable for or on account of the interruption, for any reason whatsoever, of water service to any such user or other person or entity, except for the intentional or will full misconduct of such officer or such employee. 8. WATER METERS. Water furnished from the water system of the City shall be measured by meters tested and approved by the Public Works Department and furnished by the water user, which Department shall repair or replace all meters in services of one inch or smaller. Meters in services larger than one inch shall be tested, repaired or replaced in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the City Manager. Said rules may provide for the frequency of testing or inspection and the manner thereof, the cost or expense or charges for testing, inspection, repair or replacement and the allocation thereof,the place of such operations and the responsibility for production of meters thereat, or of testing or repair equipment at meter sites; the limitation of the makes of meters to specific manufacturers which may be placed in service; the establishment of reasonable time limits for, and procedures to, carry out the mechanics of such testing, inspection, repair and replacement and the administration thereof. Amended, Ordinance No. 2017-08, February 6 2017) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2013-20,April 1, 2013) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2000- 63, July 17, 2000) (Amended, Ordinance No. 90-35, March 19, 1990) 9. WATER SERVICE LINE. The water service line shall be originally supplied by the owner of the premise served thereby. The City shall maintain and keep in repair residential water service lines from the City main to the discharge side of the curb stop. The owner of the premise served thereby shall maintain and keep in repair residential service lines from the discharge side of the curb stop to the intake side of the water meter, and keep in repair unmetered services lines, commercial service lines and industrial service lines from