5351 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 64 - WATER SERVICE

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" ' � • Chapter 64 'ti . � Page 2 � 6. A water service Iine shall consist of the necessary tap, pipe, stop , boxes, stop cocks, hydrants, meter, fixtures and appurtenances betti�:een the City water r�ain and the discharge side of the �vater meter. The water se.rvice \� Iine shall be originally supplied by, and kept in repa�ir by, the otvner of the ' property sexvEd thereby. Not more than one lot or parcel of ground snall be served by each sarvice Iine, except as provided else:vzere herein, and whenever , a lot or parcei of ground being served by a service Zine is divided into se- ' parate ownership, cvater service after such division shall be provided by a se- parate service line for each of tne res�ective parts the-reof. Where t��o or more single farsily residence buildings or two family residence buildings having water s�rvice or" the domestic classification are Iocated on one lot or parcel of ground a sep�rate water service line shall be provided for each such build- ing 6vhetner th� same are or,vned py one person or ent ity or otnerwise . 7. Water service classified as n�a-domestic service may be supplied through a single service Iine to t��o or more buildings situated on one lot or parcel of ground or on contiguous lots or parcels of ground under single owner- ship with the consent in �vriting of the Director of the t�ater Department and the water furnisned thereto may be measured by a sinsle meter . If it is requir- ed by said Director that more tnan one service line or more than one meter be utilized to furnish the �vater service in this section provided, upon the request in writina of said o�vrer received by said Director, the re spective registrations or water furnis:zed sho��:n by each of said neters shall be accumulatec� and the pay- ment for such �vater shall be computed upon the basis of the total of such accu- mulated registrations. The intervening oi a street, alley or public easemont or way bet��;een such�� lots or parcels of ground unc�er single o�vnership shall � ignored in determining tne contiguity thereof. In the ever.t any paxt oi such lot or parcel, or such contiguous Iots or parcels, is separated into more than one o�vnership, the respective separate parcels sha11 thereafter be sexveci by separate service Iines. 8. P+12ters installed for the purpose of ineasaring the amount of wat2r fur- nisned fron the water systFm of the City which are in place on or before the efiective date hereo; shall be Iocated so as to be reasonably accessible for tiie reading thereof. If the Director of the �,vater �part��nt determir,es any such meter is not so installed as to be reasonably acc�ssible for said purp ose, he may direct the relocation of sucn meter to a place ivhere tne same is so access- ible by a notice in writing addressed to th2 person or entity in whose name tlie service is registered and at the address of the premises served. The meter shal2 be relocated �vithin fifteen (15) days of the d�te of such notice . On and after r the effective date hereoi, meters installed for the purpose of ineasuring the , amount of water furnished from tti� �vater system of the City shall be equipped with a device approved by the Director of the Water Department wizich shall per- mit said meter to be read cvithout entry into the builc�ing or other enclostzre in which said meter is located. The register face of said device shall b� so plac- ed and maintain�d as to b� easily accessible to a meter reader at aIl reasonable times. The location o.E said re�ister face may be prescribed by the Director of the Water L�partme nt.