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water service lines 2/24/1984• • �'II EI 1i4'��I II ����� ,��x at i I)' AIQ .i.. � -v WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT 300 WEST ASN MEET - PO, BOX 1307 SALIN& ONSAS 67402-1307 AREA CODE 913&47-N25 February 24, 1984 TO: All Plumbers and Building Contractors FROM: Dean Boyer, Director of Utilities SUBJECT: Water Service Lines DEAN BOYER, P.E. DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES Enclosed is Revised Ordinance Number 83-8986 explaining the City's responsibility in regard to water service lines. Starting at the first of 1984 the City will be responsible for the tapping and the installation of all water service lines from the main through the meter if the meter is set in the parking and from the main through the curb cock if the meter is set inside the building. In addition, the Water Department will be responsible for the maintenance of all service lines of essen- tially the same dimensions. Also find enclosed Exhibit A, B, C, and D, which are drawings to further clarify where the responsibility of the City ends and the responsibility of the property owner begins. DB:cw encs. MEMBER ... KANSAS LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES - NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES (Published in The Salina Journal , 1983) AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO WATER SERVICE LINES AND METERS; PROVIDING THE METHOD FOR OBTAINING WATER SERVICE AND PAYMENT FOR INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF; ADDING SECTION 41-9; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 41-28, 41-29, 41-30, 41-31, 41-38 AND 41-39 OF THE SALINA CODE AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Ka Section 1. That the Salina Code is hereby amended by adding the following section, to -wit: "Section 41-9. Policy and regulations. The City Manager shall be responsible for all affairs relating to the operation of the combined water and sewer utility. The City Manager shall be responsible and be authorized to make, direct and adopt administrative requiations, establish fees and do all those things necessary for the operation of said utility not inconsistent with this code." Section 2. That Sections 41-28, 41-29, 41-30, 41-31, 41-38 and 41-39 of the Salina Code are hereby amended to read as follows, to -wit: "Section 41-28. Service lines and charges. (a) The phrase 'lineal feet" where hereinafter used shall be deemed to refer to the front footage of the private property that may be served from any existing main or water mains that may hereafter be installed by the Water and Sewerage Department; in the event any such property is carved into lots and Irregularly shaped, the lineal footage shall be deemed to refer to the main width of any such irrequiar lot. (b) whenever any person desires to obtain water service to any property, which has not heretofore paid the cost of a water main, by special assessment or other means, shall as a condition precedent to the installation of such service, pay a connection charge based on front footage of property to be served. The Director of Utilities shall annually determine that charge. It shall be the duty of any person applying for a new water service to correctly state the lineal front footage of property to be thereby served. In the event of the failure to do so, the Director of Utilities is hereby directed to forthwith discontinue water service to any such property where the lineal front footage was misrepresented. No charge shall be made to property that can be served from paralleling installation in the event that the property to be so served has been a consumer of water from the department antecedent to September 13, 1954. (c) Whenever any person requests a new water service, he shall apply for such service at the Water and Sewerane Department customer service office. The utility will tap the main and Install the water service line terminating with a curb cock if the meter is to be installed on private property or terminate with a curb cock and meter set if meter is installed on public property. Before the new service is turned on the property owner shall pay the cost thereof as determined by the Director of Utilities, to the Water and Sewerage Department at their customer service office. The plumbing inspector for the City also shall approve all the plumbing on private property served by the service line prior to its being turned on. (d If a customer or property owner requests the replacement or relocation of all or any part of an existing water service line due to size or location the water utility shall make the change or replacement. The cost of such change or replacement shall be determined by the Director of Utilities and born by the customer or property owner. Such costs shall be paid at the customer service office before the water service will be turned on. (e) The maintenance of all water service lines (including those originally paid for and owned by the property owner) shall be performed by the water utility at the water utility's expense. The maintenance obligation shall cover the water service line from the water main through the curb cock if the meter is set on private property or through the meter set if the meter is set on public property." "Section 41-29. Maintenance of plumbing, etc.; wasting water. All water consumers shall keep their own fixtures, service lines and all other appurtenances in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and shall prevent all unnecessary waste of water, keeping all fixtures closed when not in use." "Section 41-30. City not liable for interrupted service, ripht to cut ott water; repairs. It is expressly stipulated that no claim shall be made against the city or the water and Sewerage Department because of any break in the service or any damage arising from cutting off of water to repair mains, service lines, make connections, frozen meters, or for any other purpose that becomes necessary. The right is hereby reserved to cut off water at any time when deemed necessary. Defective service lines must be promptly repaired; otherwise the water may he shut off at the curb cock if leak is on private property or at the corporation cock if leaking on public property." "Section 41-31. Abandoned service lines to be cooped or p ugge . When a service line is abandoned the water and Sewerage Department shall shut off and cap or plug the line at the corporation cock. If the line is to be utilized at a later date the line will be reactivated by the water and Sewerage Department at the property owners expense," "Section ut-38. Consumer responsibility for damage to meter. .Whether a meter is located is a building, an approved meter box or housing in the parking or sidewalk or elsewhere, the consumer or owner of the property in which such meter is placed shall be responsible for its protection and preservation and any damage sustained by such meter shall be charged to the consumer or owner of the property served and the same shall be collectible in the sane manner as monthly water bills." "Section 41-39. Meters damaged by hot water, steam, improper L72-2 ing. Whenever a meter is damaged by hot water or steam or by an improper method of thawing when frozen, the cost of the repairs shall be chargeable to the property and the same shall be collectible in the same manner as monthly water bilis." Section 3. That the existing Sections 41-28, 41-29, 41-30, 41-31, and 41-39 of the Salina Code are hereby repealed. C EXHIBIT T ® Water Meter 11 ® Curb Cock The Salina Water Department is responsible for the maintenance of the water service line from the water main to and includina the curb cock and the property owner is responsible for maintenance of the water service line from the curb cock to and including, the meter setting in the buildino. n EXHIBIT "B" Q ® Water Meter ® Curb Cock The Salina Water Department is responsible for the maintenance of the water service line from the water main to and including the meter setting and the property owner is responsible for maintenance of the water service line from the meter to the building. EXHIBIT "C" Building Building ® Water Meter ® Curb Cock The'Salina !dater Deoartment is responsible for the maintenance of the water service line from the water main to and including the meter settino and the property owner is responsible for maintenance of the water service line from the meter to the buildinq. I EXHIBIT 11D11 ® Water Meter ® Curb Cock The Salina Water Department is responsible for the maintenance of the water service line from the water main to and includinq the curb cock and the property owner is responsible for maintenance of the water service line from the curb cock to the buildinq and/or buildinqs. J I •. I nl I a.. L ®- I I I I 1 � ler s I I i ® Water Meter ® Curb Cock The Salina Water Department is responsible for the maintenance of the water service line from the water main to and includinq the curb cock and the property owner is responsible for maintenance of the water service line from the curb cock to the buildinq and/or buildinqs.