83-8986 Water Sewers(Published in The Salina Journal DBC_ 23 , 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, Kansas:
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
regulations, 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 irregular 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 Sewerage
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 3. That the existing Sections 41-28, 41-29, 41-30, 41-31, 41-38
and 41-39 of the Salina Code are hereby repealed.
"Section 41-30. City not liable for interrupted service,
right to cut off 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 be 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 capped or
plugged.
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 41-38. 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 same manner as monthly water bills."
"Section 41-39. Meters damaged by hot water, steam, improper
t Fawing.
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 bills."
Section 3. That the existing Sections 41-28, 41-29, 41-30, 41-31, 41-38
and 41-39 of the Salina Code are hereby repealed.
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Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective January 1, 1984.
Harrison, City Clerk
Introduced: December 12, 1983
Passed: December 19, 1983
Obhn F. Burgess-, Kpyor