12-10635 Water Taps and Charges and Maintenance of Service Lines1
(Published in the Salina Journal on 14111V_4 2012.)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 12-10635
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 41, ARTICLE H, DIVISION 1, SECTIONS 41-28 AND
41-29 OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO WATER TAPS AND CHARGES AND
MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE LINES AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTIONS 41-28 AND 41-29.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the city of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Sections 41-28 and 41-29 of Chapter 41, Article I1, Division 1 of the Salina Code is
hereby amended as follows:
"Sec. 41-28. Taps 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 water main or water mains that may
hereafter be installed by the water and wastewater 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 finance and
administration 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 wastewater 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 wastewater 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 borne by the customer or property owner. Such costs shall be paid at the customer
service office before the water service will be turned on.
Sec. 41-29. Maintenance of service lines.
(a) City responsibility. The city shall maintain at the City's expense, 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.
(b) . Water consumer responsibility. The water consumer shall maintain, at the water consumer's
expense, the water service line from the curb cock, if the meter is set on private property, or from
the meter set; if the meter is set on public property to the point of consumption (including any
such water service line paid for by the city).
(c) Maintenance of plumbing or 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 2. That existing Sections 41-28 and 41-29 are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication
once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: April 16, 2012
Pa April 23, 2012
orman M. nnings, Mayor
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Lieu Ann Elsey, CMC, C' Clerk