8728 Potable Water PipingORDINANCE NU
(Published in The Salina Journal
1979)
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SIZE OF POTABLE WATER PIPING; AMENDING
SECTION 9-234 OF THE SALINA CODE AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 9-234 of the Salina Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 9-234. Size of potable water piping.
All water service pipes and connections in the city over,
through or along any street, lane, avenue or alley, from the
corporation cock on the water mains to the curb cock shall be
of cast iron with approved fittings, or type "K" copper pipe.
Flared, or silver soldered copper or brass fittings, shall be
used in making such connections on copper pipe.
In installations from the water main to the curb cock,
the minimum size water service line shall be one (1) inch
trade diameter for each premise to be serviced, and shall
provide a minimum of a full 3/4" water line to each consumer
to be serviced therefrom.
All service lines within the street right-of-way shall be
laid with a minimum depth of cover of four (4) feet below the
finished grade. All water services shall be installed in
accordance with the regulations and specifications of the
Water Department, promulgated by the Director of Utilities and
filed with said department.
A stop and waste cock shall be placed inside of the
foundation of the building to be used by the consumer for
shutting off the water to avoid damage or waste of water in
case of accident or cold weather. All such service pipes,
valves and other fittings shall be installed by the owner of
the premises to be supplied, and shall be and remain the
property of such owner, but no part of the same which lies in
any street or public property shall be removed except in
accordance with the ordinances of the city then in force and
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Mater
Department of the city."
Section 2. That the existing Section 9-234 of the Salina Code is
hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Introduced: August 6, 1979
Passed:
Karen M. Graves, Mayor