Item 07 - Sewer System Management Plan 2025 Update

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(1) Right of agency to install facilities. The city shall have the right at any time, and at any point for good cause, to install or change any water meter, detector check, backflow preventer, and fittings as required by this article, and the customer shall bear all costs for work so performed. Failure to pay for these facilities as set forth in this article shall relieve the city of any responsibility to provide any service and the service shall be disconnected until full payment of costs, interest, and penalties has been made to the city. (m) Nonliability of city for interruption in service. The city shall not be liable for damage resulting from interruption of service, shortage, insufficiency, or quality of supply. (n) Notice to customer for shutdown of service. In case of emergency or during normal water system maintenance and repair operations, whenever possible, all consumers affected will be notified prior to any shutdown of service. (o) Temporary shutdowns authorized. Temporary shutdowns may be restored by the city for improvements and repairs and the city shall not be liable for any loss or damage occasioned thereby. (p) Inspecting apparatus —Right of city. The city reserves the right of inspection of customer's apparatus at all times. (q) Resale of water prohibited. Where submeters are utilized, customer shall not resell to another person at any charge higher than his pro rata share of the total charges as rendered by the agency. (r) Pressure and supply. The city assumes no responsibility for loss or damage because of high water pressure or lack of water or pressure and merely agrees to furnish such quantities and pressure as are present in its general distribution system. The service is subject to shut down and variations required by the operation of the system. Any pressure regulation to control water pressure greater than eighty (80) psi (pounds per square inch) shall be the responsibility of the customer. (s) Curb stops. There shall be a curb stop or valve in every attachment just inside the curb at a point to be designated by the city. The curb stop and box will be supplied by the city and shall be for its exclusive use and under its exclusive control. (t) Damage to customer's property. The city will not be responsible for damages to buildings or their contents from any break in a water pipe beyond the street service box. Water customers shall, for their own protection, provide at their own expense another valve at the first suitable point beyond the meter. (u) Unused service connection. Any service connection which has been installed for a period of ten (10) years or more and has not been activated for ten (10) years shall be considered inactive and obsolete. Any person desiring water service for such premises or any portion thereof formerly supplied by the inactive service shall make application for a new service connection and pay the current charge therefore. (v) Meter box or hydrant obstruction. No person shall place trash, dirt, building materials, or other objects or obstructions on or around meter boxes or on, around, or adjacent to city hydrants. No person shall allow the meter boxes or hydrants to become obstructed or obscured by vines, trees shrubs, plants, or in any manner so as to make their location difficult to determine, or so as to interfere with or render difficult free access to, or use of, meter boxes or fire hydrants. In the event of obstruction or obscuring, notice shall be given by the agency to the property served by such meter, or adjacent to such hydrant; such notice shall contain the requirement that the obstruction be removed within twenty-four (24) hours. Where a meter box is obstructed or obscured so that it cannot be read, a "special investigation/meter reread fee" shall be made for returning to read the meter. (w) Responsibility of city. The city's responsibility ends at the customer's side of the meter or where the city's facilities terminate. (x) Above ground water system appurtenances. Fire hydrants and aboveground backflow prevention devices, fire connection stand pipes and above ground meters shall be entirely color coded as follows: Created: 2025-01-29 11:22:13 [EST] (Supp. No. 30) Page 14 of 54