(a) See Appendices on Public Utility Regulations and Rates for additional details.

(b) No property shall be served directly or indirectly by the City water distribution system unless the person so served or his authorized representative has first entered into a contract with the City for such service. No water shall be sold outside the City unless the premises served comply with the rules, regulations, and standards specified for the City.

(c) The City is hereby empowered to discontinue water and sewer service for non-payment of any utility service charges, connection fees, and the like. Utility billing and deposits for water service shall be as provided in rules and regulations for administration of this water system.

(d) No person, other than an authorized employee or designated contractor of the City, shall turn on or off any water service at the key box. The water key box belongs to the property owner, and it is the owner’s responsibility to know where it is located.

(e) No water main, connection, or extension shall be made or backfilled until it is inspected and approved by the City. No one is allowed to tie into a water main prior to authorization by on-site City personnel. The contractor, who shall be a City-approved contractor for a main or connection, shall notify the City at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the time requested for inspection. The twenty-four (24) hour notice does not include weekends or holidays. A fee for a water permit, established under Public Utility Regulations and Rates, shall be charged to cover the costs incurred by the City in such inspection.

(f) No person shall refuse to admit, after notice and at reasonable hours, the premises owned or occupied by him, or hinder any authorized agent of the City entering such premises for the purpose of inspecting any piping in connection with the water distribution system.

(g) No consumer shall resell water.

(h) The City Administrator is hereby empowered, subject to approval by the Council, to make such rules and regulations required for operation of this system, not in conflict with the provisions of this Code, relative to water mains, connections, and extensions which will be served directly or indirectly by the water distribution system, as are necessary to protect public property or the safety and health of the public, and to establish rates for water billing and collections for the support of the system, and no person shall fail to comply with any such rule or regulation. Water and sewer service may be discontinued for non-payment of any utility service charges.

(i) No unauthorized person shall inject anything into the municipal water system. This includes injecting into water main lines or water service connections or extensions. It also includes injection into private water lines that do not have a back-flow preventor. This is to prevent contamination of the municipal water system.