§ 20-1. Water service and connection charges—Sewer connection mandatory; permits required; responsibility for payment.

All persons desiring water service to a dwelling unit, commercial establishment, or any other separate premises within the city, shall be required to make application to the city for a water service connection.

All persons desiring water service to a dwelling unit, commercial establishment, or any other separate premises within the city, shall be required to make application to the city for connection to the city's system of sewerage in accordance with and subject to Chapter 15 of this Code.

No person shall take any water of the city or connect any service pipe to the city water mains, without first connecting to the city's system of sewerage pursuant to and in accordance with Chapter 15 of this Code.

No person shall take any water of the city or connect any service pipe to the city water mains, without first making an application to the water department to install a meter.

No person shall make a connection to an existing consumer's premises not presently connected to the city's system of sewerage for the purpose of supplying water therefrom to any other separate dwelling unit, commercial establishment or premises without first connecting the existing premises and that premises which is to be connected to water use service to the city's system of sewerage.

No person shall make a connection to an existing consumer's premises for the purpose of supplying water therefrom to any other separate dwelling, commercial establishment or premises without first making application therefor to the water department and obtaining a permit therefor.

Connect to Public Facilities. The owner of all houses, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public water line of the city, is required at the owner's expense to connect such facilities directly to the public water line of the city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within ninety days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public water is within one hundred feet of the property line.

Fees for water service shall be collected by placing such charges on the water bill. Water bills shall be rendered for such services and payment thereof shall be made monthly to the city.

(Ord. No. 164, § 1; Ord. No. 186, § 2; Ord. No. 208, § 1; Ord. No. 228, § 1; Ord. No. 338, § 1; Ord. No. 357, § 1; Ord. No. 436, § 7.)