§ 28-244. Maintenance of plumbing system.

(a)

The owner of the property shall be responsible for the maintenance of all plumbing (water lines) from the discharge (customer's) side of the water meter into and including the house plumbing. The department shall have the right to disconnect water service where plumbing is not maintained or where any plumbing code violations exist.

(b)

The owner of the property shall be responsible for maintaining and keeping clean the sanitary sewer pipes leading and connecting from the property owner's plumbing system up to the point of connection to the district's sanitary sewer main line. The department retains all rights to insist on proper maintenance of the property owners' facilities and to exclude infiltration and harmful wastes by the owners. The department shall have the right to disconnect sanitary sewer service where plumbing is not maintained or where any plumbing code violations exist.

(c)

Water lost due to plumbing leaks or use by unauthorized persons is the customer's responsibility. The department shall not be responsible for any loss of water or damages resulting from leaks, open faucets, or otherwise, on the private property of a consumer at any time, including at the time a department employee restores water service to the premises, and shall be under no obligation to make adjustments for such leaks or resulting damages.

(d)

Failure to keep the sanitary sewer pipe and appurtenances, including but not limited to, the pipe leading from the plumbing system to the district's sanitary sewer main line and any grease and/or sand trap or other approved device, clean and maintained in a proper manner constitutes authority to the department to disconnect the water connection and/or the sanitary sewer connection, which shall not be reconnected until the sanitary sewer pipe and/or any such appurtenances shall be cleaned and maintained properly. In those instances where the owner has his own private water supply, the department shall have the right to disconnect such water supply to the plumbing system, and the owner shall have no right to reconnect his own private water supply until the sanitary sewer pipe leading from the plumbing system to the district's sanitary sewer main line has been maintained, cleared and restored to proper condition. Any violation of this provision by reconnecting the owner's private water supply or the connection from the district's waterline, or reconnecting the connection to the district's sanitary sewer main line, until such sanitary sewer pipes are cleaned and maintained properly, shall be considered a violation of this division and subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. In addition to any such penalties, a violator shall also be liable for restitution of all costs incurred by the district, its contractors or agents in exercising any authority provided under this section.

(e)

The owner of any multi-family residential, non-residential or commercial premises shall be responsible for the maintenance of the backflow prevention assembly. The department shall have the right to disconnect water service where the backflow prevention assembly is not properly maintained.

(Ord. No. 2005-19, § 9, 10-18-05; Ord. No. 2007-01, § 2, 1-23-07)