Applications for special service shall be made in writing in the same manner as required for standard service and shall, in addition, conform to the following requirements:
(A) Applications for private fire service connections shall have attached a sketch showing pipes, valves, hydrants, tanks, openings and appurtenances contemplated. The sketch shall be submitted on a scale of one inch equals 50 feet. The applicant shall be required to pay the entire cost of the installation, including the connection to the main and necessary appurtenances. All new private fire service connections with the exception of the so-called “dry type” may be metered. All materials shall be approved by the Water Department, and all fire service lines must be provided with a suitable gate valve outside the building at or near the property line. The valve installed at the water main shall be under the exclusive control of the Water Department. All fire service lines shall be used exclusively for extinguishement of fires and no connection from any other use may be attached thereto. The size of fire service connections shall in no case be smaller than four inches and in no case attached or tapped to a water main of less than six inches. In the event a main extension is required for private fire service connection, the costs of same shall be borne by the applicant.
(B) All miscellaneous special service shall be installed and maintained at the sole cost of the applicant and an advance of the estimated costs of installation shall be required as a condition precedent to the granting of the application. The billing for the service shall be determined by the Water Superintendent.
(C) Any customer requiring pressures higher than normally maintained in the system, or abnormal quantities of water for fire protection or other special purposes, shall provide additional pumping and storage facilities within his or her property and shall also pay for the additional expense to the city in providing additional transmission mains or other facilities required to provide the special service, either through rates or through contributions to the construction of additional facilities.
(D) Service of a special nature will be rendered only at the option of the city and under conditions which will not interfere with normal service to other customers.
(Ord. 429, passed 6-14-61) Penalty, see § 52.99