HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-06-30-211REGULATIONS GOVERNING MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM CONNECTIONS AND
SERVICES.
§211.1 Purpose. The purposes of this ordinance is to prescribe the procedure to be
followed in making private connections with the municipal water system and to establish regulations
governing the connections and services therefrom.
§211.2 Enforcement. The City Clerk shall supervise the installation of water service pipes
and their connections to the water main and enforce all regulations pertaining to water services in
this city in accordance with this ordinance. This ordinance shall apply to all replacements of existing
service pipes as well as to new ones. The City Clerk shall make such rules, not in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance, as needed for the detailed operation of the waterworks, subject to the
approval of the council. In the event of an emergency he may make temporary rules for the
protection of the system until due consideration by the council may be had.
§211.3 Adoption of State Plumbing Code. The installation of any water-service pipe
and any connections with the municipal water system shall comply fully with all pertinent and
applicable provisions, whether regulatory, procedural or enforcement provisions of the State of Iowa
Plumbing Code as set forth in the Code of Iowa, as amended, and all amendments hereinafter made
thereto, published by the State of Iowa, which are hereby adopted. An official copy of said Plumbing
Code, as adopted, and a certified copy of this ordinance is on file in the office of the City Clerk for
public inspection.
§211.4 License required. All installations of water service pipes and connections to
the municipal water system shall be made by a plumber licensed by this city. The City Clerk shall
have the power to suspend the license of any plumber for violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance. A suspension, unless revoked, shall continue until the next regular meeting of the city
council. The City Clerk shall notify the plumber immediately by personal written notice of the
suspension, the reasons for the suspension, and the time and place of the council meeting at which he
will be granted a hearing. At this council meeting the City Clerk shall make a written report to the
council stating his reasons for the suspension, and the council, after fair hearing, shall revoke the
suspension or take any further action that is necessary and proper.
[September 14, 1981]
§211.5 Insurance, Legal Responsibility and Public Safety. Any plumber doing any
work subject to the provisions of this ordinance shall secure and maintain such insurance from an
insurance company authorized to write casualty insurance in the State of Iowa as will protect himself,
subcontractors, property owners and the City of Waukee, Iowa, from claims for bodily injury, death
or property damage which may arise from operation in connection with any and all work being done
that is subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
The plumber shall not commence any work subject to the provisions of this ordinance until
he has obtained all insurance required under this paragraph and shall have filed certificate of
insurance of a certified copy of the insurance policy with the City Clerk.
Each insurance policy shall contain a clause providing that it shall not be canceled by the
insurance company without ten (10) days written notice of the City of Waukee, Iowa, of intention to
cancel.
The amounts of such insurance shall not be less than the following, to-wit:
A. Workmen's Compensation and Employer's Liability Insurance shall be secured and
maintained as required by the State of Iowa and if such insurance is not required by
the State of Iowa such insurance shall be secured and maintained in an amount the
same as the minimum requirements of the State of Iowa.
B. Public Liability, Bodily Injury, and Property Damage:
1. Injury or death of one person $100,000.00
2. Injury to more than one person
in a single accident $300,000.00
3. Property Damage $ 25,000.00
[September 14, 1981]
C. Automobile and Truck Public Liability, Bodily Injury and Property Damage:
1. Injury or death of one person $100,000.00
2. Injury to more than one person
in a single accident $300,000.00
3. Property Damage $ 25,000.00
D. When excavation, trenching, or tunneling is involved, the property damaged liability
coverage under the Comprehensive General Liability Policy shall specifically provide
coverage for damage to underground property.
§211.6 Mandatory Connections. All residences and business establishments within
the city limits intended or used for human habitation, occupancy or use shall be connected to the
public water supply if it is reasonably available and if the building is not furnished with pure and
wholesome water from some other.
§211.7 Permit. Before any person, firm, corporation or other association shall make
a connection with the public water system, a written permit must be obtained from the City Clerk.
The application for the permit shall be filed with the City Clerk on blanks furnished by him. The
application shall include a legal description of the property, the name of the property owner, the
name and address of the person who will do the work, and the general uses of the water. No
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different or additional uses will be allowed except by written permission of the City Clerk. The City
Clerk shall issue the permit, bearing his signature and stating the time of issuance, if the proposed
work meets all the requirements of this ordinance and if all fees required under this ordinance have
been paid. Work under any permit must begun within six (6) months after it is issued. The City
Clerk may at any time revoke the permit for any violation of this ordinance and require that the work
be stopped. The owner or plumber may appeal such action in the manner provided in '211.4 of this
ordinance.
§211.8 Fee for Permit and Connection with the Public Water System. Before any
permit is issued and any connection to the public water system authorized, the person who makes the
application shall pay to the City Clerk a fee to be set by resolution of the council of the City of
Waukee which shall cover the cost of issuing the permit, supervising, regulating and inspecting the
work, and making necessary engineering studies.
[October 8, 1985]
[September 14, 1981]
Permits may be issued, upon payment of fees and at such rates as may be set by the council
by ordinance or resolution, for connection to the public water system for swimming pools, irrigation
of yards, gardens and other uses for which sanitary sewer service charges are not applicable. A back
flow preventer to protect against contamination of the water system shall be installed in such
connections on the hose bib. No underground irrigation systems are to be allowed in the public
right-of-way or public lands.
[March 13, 1991]
Subsection A repealed, October 17, 2005 – Ordinance 2540
§211.9 Water Supply Control.
A. The plumber who makes the connection to the municipal water system shall install a
main shutoff valve of the inverted key type on the water service pipe near the curb
with a suitable lock of a pattern approved by the City Clerk. The shut-off valve shall
be covered with a heavy metal covering having the letter "W" marked thereon,
visible and even with the pavement or ground.
B. The plumber also shall install a shut-off valve and waste cock on every service pipe
inside the building near the entrance of the water-service pipe into the building; this
must be located so that the water can be shut off conveniently and the pipes drained.
Where on service pipe is installed to supply more than one customer, there shall be
separate shut-off valves inside the building for each customer so that service to one
customer can be shut off without interfering with service to the others.
§211.10 Making the Connection. Any connection with the municipal water system
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must be made under the direct supervision of the City Clerk or his authorized assistant. All taps in
the water main must be at least twelve (12) inches apart and on the side and near the top and not in
any case within eighteen (18) inches of the hub.
A. Service connections shall be 3/4 inch type K copper (ASTM B88) or schedule 40
PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) (ASTM D1784 & D1785). Where good engineering
design requires, larger service lines may be required.
[April 13, 1982]
B. Service lines shall be installed at least 5.5 feet below finished ground level.
[September 14, 1981]
[April 13, 1982]
[March 12, 1985]
C.In any instance in which a service line for requested water service exceeds 110 feet in
length, the property owner shall, before water service is extended to such owner,
agree to pay the cost of installation of a meter pit in a location to be designated by the
city; and said property owner shall pay the cost of installation of said pit prior to the
furnishing of water to said property. The meter pit shall thereafter be the property of
the City of Waukee, Iowa.
[March 12, 1985]
§211.11 Costs of Making Connections and Repairs.
A. All original connections to the municipal water system shall be made at the expense
of the owner of the property to be served. Thereafter, and during the time that this
provision of this ordinance is in effect, the City of Waukee will make necessary
repairs to the service line from its system to the main shut-off valve provided for in
§211.9(A) hereof, provided that notice of the necessity of such repair be given the
City Clerk prior to excavation. Property owners requesting a tap of a water main by
the city employees of the City of Waukee shall pay to the City the sum of $50.00 plus
costs of materials except for the original connections to the municipal water system
which shall be made at the expense of the owner of the property to be served.
B.In the event that the City should determine, after excavation, that repairs to the
service line between the main shut-off valve and the building being served required
the repair, the costs of such repair, including excavations, shall be borne by the owner
of the property served by said line.
[June 28, 1984]
§211.12 Excavations. Excavations to do work under this ordinance shall be dug so as
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to occasion the least possible inconvenience to the public and to provide for passage of water along
the gutter. All such excavations shall have proper barricades at all times, and warning lights placed
from one-half hour before sunset and one-half hour after sunrise. In refilling the excavation the earth
must be laid in layers and each layer tamped thoroughly to prevent settlement, and, this work and any
street, sidewalk, pavement or other public property that is affected, must be restored to as good a
condition as it was previous to the excavation. The excavator must maintain the affected area in
good repair to the satisfaction of the city council for two years after refilling. No excavation shall be
made within six feet of any laid water pipe while the ground is frozen, and no water or sewer pipe
shall be exposed to frost, except by special written permission of the City Council.
[September 14, 1981]
[April 13, 1982]
[June 28, 1984]
[March 12, 1985]
August 1, 1994 – Ordinance No. 2186
§211.13 Inspection and Approval. All water-service pipes and their connections to
the municipal water system must be inspected and approved in writing by the City Clerk before they
are covered, and he or she shall keep a record of such approvals in his or her office. If he or she
refuses to approve the work, the plumber or owner must proceed immediately to correct the work so
that it will meet with his or her approval. Every person who uses or intends to use the municipal
water system shall permit the City Clerk or his or her authorized assistants to enter the premises to
inspect or make necessary alterations or repairs at all reasonable hours and on proof of authority.
§211.14 Completion by the City. Should any excavation be left open or partly
refilled for twenty-four (24) hours after the water-service pipe is installed and connected with the
municipal water system, or should the work be improperly done, the City Clerk shall have the right
to finish or correct the work, and the council shall assess the costs to the property owner or the
plumber. If the plumber is assessed, he must pay the cost before he can receive another permit, and
the plumber's bond required by the Plumbing Ordinance shall be security for the assessment. If the
property owner is assessed, such assessment shall be collected with and in the same manner as
general property taxes.
§211.15 Shutting Off Water Supply. After giving reasonable notice, the City Clerk
may shut off the supply of water to any customer because of any substantial violation of this
ordinance, or valid regulation under '211.1 of this ordinance, that is not being contested in good
faith. The supply shall not be turned on again until all violations have been corrected, all conditions
imposed by the council met, and the City Clerk has ordered the water to be turned on.
[September 14, 1981]
[April 13, 1982]
§211.16 Disposition of Fees and Charges. All money received under this ordinance
shall be deposited in the city treasury not later than the last day of the month in which it was received
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and a written report of the amount and source of the fees and charges shall be filed with the Clerk.
[September 14, 1981]
[April 13, 1982]
§211.17 Sharing of Main Costs.Where there are properties being developed that
are separated by public access or streets and the properties can be served by one water main, the
Waukee City Council shall determine the side of the street on which the main will be located. The
costs of installation of the main shall be borne by the developer who first develops the adjacent
public access. Any person, firm or corporation who wishes to connect to the existing main to furnish
water to the property on the opposite side of the public access, shall be required to pay the developer
who originally installed said main, one-half of the per foot cost of installation times the number of
frontage feet owned by the person, firm or corporation desiring to make said connection, subject to
the following terms and conditions:
A. All agreements entered into pursuant to this policy shall provide the cost to the
original developer and to the maximum amount of permissible reimbursement prior to actual
installation which agreement may not thereafter be modified.
B. All agreements allowing for reimbursement shall become null and void after the
expiration of ten years from the acceptance of the final plat filed by the developer bearing the initial
cost.
C. Any person, firm or corporation which becomes insolvent or ceases to do business
after the signing of an agreement contemplated by this policy shall not be entitled to reimbursement
and any agreement with such person, firm or corporation, shall become null and void.
D. The City Council’s decision on any disputed matter concerning this policy shall be
final.
November 3, 2003 – Ordinance 2446