Ordinance 3328 - Laserfiche WebLink

• The expense of tapping mains, making connections, testing completed work, placing valves, meters or any other protective device that the Superintendent may deem necessary to prevent the illegal use of water, shall in all cases be borne by the owner of the property benefitted. The Water Department shall not be held to guarantee the sufficiency of its water supply for fire protection in any fire or sprinkler system; and the Water Department shall not be liable for the failure of water through said private fire or sprinkler service, whether occasioned by the scarcity of water in its mains, lack of pressure from any cause, or the breaking of any valve, main or connection, or from the shutting off of water for repair- ing new connections or for any other justifiable cause. Section 32: Sprinkling Regulations. Sidewalk sprinkling shall be confined to the limits of the front and sides of the premises for which application has been made, and shall not extend to the adjoining street. The Water Department reserves the right, in the case of shortage of water, or for any other reasonable cause, to make any order forbidding or limiting the use of water for irrigation, sprinkling, sluicing, or manufacturing purposes; and may at its discretion make such order at any time; upon any violation of this rule, the water may be turned off from the premises without notice, and the same shall not be turned on again until the owner or occupant of the premises shall have paid to the Water Department the charge of Two dollars ( 2.00) for inspection and turning the water off and on. No water from the Everett Water System shall be used by any person for sprinkling purposes at any time except through a nozzle or automatic sprinkler, and during the sprinkling months, only within the time given in the sprinkling regulations (last published) . No automatic sprinkler shall be set upon or so near a sidewalk that the water therefrom will fall upon the walk. Water used for the sprinkling of lawns shall be reasonably used and not wasted nor allowed to run into the street gutters. Sprinkling shall be confined to the lot or lots and park- ing strips on which water is being paid for domestic purposes. Water shall not be turned on to any dormant tap for sprinkling; purposes when water for domestic purposes is supplied , through another connection or metered connection. r� Sprinkling rates for metered services entitled to such for the months of June, July, August and September shall be paid for at the rate arrived at by taking the average of the previous months of March, April, and May. Other metered services will be allowed to sprinkle at any and all _hours at metered water rates unless there is a shortage of water. Section 33: Unlawful use of Water. Any person or persons who shall take or use City water without having previously contracted for the same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. Section 34: Connection Charges. For sizes larger than three-quarter inch the actual cost of labor and material used in laying such service and replacing the pavement shall be charged. In such cases and in cases of -11-