Ordinance 2582 - Laserfiche WebLink

is given of such vacancy or removal. Meter rates will be due and payable on or before the tenth of the month following that in which the water was supplied. All charges for water shall be payable at the office of the Water Department to the City Treasurer. If water rates are not paid within said time , they shall become delinquent and the water may be immediately shut off from the premises and shall not be turned on again to such premises at the instance of the owner or authorized agent of said premises or any tenant or occupant of the same un- til all arrears are paid , together with a charge of fifty cents (500) for the expense of inspection and shutting off and turning on the water . Section 39 - Service Protection All pipes must be laid not less than twenty-four inches (24") below the surface of the ground on private property and not less than thirty inches (30") on public property . No work shall be covered up until it has been in- spected and accepted by the Water Department . Section 40 - Dormant Services and Change in Size When new buildings are to be erected on the site of the old ones and it is desired to increase the size of or change the location of the old service connection, or where a service connection to any premises is abandoned or no longer used, the Water Department may cut out or remove such service connec- tion, after which, should a service connection be required to said premises , a new service shall be placed only upon the owner making an application and paying for a new tap in the regular manner. When the service connection of any premises does not come from a main in front of said premises , the Water Department shall, when a main is laid in front of said premises, after noti- fying the owner or tenant thereof, transfer the service connection to the new main (without charge ) and at the same time cut out the old service connection. Section 41 - Bonds - Cashier's The cashier of said Water Department shall furnish a bond conditioned as the bonds of other officers and employees of the City of Everett, in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, and the assistant cashier shall furnish a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars. Section 42 - Bond - Superintendent The Water Superintendent shall furnish a bond conditioned as the bonds of other officers and employees of the City of Everett, in the sum of one thousand dollars . -17-