§ 20-164. Space requirements and admittance.

(a)

Customer or developer grants to or secures for city, at customer's or developer's expense, any right-of-way or easement on property owned or controlled by customer, developer, or adjacent thereto which shall be necessary to provide or repair service to customer. It shall also be the customer's or developer's responsibility to clear right-of-way, easement and alleyways of vegetation and/or obstructions in order to receive new services or maintain current services.

(b)

Customer shall provide, without cost to city, suitable space on customer's premises for the installation and repair of facilities necessary to provide service to customer and for installation of city's metering facilities.

(c)

Customer shall admit to customer's premises at all reasonable hours, personnel authorized by city to inspect, install remove or replace city's property; to read city's meter; to examine pipes, fixtures, and the manner in which the water is used; also city may perform other activities necessary to provide service, including tree trimming and tree removal where such trees in the opinion of the city, constitute a hazard to city personnel or facilities, or the providing of continuous service shall be required. No city meter shall be allowed to be located in any locked structure or fence and the presence of any animal that could harm or threaten harm to the city personnel carrying out his duties.

(d)

The placement by customer of any structure or fence in any of city's right-of-way or easement, whether plotted or obtained by prescriptive rights, shall continue to be at customer's risk. Should it become necessary for city personnel to enter onto such easements or right-of-way to alter, remove or repair city's water, or wastewater lines, city shall carefully and diligently more or remove said structure or fence; however it be customer's responsibility to restore said facilities.

(e)

Refusal on the part of the customer to provide access for the above purposes shall, at city's option, is sufficient cause for discontinuance or refusal to install service and/or relocation of meter or tap at customer's expense.

(Ord. No. 2010-01, § 14, 1-11-2010)