STANFORD CODE OF ORDINANCES
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
CHAPTER 53: WATER AND SEWER RATES
§53.42  WATER TAPS AND CONNECTIONS

(A) Whenever the Commission shall determine that it is feasible to provide water service to a customer, the Commission shall install, maintain, and operate a main distribution pipeline or lines from the system's source of water supply and shall further install and maintain, at the Commission's expense, such portion(s) of the necessary water service lines as may be needed to bring water from a water main to the lot or easement line of a customer; provided, however, that if the necessary water service line from the water main to the proposed water meter of a customer is in excess of 50 feet as determined by the Superintendent, the customer may be required to pay all or a portion of the cost of such service line. The expense borne by the Commission in any event shall included the necessary tap, fittings and shut?off valve, which items shall belong to the Commission. Each customer shall install and maintain, at his expense, that portion of the service line from the meter to his premises, including the lid and jar, a stop and waste cock at the end of the house of his service, which items shall belong to the customer. The minimum earth cover of the customer's service shall be 30 inches. The Superintendent shall determine the size and kind of service to be installed.

(B) No water service will be provided to any customer wishing to build within a designated flood plain.
(Ord. passed 12-4-90; Am. Ord. passed 11-2-97)  Penalty, see § 10.99


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