On all service connections for residents, business or industrial purposes, the city will furnish and install the curb cock, box and meter and service pipe from the main to the property line of the premises served, and at the cost of the owner of the property to be served or the applicant for the service. Such installation shall be under the supervision of the city’ s superintendent of maintenance.

    All service pipes and connections from the water mains and lines of the city to the property line of the premises served by the connection to the city water system main shall be maintained at the expense of the property owner(s) of the property served by the connection (after it is installed by the city), and any leaks or defects in the same shall be promptly repaired by the property owner(s), or if not promptly repaired the water shall be or remain turned off until such repairs have been made, and the expense thereof shall be charged against the owner(s), and must be paid before the water service shall be turned on again. The cost of the maintenance and repair of such service connections shall be the responsibility of the property owner(s) even where said water main connecting line runs under a public street or a public right-of-way, or use a public easement. (Ord. 726 § 1, 1988: prior code § 38-1-17)