Alturas Municipal Code Art. I City Water Distribution System

The following regulations shall govern the operation, maintenance, and expansion of the city's water distribution system.

(a) All maintenance of water mains and service lines (from the main to and including the water meter) shall be the responsibility of the city. Service lines beyond the meter shall be maintained by the customer.

(b) Water main extension costs shall be the respon- sibility of the party requesting the service.

(c) All water main extensions shall be designed by a California-registered engineer in accordance with city standards and requirements, and shall be approved by the city engineer and the state of California.

(d) All construction of water mains and services, to and including the meter, shall be in accordance with the approved design drawings and specifications, and shall be inspected by the city engineer or his designated representative.

(e) All water mains and service lines, to and including the meter, shall be situated within a right-of-way or easement acceptable to the city. Any approval granted may be conditioned on the developer providing acceptable right-of-way to the city.

(f) Following completion of construction and approval by the city, all water main extensions and service lines, to and including the meter, shall become the property of the city.

(g) Any rebates to the party who extends water mains shall be governed by the city's rebate policy.

(h) Water mains shall be extended across the total street frontage of the property being developed unless otherwise determined by the city.

(i) An inspection fee of two percent of the construction cost or one hundred dollars, whichever is more, as estimated by the city engineer or his representative, shall be paid by the developer to the city prior to commencing construction.

(j) Water service shall be provided to customers in accordance with the following priority, with the first listed having the most priority and last listed having least priority:

(1) Existing uses within the city limits;

(2) Existing uses outside the city limits;

(3) Existing property with service lines inside the city limits;

(4) Existing property with service lines outside the city limits;

(5) Future development within the city limits;

(6) Future development outside the city limits.

(k) Domestic consumption shall have priority over irrigation and commercial uses, and commercial use shall have priority over irrigation.

(l) (Repealed.)

(m) Any meter which indicates consumption without responsible customer, may be removed or shut off at the city's option.

(n) There will be no adjustment of a customer's bill unless the city is responsible for water loss on the customer's side of the meter.

(o) The minimum size of water main construction to be a part of the city's water distribution system shall be six inches in diameter or the size necessary to provide the flow required by the development as determined by the city, whichever is larger.

(p) The city may require water main oversizing. Water main material oversizing costs for oversizing water main pipe per the requirement of the city, shall be paid by the city.

(q) Fire hydrants shall be included as an integral part of a water main extension and the cost thereof shall be borne by the developer, unless otherwise determined by the city.

(r) Location of the required fire hydrants shall be determined by the city engineer after consultation with the city fire department, unless otherwise determined by the city council.

(s) Water service will be provided to and including the meter, upon the customer making application and depositing with the city the applicable fee pursuant to the fee schedule approved by resolution of the city council.

(t) Only the city may make connections to a city water main unless otherwise authorized. The applicant/ developer shall expose the water main, install the service line and meter, and repair the trench and surface improvements to city specifications. The city will furnish all pipe, fittings, meter, and meter box for the service line construction from the main to and through the meter box.

(u) A completed connection application and connection fee shall be submitted a minimum of forty-eight hours prior to commencing any excavation and the city shall be notified a minimum of forty-eight hours prior to commencing any excavation.

(v) All water main and service line construction (to and including the meter) and associated street repair shall be warranted for a period of one year after acceptance by the city and the property owner of the property being served shall be responsible for deficiencies identified during the one-year warranty period.

(w) A customer may request the installation of an irrigation service.

(x) All construction within city right-of-way or on city facilities shall be completed by a qualified California licensed contractor who carries a general policy of public liability insurance in the amount of one million dollars. The city of Alturas shall be named as coinsured, and any such policy shall contain a provision requiring the city to be notified in writing at least thirty days prior to expiration or termination of said policy.

(Ord. No. 400, § 2; Ord. No. 429, § 1.)

All money due to the city for water furnished from the system of municipal waterworks shall be payable at the office of the city treasurer on the fifth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the water was furnished. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to receive such money, place the same to the credit of the general fund of the city and issue official receipts for the same. The city treasurer shall render such account of the moneys thus received and shall make such report of the status of accounts of water consumers as the city council shall by resolution prescribe.

(Ord. No. 108, § 3.)