Division 1 — WATER USE

The City shall have the right to amend, add to or revise any or all rules and regulations and to change the water rates from time to time.

No private fire prevention service shall be provided to a consumer unless the consumer has or has applied for one of the services specified in Section 7523.5.

No person other than an employee of the Department may break a seal or turn water into the premises from which the Department has it shut off. When water is shut off from any consumer because of nonpayment of the water rates as herein specified or for any other reason specified in this Chapter, no person shall allow such person to receive or take water from pipes belonging to said person.

The Department reserves the right to shut off the water in its mains for the purpose of making extensive repairs, or for any other purposes found necessary. The City shall not be responsible for any damages which may occur due to water shutoffs. The owner and consumer shall be conclusively presumed to have made all necessary precautions in compliance with Article VIII of the Code in anticipation of emergency shutoffs.

The Department will endeavor to maintain above minimum pressures as recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. In event any consumer deems that pressures are inadequate, the consumer may, with the approval of the Superintendent, furnish at his own expense whatever devices as are necessary to boost the pressure for his own premises. In the event water pressures are in excess of the consumer's normal requirements, it shall be the responsibility of such water consumer to install such devices on his own premises as are necessary to reduce the pressure for his normal needs.

All water systems installed within the City and connected to or supplied with water from the water mains of the City shall be constructed under the supervision of and in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Superintendent.

When water is to be used to supply a steam boiler, hydraulic elevator, power pump or other similar apparatus, its owner shall first file a written application with the Department. The issuance of said permit shall be conditioned upon its owner supplying a tank of sufficient capacity to afford a supply of water for at least twelve (12) hours into which the pipe shall be discharged or with any and all safety, health and protective measures or provisions that are required by the Department such as an approved type of dual backflow device. This Section does not apply to hot water tanks used exclusively for domestic purposes.