Artesia Municipal Code Ch. 5 Water Service

No new pipelines, or any replacement, repair, or extension thereof, for water service or for the installation of a water system shall be constructed or made in the City without obtaining a permit from the City Manager.

(Ord. 91, § 1)

No permit required by the provisions of Section 6-5.01 of this chapter shall be issued until the plans for the water system installation or pipeline have been submitted to and approved by the County Fire Department and by the City Engineer or such other registered civil engineer as may be designated by the City Manager. Such plans shall be approved only if the contemplated installation is designed in conjunction with the related facilities and the location of fire hydrants and so as to comply with required demands of the property to be serviced and fire flows indicated by the National Board of Fire Underwriters or the County Fire Department. The applicant, prior to being issued any such permit, shall pay to the City an amount determined by the City Manager sufficient to reimburse the City for the expense of examining and checking such plans.

(Ord. 91, § 2)

Prior to the issuance of a permit for the installation, repair, replacement, or extension of a water system, the applicant shall secure a good and sufficient bond or, in lieu thereof, a cash deposit, which bond or cash deposit shall be in an amount not in excess of the estimated cost of the repair, replacement, or extension of such water system as estimated by the City Engineer.

(Ord. 91, § 3)

The Council may grant an exception to the requirements of this chapter where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of carrying out the strict letter thereof. In the granting of such exception, the spirit of the provisions of Section 6-5.02 of this chapter shall be observed, the public safety secured, and substantial justice done.

(Ord. 91, § 4)