Huntington Beach Municipal Code Ch. 14.08 Service Connections

A. Before water can be served from the City mains to any person or for any premises, such person or the owner or occupant of such premises shall be required to provide the following information by telephone, in writing, or by any other means as deemed acceptable by the department:

1. Name of responsible party (individual or business);

2. Social Security number;

3. Driver's license number or passport number;

4. Business license number (if applicable);

5. Address of premises to be serviced;

6. Date on which the applicant will be ready for service;

7. Name and address to which bills will be mailed or delivered;

8. Description of applicant as owner, tenant, agent, builder, or property manager;

9. Contact information which may include but is not limited to primary contact phone number, mobile phone number, fax number and employer phone number.

B. Failure to provide the information listed above may require the applicant to apply for services in person on a form provided by the City Treasurer.

(674-12/57, 3592-1/03, 3751-11/06, 4346-3/3/2026)

Every premises supplied by City water shall have its own separate service connection with the City main, and the premises so supplied shall not supply water to any other premises.

(674-12/57)

Where more than one occupancy is placed on the same parcel of property and each is conducting a separately established residence or business, a water meter shall be required and installed for each occupancy, unless otherwise approved by the Water Superintendent.

(674-12/57)

The following exception shall apply to multiple occupancies on the same premises:

A. Where there exists a dwelling on the rear of a lot, in front of which is another dwelling, one service may be provided for such premises. The cost of such water meter installation and service shall be paid by the owner or party receiving service.

B. Where two or more buildings owned by the same person are built upon the lot, said buildings may be served by one service pipe and one meter if approved by the Water Superintendent.

(674-12/57)

Whenever one service pipe and meter has been serving more than one occupancy on the same parcel of property owned by one owner, and the property ownership is severed, the Water Superintendent may, in his or her discretion, require separate service pipe and meter for each occupancy.

(674-12/57)

No person shall, without the permission of the Water Superintendent, or his or her duly appointed agents or employees, remove, change, disturb, or in any way tamper with or interfere with any of the facilities, apparatus, appliances or property used or maintained for the production, storage or supply of water by the City to consumers thereof; nor shall any person without the permission of the Water Superintendent install any pipe, apparatus, appliance or connection to any part of the system of waterworks in the City.

(674-12/57)