Jackson Municipal Code Div. VII Customer's Equipment

The customer shall, at his or her own risk and expense, furnish, install and keep in good and safe condition all equipment that may be required for receiving, controlling, applying and utilizing water, and the water system shall not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by the improper installation of such water equipment, or the negligence, want of proper maintenance or wrongful act of the customer or of any of his or her tenants, agents, employees, contractors, licensees or permittees installing, maintaining, using, operating or interfering with such equipment. The customer shall be responsible for determining the pressure operation limits of his or her fixtures and equipment and shall properly protect the same from a variance of water delivery pressures, including periods when for any reason whatsoever there is no water available. Furthermore, the customer shall ensure that he or she avoids any waste or misuse of water as prohibited in this chapter.

(Ord. 578 §2, 1995; Ord. 709 §3, 2019)

The owner of premises to be served shall install a control valve on the house piping between the water meter and the first valve outlet on the premises. Prior to the issuance of a building permit to do work on any premises not having a control valve, a control valve shall be installed as provided in this section. When old premises, to which a service connection has previously been installed, are being altered, a control valve shall be installed by the owner, if such is not already provided. The customer shall not operate or tamper with the meter stop or valve in the meter box at any time.

(Ord. 578 §2, 1995)

Each water heater shall be equipped with a suitable pressure relief valve of a type and nature required by the Uniform Plumbing Code and Building Code.

(Ord. 578 §2, 1995)