12.17.060 Responsibility.
(1) All extensions of city mains to serve new customers or areas outside the corporate limits of the city shall be laid at the expense of the person or persons requesting such extensions in writing.
(2) The owner of any service connections shall be responsible for damage to meters serving the premises due to willful or careless injury and shall be charged for repairs to meters caused by such damage.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to place any automatic sprinkling device or willfully to place or hold any hose in such position or manner that water therefrom falls on any person while on any public street or sidewalk.
(4) The city reserves the right at any time, without notice, to shut off the water supply for repairs, extensions, nonpayment of rates, or any other reason including but not limited to emergencies and leakage, and the city shall not be responsible for any damage, such as bursting boilers supplied by direct pressure, the breaking of any pipes or fixtures, stoppages or interruption of water supply, or any other damage resulting from the shutting off of water.
(a) Leakage.
(i) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a known or suspected leak of significant volume to continue. The standard residential service is calculated at 1,200 cubic feet per billing cycle.
(ii) Where there are leaking or defective pipes, fittings or fixtures, the water may be turned off at the option of the city until proper repairs are made.
(iii) The city may notify said customer, in writing, that the leakage must be corrected or abated within a specified period of time, the length of which shall be reasonably related to the circumstances of the particular violation, and in no case shall the time allowed for abatement exceed 30 days. Said notice shall be posted on the premises or mailed to the last known billing address for the customer. If the customer fails to comply, or if a repeat violation occurs within the following six months, the city may shut off the water service until the violation is corrected. Disconnection and reconnection fees shall be paid in accordance with the city’s fee schedule for any service which has been disconnected pursuant to this section.
(iv) The city may install a flow restrictor on the customer’s service line. The cost of said device, together with a reasonable installation charge, shall be added to the customer’s water bill. The cost of removing the device shall be added to the customer’s water bill.
(5) Water mains and service lines from the main to individual meters are the responsibility of the city of Stanwood. Water meters are the sole ownership of the city and shall not be turned on/off except by authorized city personnel. Service lines from the meter to the premises are the responsibility of the land owner and will not be maintained or repaired by the city. (Ord. 1435 § 1, 2016; Ord. 1405 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2015).