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 Wichita
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 17. WATER
 Chapter 17.12. WATER SERVICE

  § 17.12.060. Specifications for installation of meters and department service lines.  

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  • The installation of meters and department service lines shall be in accordance with the following specifications and requirements:

    (a)

    Number of installations for each premise. One department service line, meter setting and meter shall be installed for each premise. Additional meters, meter settings, department service lines and other appurtenances may be installed as approved by the director of public works and utilities and all such additional costs shall be borne by the applicant unless determined otherwise by the director of public works and utilities.

    (b)

    Location of department service lines; obstruction to installations. Department service lines shall be at right angles to the water main and shall not be installed by the department unless sufficient footage of water main exists adjacent to the premises requesting service to allow meter setting installation free of obstructions such as fences, trees, driveways, culverts, mail boxes, etc.

    (c)

    Ownership of meters; location of meters; obstructing access to prohibited. All meters now in service and hereafter installed shall remain the sole property of the department. Meters other than those in special vaults shall be installed only in public ways and it shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct access thereto by the department.

    (d)

    Separate service and meter required for each unit: with certain exceptions; exception as to existing meters. Each and every unit, business or place of business, shall be on a separate service and meter. The department shall permit no master metering of water except for the following conditions:

    (1)

    A building or group of buildings under single ownership and consisting of family units;

    (2)

    A multi-story building used for commercial or industrial purposes;

    (3)

    Rural water districts;

    (4)

    Any other structure or structures, public or private, where due to unusual circumstances approval is given by the director of public works and utilities.

    Where water has been supplied through one service to more than one premise, the director of public works and utilities may, at his/her discretion, refuse to furnish water until separate services are provided.

(Ord. No. 33-269 (part); Ord. No. 49-403 § 30, 12-11-2012)