Section 4-1-101. Extension of utilities outside of city limits.

            Except such as were being furnished at the effective date of ordinance number 771, 1966, and from and after said date, no utility of the city shall be extended to or furnished by the city to any location outside the city boundaries, except that the city commission, in its discretion, may furnish electric power to consumers within one mile of the outside boundaries of the city.

            Provided further, the city commission may, in its discretion, furnish water, not required or used for municipal purposes, or sewer service, or both, to customers outside the city boundaries with the extension, and the costs thereof, being performed and borne by the customers receiving such service or services, and with the metering of the water to be done at the connection, by the said customers, to the city water main within or at the city limits.

            Provided further, the city commission may not furnish water to customers outside the city boundaries in an amount which exceeds five per cent (5%) of the water appropriated and permitted to the city by the state water management board unless, at an election, a majority of the legal voters of the city shall vote in favor of the proposed sale of water.

            Provided further, that no customer receiving water from the city may resell such water for use outside the city boundaries.

Sources: Ord. No. 771, 1966; Ord. No. 744, 1964; and, Ord. No. 719, 1962; Ord. No. 1215, 1988.

Cross reference: Section 2-1-101, designating city limits.

Section 4-1-102. Permits and deposits prerequisite to making water, gas and sewer connections and repairs.

            Any person, firm or corporation who shall petition the city commission for a permit to dig or cause to be dug any ditch for laying water, sewer or gas connections in the said streets, avenues or alleys as aforesaid, or wishes in any way to disturb the surface of the said streets, avenues or alleys in the said city, after the same are paved, must first obtain permission from the city building inspector. 

Source: R.O. Pierre, 1957, 12.0223. Rev. of Ord. 1990.

Cross reference: Section 6-6-108.

Section 4-1-103. Costs and expenses of water and sewer connections and repairs.

            Hereafter all water and sewer connections from the water mains of the city, and from the lateral or trunk sewers laid in the streets, alleys or avenues of the city, and all the necessary repairs to each and all of the above mentioned connections, shall be laid, constructed, and repaired from such water mains, lateral or trunk sewers, at the cost and expense of the owners of the property abutting upon said water mains, lateral or trunk sewers.

Source: R.O. Pierre, 1957, 12.0249.

Section 4-1-104. Excavations for water and sewer connections to be refilled.

            All trenches and excavations made by any person, firm or corporation in the streets, alleys or public grounds, or under the sidewalks in the city, for the purpose of making a water or sewer connection, shall be partially filled with dirt wet down with water and thoroughly tamped, and such process continued until all of the earth removed from the excavation is put back into the trench, leaving the street or alley in a smooth, even and firm condition.

Source: R.O. Pierre, 1957, 12.0213.

Cross reference: Sections 6-6-101 et. seq., excavations in public places.

Section 4-1-105. Excavations to be guarded.

            All excavations left open shall be properly guarded and barricaded in the daytime and in the night time shall be further guarded by placing flares or lights at the excavations, which flares or lights shall be kept lighted from sundown until sunrise.

Source: R.O. Pierre, 1957, 12.0207.

Cross reference: Sections 6-6-101 et. seq., excavations in public places.