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AMBROSE,
FITZGERALD
& CROOKSTON
Attorneys and
Counselors
P.O. Box 427
Merldlsn, Idaho
83ij42
Telephone 88S.4461
ORDINANCE NO.~t~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING CHAPTER 1, TITLE 5,
OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN BY
THE ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS 5-108A, POINT
OF LIABILITY FOR MAINTENANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best
interest of the said City to provide a means to determine where
the City's liability for maintenance of a water line ends and
where the property owners liability commences;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1:
That Chapter 1, Title 5 of the Revised and
Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian is hereby amended by
the addition thereto of a new section to be known as 5-10SA, POINT
OF LIABILITY FOR MAINTENANCE, which shall read as follows:
5-108A: POINT OF LIABILITY FOR MAINTENANCE:
All users shall have the responsibility of, and be liable
for, and shall pay for, all costs and expenses of maintaining
their own water service line(s) extending from the property
improvement to a point of connection to the water meter yoke.
This point of connection may be inside or outside of the
meter tile depending on the length of the meter yoke tail.
The City's responsibility for maintenance of the individual
user service line(s) extends from the point of connection at
the water main to the point of connection of the yoke to the
property improvement service line.
Responsibility for damage to the City water system is
as outlined in Section 5-109.
This Section shall not be construed to be in conflict
with Section 5-108.
AMBROSE,
FITZGERALD
& CROOKSTON
A1torneys and
Counselolll
P.O. BOll 427
Mo,jdlan, Idaho
83542
Telephone 868-4461
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SECTION 2:
WHEREAS, there is an
EFFECTIVE DATE:
emergency therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist,
this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this~ day of DeGemne.r, 1991.
CITY OF MERIDIAN
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