§ 34-38. Specifications for service connections.

(a)

All property owners on streets, alleys, plazas and other public places, hereafter to be paved, shall, within fifteen (15) days after written notice from the director of public works, connect their water fixtures with the street water mains. Wrought and galvanized pipe incorporated in the center of concrete at least six (6) inches wide or a double "A" lead pipe inside of a three-inch vitrified pipe, are acceptable types of service connections, and should any type of service connection other than the above be used, it shall first be approved by the director of public works.

(b)

Service pipes shall be connected to mains by either two (2) elbows or an elbow and a tee in such manner as to make a flexible joint that will prevent an excessive strain on the pipes.

(Code 1950, § 62-11; Code 1959, § 41-20)