Sec.16-11-62. Service connection costs: Class 1 utilities

In the case of class 1 utilities

(1) the utility shall furnish, install, own and maintain at its expense all new service connections, provided the costs of excavation, backfill, and removal and replacement of paving, walks, curbs, etc., necessarily incurred in respect to new services, shall be borne by the customer or other applicant for service;

(2) the utility shall furnish, install, own and maintain at its expense all replacements of service connections, including the cost of excavation, backfill and removal and replacement of paving, walks, curbs, etc., necessarily incurred in respect to each replacement;

(3) as used herein, service connection means the service pipe from the main to the curb stop, at or adjacent to the street line or the customer's property line and such other valves, fittings, etc., as the utility may require at or between the main and the curb stop, but does not include the curb box. All service connections shall include a curb stop;

(4) the customer at his own expense shall furnish, install, own and maintain the necessary curb box and the service pipe from the curb stop to the place of consumption and shall keep them in good repair and in accordance with reasonable requirements of the utility. A curb box shall be installed at each curb stop;

(5) the utility shall, with the cooperation of the customer, make an adequate inspection of the customer's service pipe in order to determine that it complies with company requirements, and

(6) all replacements and repairs of service connections owned by the utility shall be at its own expense.

(Effective October 18, 1966)