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more housing units or buildings are supplied from one pipe connecting to a distribution main each building or part of building shall have a separate stop box and a separate meter. 1000.07 Tapping of Mains Prohibited. No person except those duly authorized by the City shall tap any distributing main or pipe of the water supply system, or insert stop-cocks or ferrules in any such pipe. 1000.08 Repair of Leaks. It shall be the responsibility of the consumer or owner to maintain the service pipe from the curb box into the house or building. In case of failure upon the part of any consumer or owner to repair any leak occurring in his or her pipe within twenty-four(24) hours after verbal or written notice thereof, the water shall be shut off and shall not be turned on until the sum listed in the fee schedule appendix to this code has been paid and the leak repaired. When the waste of water is great, or when damage is likely to result from the leak,the water may be turned off immediately pending repairs. 1000.09 Abandoned Services. Subd. 1 Disconnection. All service installations that have been abandoned or have not been used for three (3) years shall be disconnected at the main by the City. All pipe and appurtenances removed from such connections shall be the property of the City and any expense of the City in connection with the disconnection shall be charged to the property. Subd. 2 New Buildings. When new buildings are erected on the site of abandoned services, and it is desired to increase or change the old water service, no connections with the mains shall be made until all the old service shall have been removed and the main connection plugged by the property owner. City inspection of the plug will be required. The City Administrator shall have the power, in his or her discretion, to permit continuance of the old service until the new service is connected to the property, when immediate removal of the old service would constitute a hardship 1000.10 Service Pipes. Every service pipe shall be laid in such manner as to allow not less than one foot of extra length and in such manner as to prevent rupture by settlement or otherwise. The service pipe shall be placed no less than seven (7) feet below the surface and in all cases so arranged as to prevent rupture by freezing. Joints in service pipe or tubing shall be kept to a minimum,with no slice or coupling allowed in service lines less than one hundred (100) feet in length on one-inch lines. Large diameter service lines may be spliced as necessary according to available manufactured lengths. 1000.11 Use Confined to Premises. No person shall permit water from the water system to be used for any purpose except upon his or her own premises unless written consent is obtained from the City Administrator. 1000.12 Connections at or Beyond City Limits. Where water mains of the City or an adjacent municipality are in any street or alley adjacent to or outside the corporate limits of the City, the City Administrator may issue permits to the owners or occupants of properties at or beyond the City limits and accessible to the water mains to make water service pipe connections with the mains and to be supplied with water from the mains in accordance with the applicable provisions of this section and all pertinent and applicable contract provisions. 1000.13 Restrictions and Limitations of Water Use. All water customers shall be subject to applicable regulations of the City or other regulations to which the City is subject by contract relating to limitations in the time and manner of using water or relating to the preservation, regulation and protection of the water supply.