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Sec. 13.08.040. Service pipe and meter regulations. A. No consumer shall be permitted to conduct water pipes across lot or buildings to adjoining premises without the permission of the water superintendent. B. Water service to a portion of developed property shall not be permitted. Service must include all improvements on the property, and have no cross connections with any other water supply. C. Service pipes must be laid at least four feet below the surface of the ground. D. The city shall be responsible for all maintenance and repairs to service pipes and fixtures installed between the city main and the meter pit or curb box, whichever is closer to the city water main. All owners, at their own expense, shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of any other section of service line. No claim shall be made against the city on account of breaking of service pipes or apparatus or for failure in the supply of water, and no reduction in the rates will be made for any time that service pipes or fixtures are frozen or are not in proper working order. E. Water meters shall be installed in pits or vaults outside of the building or structure and as close to the street as practical. Meters currently located on the inside of a customer's premises shall be moved to the outside when the customer replaces, uasizes. or chanaes the service connection. Section 3. Section 13.12.020 of the Louisville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are sere): Sec. 13.12.020. Tap fee generally. A. No water service shall be furnished to property unless a water tap permit has been issued for that property. The city shall furnish and install the water meter. The owner shall be responsible for furnishing and installing a tapping saddle, a corporation valve, a curb stop valve and box, a meter pit, a yoke, service line piping, and for all earthwork and surface restoration from the water main to the structure served. Items furnished by the owner shall comply with city specifications. B. For each unattached dwelling unit and attached townhouse, multifamily dwelling unit, quest house, or any other unattached dwelling unit which adds more than five plumbing fixture points, a separate water tap must be purchased from the city and all required tap fees paid to the city. ApartmeRt An accessory dwelling unit shall not be treated as an unattached dwelling. Ordinance No. 1900, Series 2025 Page 2 of 8