The city shall make all connections to the water system for service to properties within the city except as otherwise provided herein. Charges shall be made by the city for making water service connections, including the cost of the meter which the city shall supply as established by resolution. Such charges shall be paid in full before the connection is made by the city to the city water system for the property to be served. A property owner may, with the permission of the city’s public works director after establishing that installation of the service by the property owner is cheaper than installation by the city, upon such reasonable conditions as the public works director shall determine, make service connections from a city water main to the property to be served. In such case, the property owner shall be responsible to pay all costs of such connection, including repair of any pavement, curbs, gutters, driveways or streets disturbed or damaged. In addition, the property owner shall pay the cost of the city’s inspection of the installation. The installer shall be required to guarantee such a connection, including repaired pavement, curbs, gutters, driveways or streets, for one year after installation against defects in such installation. Upon proper installation of such lateral and its acceptance by the city, it shall become the city’s responsibility to maintain and repair such lateral including enforcement of the one-year guarantee against the installer. (Ord. 551 § 1, 2019; Ord. 456 § 1, 2012; Ord. 75 § 5, 1962)