A.
Permits required. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
water lines or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a proper
City permit from the Planning and Zoning Department and Water Department.
B.
Permit applications; fees. The owner or his agent shall submit a
permit application for connection to municipal water lines. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or
other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Planning
and Zoning Department. A permit and inspection fee based on classification
for connection of residential, commercial and industrial lines shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
C.
Costs; indemnification. All costs and expenses incidental to the
installation and connection of the new infrastructure lines shall
be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City against
any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by
the installation of the building infrastructure.
D.
Separate water lines required. Separate and independent water lines
shall be provided for every building.
E.
Use of old building water lines. Upon failure of building distribution
lines, the owner(s) shall replace such lines with lines of modem design,
as appropriate and approved by the Planning and Zoning Department
and the Water Service's Foreman, at the owner's expense.
F.
Easements. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the lot
or lots to be connected to provide adequate easement(s) to the City
in order to provide for the proper installation of water lines.
G.
Design requirements. The size, slope, alignment, and materials of
construction of building water lines and the methods to be used in
excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, backfilling and
compacting the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the
building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the City and state.
H.
General connection procedures. The connection of the building water
lines into the municipal water lines shall conform to the requirements
of the current Uniform Building Code and Uniform Plumbing Code or
other applicable rules and regulations of the City, and the New Mexico
Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction. The Public
Works Director or his designee must approve any deviation from the
prescribed procedures and materials prior to installation.
I.
Final inspection. The applicant for the municipal water connection
shall notify the Utility Department when the constructed building
water line(s) are ready for inspection and connection to the municipal
water line(s). The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the City.
A.
No new municipal water services application shall be approved by
the City until the required subsurface water rights have been paid
for. The applicant for water services shall be required to provide
payment of a fee as part of the application fee for municipal utility
services.
B.
All future municipal water services which use larger amounts of water,
such as apartment complexes/condominiums, motels, mobile home parks,
subdivisions and others within the City's corporate limits, will
be provided only after payment is collected in full. The developer
shall be responsible for full payment.
C.
All owners of water rights within the City corporate limits will
be encouraged to continue using their irrigation rights beneficially.
In those cases where such rights are not being or will not be used
in the future, owners are encouraged to sell them to the City. Compensation
shall be based on the prevailing fair market value on water.
D.
The City Council shall establish a Water Rights Trust Fund in an
interest-bearing account, which shall be utilized solely for the purchase
of water rights for the beneficial use of the City of Española.
