§ 47-167. Management and control.  


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  • All main constructed under a permit shall, upon acceptance by the city, be managed, controlled and regulated by the city, and connections therewith shall be governed and regulated in the same manner as connections with any city utility lines, except that for off-site main constructed under a permit the right is hereby reserved to the permittee to receive, for private service connections, the compensation fixed by the city council under section 47-168 of this Code. It is distinctly understood that such main shall be placed so as not to interfere with the construction in the streets of the city of any other underground pipes, ducts, conduits or other structures laid on the part of the city, and the city shall have the right to take the same up, or disconnect, or destroy or abandon the same when in the best interest of the city in the discretion of the director; and the city shall be in no wise responsible for any cost or damage on account thereof. The city shall have the right to lay any main down the streets where permittee-constructed main runs even though it may render such main useless without being in any manner required to compensate the permittee. It is intended by these provisions merely to furnish to the permittee a means of reimbursing himself from other private persons similarly situated under the rules and regulations that may be established by the city council, and not in any manner to obligate the city to pay or cause to be paid any sum of money on account thereof or to vest in any persons constructing such main any private right against the city or the public use.

(Ord. No. 96-1248, § 1, 11-26-96)