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ORDINANCE: NO. 2 547
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES,
IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTION 36-4026 AS SAID SECTION HAS HERETOFORE
EXISTED AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 36-4026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
REVISING THE REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE MANNER IN WHICH TAPS
ARE TO BE MADE ON WATER MAINS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS
OF ORDINP14CES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT,
AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE: DATE.
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council for the City of Ames,
Iowa:
Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Ames,
Iowa, be, and the same is, hereby amended by repealing Section
36-4:026 thereof as said section has heretofore existed and
enacting a new Section 36-4026 , said new section to read as
follows :
"Sec. 36-4026 . Location of taps .
Taps are to be made in the lower half of
the upper half of the main or not more than
forty-five (45) degrees above the horizontal
axis of the main. Taps are to be at least
eighteen (18) inches apart, and on opposite
sides of the pipe. No main shall be tapped
nearer than one (1) foot to a joint. "
Section 2 . All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
Section 3 . This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as required
by law.
Passed this 15th day of June 1976 .
Mary E ./ Paul, City Clerk Lee Fellinger, Mayor
1st Reading: Nelson-Koerber (6-0)
2nd Reading: Maxwell-Nelson (6-0)
3rd Reading: Koerber-Nelson (6-0)
Signed by the Mayor this 17th day of June, 1976.