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rupture from freezing. All services shall be inspected by the City prior to being backfilled. c. No person shall make any attachment to any pipe or water fixture in premises from which water has been shut off, or make any connection with any service pipe which is not in use between the watermains and the meters, without the party desiring such work to be done having first made application to and obtaining a written permit from the City for the performance of such work, and no person shall make any replacement tap or connect any tap or connection theretofore made in any watermain without first removing the old service and plugging the watermain. When a new building is erected on the site of an old one, and it is desired to increase or change the old water service, no connection with the mains shall be permitted until all the old service has been removed and the main plugged. d. The service pipe must extend from the main to the inside of the building, or, if not taken into a building, then to the hydrant or other fixtures which it is intended to supply. A stop cock accessible from the surface through a sleeve without digging in all cases must be placed outside in a box at the property line. All stop boxes and cocks must be approved by the City. All stop boxes at the property line must be set in front of the building intended to be supplied or as approved by the City. The stop cock, together with box and cover, are the property of the City and all unauthorized persons are forbidden to interfere with them. The service pipe from the City watermain to the meter shall enter the building so that the meter horn is in a horizontal position. In no case should there be more than twelve (12) inches of pipe exposed between the point of the entrance through the basement floor and the stop. fo The water pipe connecting with the municipal water main shall have no joints therein when located under the basement or slab floor. If, for any cause, a person laying the service pipe should fail to have the corporation cock inserted or the connection made to the curb stop at the time specified in the application, a written notice to that effect must be left with the City fixing another day on which said connection will be made. A notice must be given at least two days previous to the excavation for the laying of a service pipe and the connection made before 4:00 p.m., except in a special case and then the work shall be done only on written order from the City. Subd. 6. Water Service, Freezing Weather Page 6