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Ordinance No.2289 D. Quick closing or opening valves shall not be installed on any consumer's pipes which are directly attached to the water system mains or service pipes. A consumer whose operation requires the use of a quick opening or closing valve must operate such device from a tank, cistern, pump or other facility which may be served by but not directly connected with the water system distribution mains or service pipes. E. The city will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by any negligence or unlawful action of any consumer or any other person in installing, maintaining, supplying, or using any appliances, facilities or equipment for which water or water service is furnished by the city. Each consumer shall be held responsible for damage to the city's meters and other property comprising any part of the water system resulting from use or operation of appliances or facilities on such consumer's premises including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, damage caused by steam, hot water or chemicals. F. It is a violation of this chapter for any person to tamper with any of the property comprising the water system. G. It is a violation of this chapter for any person or consumer to waste water obtained from the water system. As used in this subsection, the term "waste" means: 1. Use of potable water between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to irrigate grass, lawns, groundcover, shrubbery, crops, vegetation, and trees, with the exception of hand watering and drip irrigation; 2. The application of potable water to outdoor landscaping in a manner that causes runoff such that water flows onto adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, private and public walkways, roadways,parking lots or structures; 3. Use of potable water to irrigate outdoor landscaping during and within 48 hours after measurable rainfall; 4. Use of potable water to wash down sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking lots, open ground or other hard surface areas by the direct application of water thereto, unless needed for health or safety reasons; 5. Use of potable water in non-recirculating decorative ponds, fountains and other water features, with the exception of child water-play features; 6. Allowing potable water to escape from breaks within the person or consumer's plumbing system for more than eight hours after the person or consumer is notified or discovers the break. 7. Use of potable water for outdoor landscaping through a dedicated irrigation meter within the city's recycled water use area unless otherwise exempted by the director of operations and water utilities for existing water customers, or city engineer for new development. (Prior code § 2-16.06; Ord. 2093 § 1, 2014; Ord. 2097 § 1, 2014; Ord. 2118 § 1, 2015; Ord. 2176 § 2, 2018) § 14.04.070. Water rates and charges. There is levied and assessed upon all consumers and premises connected with the water system a service charge based upon the size of the city-installed water meter to the premises and a charge