§ 15.24.090. Bond requirements.  


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  • All persons desiring to install automatic sprinkler systems for fire protection and to put in unmetered connections to the water mains of the metropolitan government for supplying water for fire protection through such automatic sprinkler systems shall, before making such connections, make application for a permit to the department and file with the department a bond, with some bonding or surety company authorized to transact business in the state as surety thereon, or a personal bond with two or more solvent sureties, to the metropolitan government, in the sum of one thousand dollars, to be approved by the metropolitan attorney, and conditioned to pay any fines that may be imposed for failure to comply with, or for violation of, any of the provisions of this chapter, and to pay for any water lost by leakage and any water consumed for any purpose other than fire protection. Such bond shall be for two years and shall be renewed for a like period at each expiration. The bond may at any time, at the discretion of the director, be declared forfeited for any wilful or intentional diversion of water to any purpose other than fire protection.

(Prior code § 40-1-87)