255.365 - Service lines: Location of valves

 

(a) Each service line valve must be installed upstream of the regulator or, if there is no regulator, upstream of the meter.

(b) Each service line must have a shut off valve in a readily accessible location that, if feasible, is outside of the building. The valve must be located outside the building:

(1) where the regulator is located within the customer's building;

(2) on service lines to buildings of public assembly; or

(3) on service lines two inches (51 millimeters) or greater in diameter.

(c) Each underground service line valve must be located in a covered durable curb box or standpipe that allows ready operation of the valve and is supported independently of the service line.