[Amended 11-26-1979]
A. 
All meters used to measure water purchased from the water district shall be supplied by the Water Department, and no meter shall be installed unless supplied and installed by the Water Department or under its supervision.
B. 
Upon installation, the meter becomes a permanent part of the water system.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Section 2 of this article, which dealt with charges and deposits and which immediately followed this section, was deleted 11-26-1979.
[Amended 11-26-1979]
A. 
The Water Department will install and maintain meters and meter couplings at the expense of the customer.
B. 
Meters shall be set as near as possible to the point of entry of the service connection pipe to the building and shall be kept unobstructed and easily accessible to the Water Department at all times.
C. 
The Water Department may require a meter to be set in a pit, box or tile, other than the customary location of the meter, which pit, box or tile is to be provided by and at the expense of the applicant and shall be set at or near the front property line of the premises. In circumstances where the customary location of a meter is in excess of 20 feet distant from the water side property line of the premises, the meter shall be set in a pit provided by and at the expense of the consumer and located near the front property line of the premises. Details for construction of water meter tile set installations are outlined in the Standard Specification and Details for Materials and Construction of the Town of Aurora.
[Amended 10-27-2003]
D. 
Permanent meter installations requiring a two-inch or larger size meter shall be provided, at the customer's expense, with a valved bypass around the meter, a sleeve coupling in meter piping and a valved spur pipe on the building side of the meter for test purposes. The design of such special meter setting shall be submitted to the Water Department for approval before construction by the consumer is undertaken.
E. 
Upon request, the Water Department will test the meters to determine their accuracy at the customer's expense. Defective or improperly operating meters shall be repaired or replaced at the customer's expense when necessary.
F. 
The meter and bypass shall, after installation, be sealed by the Water Department, which shall thereafter have complete control thereof.
G. 
No meter may be removed without a written permit from the Water Department.
No person other than an employee of the Water Department shall interfere with or remove any water meter, sealing device or coupling from any meter installation after it has once been placed in service by the Water Department.
The Water Department shall determine the proper size of meter to be installed and shall have the right to change the meter at any time when it is necessary in order to ensure its proper operation.
[Amended 11-26-1979]
Any meter damaged by frost or by hot water or steam backing into the meter or by an external cause shall be repaired by the Water Department at the expense of the property owner, and the water service may be disconnected until such corrective action is taken to prevent a recurrence of the incident which caused the damage. A service charge for such repairs shall be rendered for the cost of replacement parts or a new meter if such is deemed necessary in the opinion of the Water Department. Payment for such repair shall be due within 30 days of the rendering of the bill.
[Amended 11-26-1979]
Consumers, upon request, may have the meters serving their premises tested by the Water Department in their presence or that of a duly authorized representative. If the meter so tested shall be found to register not more than 103% of the amount of water actually passing through it, a service charge shall be paid by the consumer.
A. 
Employees of the Water Department, in the performance of their duties, shall be permitted to enter the premises of any consumer at any reasonable hour to remove, replace, repair or test the meter, to make a record of the quantity of water used, to inspect the premises to determine the manner of water use or to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
If the Water Department is unable to read a meter after two successive attempts, the charge may be estimated on the basis of prior use in comparable periods and the difference adjusted when the meter is again read. If the meter is damaged or fails to operate, the bill will be based on the average use during prior comparable periods, unless there is evidence that the use is not normal and average use for comparable periods is not properly applicable, in which case the charge will be estimated by some method which the Water Department considers equitable.