[Amended 6-25-1991 by Ord. No. 346, approved 6-25-1991]
The borough shall furnish and install all meters, which shall be of sufficient size in the judgment of the Superintendent to provide adequate service to the premises. Upon notice by the Superintendent that a meter is to be installed in a premises, the owner thereof shall, at his own expense, prepare the pipe, ready for the installation of the meter, as well as any stop, waste or valve required to drain it. When convenient to place a meter at the curb, a suitable meter box or masonry pit shall be built, at the expense of the owner of the property, such box to have a suitable cover with lock and key. When not convenient, the meter shall be placed within the property line of the customer in a convenient, accessible and unobstructed position within a building. No person other than an authorized officer or employee of the waterworks shall install, remove, inspect or change, alter or interfere with any meter or any of the dials thereof. A broken seal shall be considered sufficient evidence of interference with a meter. The water meters furnished by and installed by the borough shall be subject to the customer facilities fees and connection fees set forth in § 118-6.
The customer shall, at all times, properly protect the meter upon his property from injury by frost or other cause and shall be responsible for the cost of all repairs to any such meter damaged through his negligence or that of any of the members of his family, his agents, workmen, servants or employees, such charge to be payable in full at the time when his next water bill shall be due and payable.
If a meter fails to register or otherwise becomes out of order, such meter shall be replaced or repaired by the waterworks, and the current bill shall be estimated and determined by the average amount of water used in a previous corresponding period. No deduction from any water bill shall be allowed on account of leakage.
[Amended 10-31-1978 by Ord. No. C-224, approved 10-31-1978]
If any customer shall doubt the correctness of the meter measuring the water delivered to his premises, he may, upon application to the Superintendent and upon making a deposit as set forth in the schedule referred to below, to defray the cost thereof, have such meter tested by the Superintendent or any person designated by him to do so. Should such tests show the meter to be registering more than 1% over the accurate amount, such deposit shall be refunded to the customer, and his account shall be adjusted accordingly, and the entire cost of such test shall be borne by the waterworks; otherwise the customer shall forfeit the deposit made. The deposit to be required shall be as provided for in Chapter 55, Fees.
In all cases where the service connection serves a building occupied by two or more establishments, firms or families, only one meter shall be furnished by the waterworks to such building, and the water service charge as registered by such meter shall be chargeable to and payable by the owner of such building, provided that, in any such case, the owner of the building may, after having given notice thereof to the Superintendent, furnish and install separate meters, at his own expense, for each portion of such building separately occupied. Such meters shall be of a type approved by the Superintendent, and the owner shall be responsible for all expenses incurred in the testing, maintenance and repair of such meters. After the installation of such separate meters, separate bills shall be furnished to the owner of such property for each separately metered portion of such building.
No customer shall take or receive, or permit to be taken or received, any water from the waterworks except such water as shall have passed through and been registered by a meter, unless Council shall have given written authorization, such authorization to be renewed each year.