[Amended 8-26-1986 by Ord. No. 86-46; 7-26-1988 by Ord. No. 88-62; 11-27-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-68; 8-27-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-56]
The Water Utility shall supply the tap, meter and meter pit,
the charge for installation of a 5/8 inch to two inches in size shall
be in accordance with the established schedule of fees. The charge
for the installation a tap for a meter of larger than two inches in
size shall be at current cost as per ordinance. All fees shall be
payable in advance.
Only one dwelling, store or other premises shall be attached
to or supplied by one service pipe or meter.
All meters used on any City water services measuring the quantity
of water consumed shall be obtained from the Water-Sewer Utility.
The applicant or consumer or their contractor shall pay for the cost
of the tap, meter pit and meter as well as all necessary associated
fittings for the new installation. The cost for the new meter and
associated fittings shall be the current cost as stated on the rate
sheet at the time of the request. All meters shall remain the property
of the Water-Sewer Utility.
All services shall be metered by a water meter of the same size
as the water tap and service pipe, except that one-inch residential
services may be metered with smaller meters in accordance with the
schedule of water rates.
The Utility reserves the right to install a meter which may
be read by remote means, either manually or by telephone, cable or
other data communication devices. The owner of any property served
by the Water-Sewer Utility shall permit installation and provide uninterrupted
access to any such device so installed. The remote meter shall be
installed in a place suitable to the Water-Sewer Utility.
The owner of any premises where a meter is installed shall be
held responsible for its care and protection from freezing or hot
water and from other injury thereto. The owner or consumer shall notify
the Water-Sewer Utility of any injury to or of the nonworking of the
meter as soon as the same comes to his knowledge. No bypass around
the meter will be permitted.
Repairs to water meters will be made by the Water-Sewer Utility
only at its expense; provided, however, that if proper protection
has not been provided a meter, all expenses incurred by the Utility
for the repairing or replacing of said meter shall be charged to the
owner or consumer of the premises where such meter is located. It
is understood that such repairs will be charged only when evidence
is obtained that such repairs are due to gross neglect on the part
of the consumer.
Where water is furnished by meter measurement, the quantity
recorded by it shall be conclusive on both the applicant and the City,
except when the meter has been found to be registering incorrectly
or has ceased to register. In such a case or cases, the quantity may
be determined by the average registration of another meter for a period
of 30 days or of the same meter for a period of 30 days after it has
been repaired and tested, or the quantity used during a previous corresponding
period may be used as a basis for settlement.
The Water-Sewer Utility will, at the request of any customer
with an abnormally high consumption, based upon past billing records
and the age of the meter, test the meter at an approved testing facility
and make the certified test results available to the customer. If
the meter is found to be recording water in excess of that delivered,
bills rendered will be adjusted. If the meter is found to be accurate,
the contended bill will stand, and the cost of removal and testing
will be due from the property owner.
