All water meters belonging to the Town shall be placed by a plumber contracted by the property owner. It shall be kept in repair and the owner of the building served shall be responsible for any damage caused by negligence of the owner or tenant. The Engineer shall determine, in each case of damage, the cause and cost of replacement or repair.
No meter or bypass valve shall be disconnected from the pipes, moved, disturbed or have its seal broken by any person except an authorized employee of the Town.
The customer shall notify the Town's office of any injury to or cessation of registration of a meter as soon as it comes to his knowledge.
All properties within the corporate limits of the Town of Selbyville shall be equipped with an adequate water meter furnished by the Town but paid for by the property owner. All such water meters, when installed, shall be owned, maintained, repaired and replaced by the Town of Selbyville.
All properties served by the public water supply of the Town of Selbyville and not equipped with the water meter furnished by the Town shall be so equipped in accordance with the following schedule:
A. 
All existing residential users shall be equipped with a water meter pursuant to this Part 1.
B. 
All existing business users, commercial users, industrial users or any other use other than a residential use shall be equipped with a water meter pursuant to this Part 1.
C. 
Any building for which a building permit is granted to construct a building after the enactment of this Part 1 shall be equipped with an installed water meter required by this Part 1.
All water meters shall be installed in the ground pursuant to the specifications of the Town of Selbyville in a location that will be easy to access by representatives of the Town of Selbyville unless an exception shall be granted by the Town Council.
If there is evidence that there has been tampering with the water meter installed pursuant to the provisions of this Part 1 in order that the water meter will not register accurately the amount of water used, water usage shall be billed at twice the highest bill for water usage for the previous 12 months.
For any building in which there is more than one user and for which one water meter has been installed to measure water usage, there shall be charged in addition to the water measured by the meter a minimum charge for each user as fixed from time to time by the Town Council.
It shall be unlawful for any person, after a water meter has been installed pursuant to the terms of this Part 1 to bypass a meter in order to receive water without it being measured by the water meter or to tamper with a meter or by any other means in order that water usage to the property which is being served cannot be measured accurately.
The quantity of water recorded by the meter shall be conclusive on both the customer and the Town except when the meter has been found to be registering inaccurately or has ceased to register. In either case, the meter shall be promptly repaired or replaced by the Town, and the quantity of water consumed shall be estimated by an average or previous readings of the meter when in good working order during as many as two recorded periods of the same period in previous years but in no case less than the minimum charge.
A. 
In the case of a disputed account involving the accuracy of a meter, such meter shall be tested at the request of the customer in conformity with the provisions of the Town water regulations. In the event that the meter so tested is found to have an error in registration in excess of 5% slow or fast, the bills shall be adjusted accordingly as provided in the aforesaid rules.
B. 
When meters are removed after installation at the request of the customer for testings, the following rules shall apply: The Town shall, upon a written request of a customer and, if he so desires, in his presence or that of his authorized representative, make a test of the accuracy of his meter. When a customer desires, either personally or through a representative, to witness the testing of a meter, he may require a meter to be sealed in his presence before removal, which seal shall not be broken until the test is made in his presence. If the meter so tested shall be found to be accurate within the limits herein specified, the cost for removing, testing and replacing the meter will be paid by the customer requesting such test, but if not so found, then the cost thereof shall be borne by the Town.