(A) Any customer may request that a meter be proofed and, upon payment of a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee, the Superintendent of Public Works shall remove the meter and send it for testing.
(B) If the meter is defective, the fifty ($50.00) fee will be refunded to the customer (property owner); if the meter is not defective, the fee will be retained by the city to cover its costs in removal, testing, and replacement of the meter.