Meters shall be read through the radio read meter system adopted by the city. If access to the meter reading is not available through the city’s radio read meter system, the city will obtain the reading by manually reading the meter. If a manual read is necessary, a fee for this service of $150 for each billing period, or part thereof, following April 1, 2007 will be applied. Beginning January 1, 2008, the service charge shall double per billing period to $300. Further, the service charge will double the previous year’s charge, per billing period, for each subsequent year thereafter. This charge shall apply whether the city was able to manually read the meter or if an estimated bill is required. No water customer will be allowed to report the meter reading by any other method. The city may estimate bills and estimated bills are payable as rendered. Adjustments to bills will be made in the next succeeding year.
(1999 Code, § 1048.17) (Ord. 02-17, passed 5-28-2002; Ord. 06-47, passed 11-14-2006)