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It shall be mandatory for all customers of the combined and consolidated municipal water and sewer system to be metered. No one shall receive or be entitled to free water or sewer service or to any like service without paying the full rates herein specified.
(2000 Code, § 13-158)
(A) Water meters shall be read monthly commencing on the fifteenth day of each calendar month or as soon thereafter as weather and other conditions and circumstances may reasonably permit, and the readings shall continue as expeditiously as possible until all of the meters have been read.
(B) If, upon the occasion of a monthly meter reading, it is found that the meter of a customer is defective or non-operative, the water and/or sewer bill shall be computed on the basis of the average monthly water consumption of the customer shown by the three preceding monthly meter readings, provided that if no readings are then available, the applicable water and/or sewer bill may be computed on the basis of an estimate of water consumption, estimated by the Superintendent of the waterworks system, subject to adjustment upward or downward according to the average of the next three succeeding monthly meter readings.
(2000 Code, § 13-159)
A reasonable meter deposit may be required in addition to the connection charges required by this subchapter. The meter deposit will be made by the customer with the city before the customer shall be entitled to service and shall be in an amount and under terms and conditions as shall be on file in the City Clerk's office. The deposit, less any unpaid charges, shall be refunded to the customer, his or her heirs or assigns, whenever the customer notifies the city legally to disconnect or terminate the service to the customer. No separate deposits shall be required for the sewer service.
(2000 Code, § 13-160)
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