(A) Any authorized employee of the Utility Department shall, upon presentation of his/her credentials, have free access at all reasonable hours to any premises supplied with town water for the purpose of making any inspection of the entire water system upon such premises.
(B) In case any authorized employee be refused admittance to any premises, or, being admitted, shall be hindered or prevented from making such examination, the Manager may cause the water to be turned off from such premises after giving 24 hours' notice to the owner or occupant of such premises of her/his intention to do so.
(C) Service personnel and other employees of the Utility Department whose duty it may be to enter upon private premises to make inspection and examination of the pipes, fixtures or attachments used in connection with the water supply, shall be provided with credentials to identify them as authorized agents for the Department.
(D) No person not an authorized employee of the Utility Department shall have or exhibit credentials of the Utility Department. It shall be the duty of each employee of the Utility Department upon resignation or dismissal, to surrender and deliver at the office of the Manager, all credentials of the Department.
(E) No one except authorized town personnel shall be permitted to install, remove, or reinstall water meters. Any developer whose contractor, plumber (or others) removes, changes, or relocates water meters shall be charged the cost to the town for restoring meters to their authorized and designated locations of record. Such costs together with any cost incurred by the town for repairing defective service connections installed by developer's contractors shall be due and payable within 60 days of billing for said charges by the town.
(Ord. O2011-03, passed 2-7-11)