A. 1. All dwellings or places supplied with water from the city system shall be metered with a meter of acceptable size and workable hand valve on each side of the meter. Meters will be purchased from Custer City.
2. In new installations where the placement of a meter inside the building is not possible, a meter pit shall be installed by the property owner at his expense with previous approval of the public works director.
B. Any owner of a dwelling or property supplied with water from the city water system may purchase from Custer City a meter of acceptable size to measure all water which does not flow into the municipal sewer system and which shall not be assessed a sewer charge under the following conditions:
1. The meter shall be approved by the public works director, and installed in accordance with all applicable laws, both local and state, by the owner and at his expense;
2. The meter shall be read by Custer City employees for any discrepancies when appropriate. If no discrepancies are found, credit shall be calculated and applied to the property owner's account. However, any meter found to have been tampered with shall cause a forfeiture of any such sewer system credit claimed for that individual meter;
3. All water metered and not subject to the city sewer fees shall not be sold, bartered or gifted to anyone not personally entitled to use the city water system. (Ord. 603 (part), 2004)