(A) Auxiliary meters for determining the sewerage service charge or surcharge shall be installed, owned, and maintained by the property owner. Following the installation of such meters and approval of the installation by the Water and Sewer Commission, meters may not be removed without the prior approval of the General Manager.
(B) Meters which will be approved are as follows:
(1) Meters purchased from any municipality, or the person, firm, or corporation which furnished water to the user's premises; and meters similar to and equal to those specified by the water supplier and tested by the water supplier.
(2) Crest or turbine type meters of two-inch size and over, to be used where it is established the particular meter is under a full head at all times; provided such meters are tested and passed for large constant flows by an independent testing laboratory or a water department and certified by the same.
(3) Meters used currently for tax purposes by the United States Government will be accepted without tests.
(4) Existing private meters now in place, may be continued in use on conditional basis. If such meters are suspected of faulty registration, they are subject to a test, when so ordered by the General Manager.
(C) No meter shall be installed before approval of the installation is granted by the General Manager.
(D) When an auxiliary meter is so located that it is not read by the water meter reader, it shall be the responsibility of the user to make reports of meter readings before each billing period.
(E) If the required meter reading reports for auxiliary meters are not received at the Commission office before each billing period, the Commission shall compute the user's sewerage service charge by using the consumption total indicated on the municipal supply meter readings.
(Ord. O-38-83, passed 12-20-83) Penalty, see § 50.999