(A) No water shall be sold or distributed unless the same is measured by a meter which shall be furnished and kept in repair by the city. Upon discovery of an unmetered water user, the user shall be billed at a rate of $25 per month until the water usage can be metered. The unmetered water usage rate shall be effective 5 days after receiving written notification from the city and will continue in effect until a water meter is in place.
(B) The meter shall be of a kind which is approved by the City Water Commissioner, and shall be located in a reasonably accessible place.
(C) In the event that any meter used to measure water sold by the city becomes out of repair, receipt of notice from the City Finance Officer shall act as a cdommand to the user to repair same within 10 days or the water supplied to such user shall be shut-off until such repairs are made; and, in case it should become necessary for the city to so shut-off a user's water, the user shall pay a service charge of $1 for turning off the water and $1 for turning the water back on, before service shall be restored to the user.
(Prior Code, § 13.04.010) (Ord. 89, passed - -1989)