(A) Water supply provided by the village or entering into the village’s sewage disposal system, whichever is applicable, shall be measured by a meter installed and controlled by the village.
(B) The charge for connection to the water supply system includes furnishing the property with the properly configured and sized meter. The meter remains at all times the property of the village. No person other than properly identified village employees or agents shall repair, adjust, remove, replace, or tamper with in any way a village water meter or do any act to limit or interfere with its regular operation.
(C) The property owner shall provide a location agreeable with the village for placing the meter and protecting the meter from the extremes of heat and cold, accidents, and other contingencies. At the village’s option, it may install remote meter reading devices at a nominal cost to the property owner to correct inaccessible meter locations or to make meter reading operations more cost effective.
(D) The property owner shall provide access to the meter at reasonable times for properly authorized village employees or agents to replace, inspect, test, repair, and read the meter.
(E) The property owner shall pay for damage to meters caused by freezing, by hot water or any other action external to the meter.
(F) A separate connection, service line, and meter shall be provided to each primary structure or multiple unit within a primary structure, except in cases of apartment houses, condominiums, mobile home parks, and commercial buildings and shopping centers where upon special authorization of the Village Manager a single tap to be connected to a yoke on which separate meters are provided for each consuming unit. The fee for connection shall be treated as if each consuming unit was an individual connection.
(G) When a remote reading device is installed and used to read the measurement of the quantity of water supplied or disposed of, any disagreement between the figures shown on the remote reading device and the inside meter, the figure shown on the inside meter shall be the one used to calculate water usage or supplied.
(1984 Code, § 7-01-04-060) (Ord. 277, passed 6-10-1997)