In instances where a leak occurs in a consumer water service between the water meter setting and the building and where it does not appear that the owner or the user of the property could be reasonably expected to know of the leak or to have had a fair chance to stop the same:
(a) The owner’s or user’s water charges for the calendar quarter may be adjusted, upon approval of the Director of Service, and a reading made based upon the meter reading for the corresponding calendar quarter of the preceding year; or
(b) Where the meter reading for the corresponding calendar quarter of the preceding year is not obtainable the adjustments in water charges are to be based upon the reading for the next following calendar quarter for that consumer based upon the approval of the Director of Service.
Fifty percent of the overage due to leakage in the water service shall form the basis for adjustment of the water charge.
(Ord. 1983-32. Passed 12-5-83.)