All water meters hereafter installed shall be in accordance with the following rules.
(1) The service pipe from the water main to the meter, when the same enters the building, shall be brought through the floor or bottom course of concrete block of foundation.
(2) The meter shall be located so that the bottom is from 12 inches to 24 inches above the finished floor line. The meter shall be set out not more than 12 inches measured horizontally from the inside line of the basement wall, unless an alternate method is approved by the plumbing inspector.
(3) All meter installations shall have a stop and waste gate valve on the street side of the meter. In no case shall there be more than 12 inches of pipe exposed between the point of entrance through the basement floor and the stop and waste valve. A stop and waste gate valve shall also be installed on the house side of the meter. All fittings and pipes are to be red, brass or bronze. Gate valves shall be brass 125 pounds standard.
(Prior Code, § 401.31)