(a) Ownership. Except as may be provided otherwise by written agreement by and between the City and the owner or tenant of property connected to the City water system, the ownership of and title to all water meters connected to the City water system shall be vested in the City.
(b) Maintenance. All expenses incidental to the normal checking and repair of water meters belonging to the City shall be borne by the City, but the Waterworks Superintendent is hereby authorized, when circumstances clearly warrant such action, to notify the City Treasurer to charge the customer for any maintenance or repairs made necessary by the customer’s actions or by the actions of his agents, licensees or permittees.
(c) Location. All water meters shall be located as nearly as practicable to the property line. If, due to extraordinary circumstances, meters are located on the premises, they shall in all cases be set in places accessible to the agents of the waterworks, and no connection shall be made for the conveying of water for any purpose ahead of the meter. The location of each meter, whether on or off premises, shall be approved by the Waterworks Superintendent. Should the meter be changed for the convenience of the property owner from one location to another, the whole cost of making such change shall be pad by the property owner.
(d) Reading of Meters and Billing Generally. For the purpose of billing and accounting, the City shall be divided into so many districts or meter routes as shall be necessary or convenient. Meter reading and billing shall be performed by procedures established by the Water Department under the direction of the Mayor.
(1978 Code Sec. 21-14)