941.06 METERS AND REGISTERING DEVICES.

   (a)    Every water service shall be equipped with a meter and a remote register, unless approved otherwise. All meters shall be the property of the City. For the purpose of maintaining meters, the Division of Water reserves the right to remove and then replace or repair any meter at any time without notice.

   (b)    Each meter shall be sized according to the volume of water used by the consumer. The Division of Water reserves the right to size or change the size of any meter according to water use records of the consumer and the recommendations of the American Water Works Association "Standard for Cold Water Meters". The customer is responsible for providing facilities for a proper meter setting and for any required piping changes.

   (c)    All new water services shall be metered with a remote reading meter and register after the passage of this chapter. Remote reading meters and registers shall be installed on all existing water services unless determined otherwise by the Director of Public Service. Remote reading meters will require periodic inspection by the Division of Water. Failure of the customer or consumer to comply with this rule may result in water service to the unit being terminated in accordance with Section 941.12 (a), (f), (g) and (m).

   (d)    Upon request from an owner-customer and upon payment of the standard test charge as established by Section 941.08(g), the Division of Water shall remove any meter to the meter shop for test. If, upon examination and test, it is found that the meter registers outside of the tolerance limits of the following percentages of water through it, that is, two percent (2%) over or under on meter sizes five-eighths inch thru two inches on flows from one to twenty gallons per minute, five percent (5%) over or under on all other types and sizes of meters on flows from low to high rating, then it shall be considered "inaccurate" and the water charges will be adjusted upon basis of the test.

   (e)    The standard charge for the replacement of frozen or stolen meter shall be the current cost of the meter to the City of Mansfield plus the cost of any auxiliary devices such as remote radios if necessary.

(Ord. 14-047. Passed 4-15-14.)