(A) All water furnished consumers shall be metered. All economic units shall have separate meters. In cases where it is not practical, or will cause undue hardship, for an economic unit to establish separate meters for each unit, the Superintendent of Water and Sewer may waive the separate meter requirement, but only upon the owner paying basic sewer user charges and basic water user charges for each economic unit, in addition to sewer volume charges and water volume charges. All meters shall be furnished and set by the Water and Sewer Department, but owners must provide a suitable location in their piping system for same. Meters shall be placed on service pipe, not to exceed two feet from the wall where such pipe enters the premises. There shall be a stop between the meter and the wall, and a suitable place provided for the meter so as to keep it dry and clean, and readily accessible at all times to the meter reader and inspectors of the Department. A gate valve shall also be placed on the pipe on the meter. All valves and fittings necessary to comply with these requirements and to provide connection to meter, except a coupling or flange at each end of meter, shall be provided by the owner of premises to be served.
(B) All meters to new economic units shall be of the “remote read” variety. The owner shall protect the reading device and maintain accessibility and visibility for reading of the meter.
(C) All residential economic units of the city water system shall have a remote reading adaptor attached to their water meter, and shall pay to the city the sum of $20 for the installation thereof. Any residential customer who does not have a remote reading adaptor so attached shall be assessed the sum of $5 per month or part thereof, and such assessment shall be in addition to all other assessments, rates or charges imposed by this chapter.
(D) Where a service pipe larger than two inches in diameter is used, the plumber shall call at the Department office for instructions regarding the fittings and space to be provided for the water meters.
(E) In case that two or more meters are desired for measuring water to different tenants in the same building from one service connection, they shall be so placed that no one of them shall measure water which has passed through another one.
(F) When it is necessary to install a meter or meters in newly constructed houses or buildings, or when it is necessary by reason of alterations in a house or building to install one or more additional meters, or when it is necessary to install a larger size meter in a house or building, the owner of the premises or the contractor doing the construction or alterations on said premises shall reimburse the Water and Sewer Department for the actual cost of the meter or meters furnished by the Department plus 10% for overhead expenses.
(Ord. 549, passed 12-22-75; Am. Ord. 624, passed 5-20-81; Am. Ord. 693, passed 12-30-85; Am. Ord. 750, passed 7-3-90; Am. Ord. 1308, passed 12-5-07; Am. Ord. 1332, passed 3-5-08; Am. Ord. 1346, passed 8-20-08; Am. Ord. 1571, passed 4-15-15)