(A) All premises using water shall be metered on or before September 10, 2001. No person except a Department employee shall break or injure the seal or change the location of, alter or interfere in any way with the water meter.
(B) All premises located outside the corporate limits of the city shall have a water meter and shall pay fees required by § 51.02 multiplied by a factor of two except for the administration fee and inspection fee which shall be the same as users within the city.
(C) Residential structures currently on a flat rate for water service are required to be metered as noted below.
(1) Any structure not metered on or before September 30, 2001 shall have its water service shut off by the city not less than 30 days after written notice by the city to the record owner of such structure.
(2) Water service to any such structure shall remain shut off until the structure is metered.
(3) Any new structure with meter service, including new residential structures, must be metered.
(4) Any structure, including residential structures with water service shall not be sold or title otherwise transferred unless a water meter has been installed prior to the proposed transfer or sale.
(D) Any premises where a water meter is installed shall not be permitted to return to billing on a flat rate for water service.
(1979 Code, § 2.24) (Ord. 108, passed 12-18-1990; Ord. 147, passed 12-5-2000)