(A) All customers metered - no free service.
(1) It shall be mandatory for all customers of the city's municipal water system to be metered.
(2) No customer will receive or be entitled to free water without paying the full rates herein specified, unless waived in writing by the city.
(B) Meters read monthly.
(1) Water meters shall be read monthly commencing on the fifteenth day of each calendar month or as soon thereafter as weather and other conditions and circumstances may reasonably permit, and such readings will continue as expeditiously as possible until all of the water meters have been read.
(2) In the event that upon the occasion of a monthly reading, it is found that the water meter of a customer is defective or non-operative, the water bill of such customer shall be computed on the basis of the average monthly water consumption of such customer shown by the three (3) preceding monthly water meter readings, provided that if no such readings are then available, the applicable water bill may be computed on the basis of an estimate of water consumption made by the Superintendent, subject to adjustment upward or downward according to the average of the next three (3) succeeding monthly water meter readings.
(Ord. 3-96, passed 7-1-96; Am. Ord. 10-97, passed 1-5-98)