(a) Rules and Regulations for the Government of Water Utilities, adopted by the Public Service Commission of the state, and now in effect, and all amendments thereto and modifications thereof hereafter made by the Commission are hereby adopted by the City Commission.
(b) Each consumer shall be metered and billed separately.
(c) Owners or landlords of buildings occupied by two or more householders or tenants occupying separate apartments, storerooms or offices, shall be required to install pipe lines to connect to the meter installed at the street curb line at their own cost and expense in order that each householder or tenant occupying such separate apartment, storeroom or office in such building can be served through a separate meter.
(d) Where it is not practicable for the owner or landlord, or the owner or landlord refuses, to install pipe lines so that each householder or tenant occupying a separate apartment, storeroom or office can be served by separate meter, the owner or landlord shall pay and be responsible for the water bills for all water furnished to the several householders or tenants occupying separate apartments, storerooms or offices in the building.
(e) Where the condition described in subsection (d) above exists, the minimum charge shall apply to each of such householders or tenants occupying separate apartments, storerooms or offices, and the minimum charge for the building shall be determined by multiplying the number of such householders or tenants occupying separate apartments, storerooms or offices by the minimum charge. If the minimum charge thus arrived at is greater than an amount ascertained by applying the schedule of rates herein set out to the total quantity of water consumed, as metered, in such building, the owner or landlord shall be charged for and shall pay the minimum charge for the building; provided, however, that if such minimum charge thus arrived at is less than the commodity rate ascertained by computing the total amount of water metered and supplied to the building in question, then the owner or landlord shall pay the amount ascertained by applying the schedule of rates to the total quantity of water used in such building.
(f) In no instance shall two or more buildings be supplied with water through one meter.
(Ord. passed 10-1-1984)