(A) Any customer may request the city to make a test of the accuracy of the meter then in use on their premises. The tests will be made by the city without charge, provided the meter has not been tested within seven years preceding such a request. In case a customer requests an accuracy test of a meter which has been tested previously within seven years, the customer shall be required, before the test, to deposit with the city the sum of $35 to cover the cost of removing, testing and replacing the meter.
(B) The test standards described in § 51.41 shall be applicable in determining accuracy of meters being tested. Refunds of additional charges will be based on determinations made according to those standards.
(C) In the event a meter is found, by testing, to register incorrectly at full capacity by more than 2%, the test deposit shall be refunded. Past gas bills shall be adjusted by the percentage of the amount of the gas bills for a period of not more than six months before the test.
(D) In the event the meter is found to be registering correctly, the customer shall forfeit the test deposit and the money shall be deposited in the Gas Operating Funds of the city.
(Ord. O-81-3, passed 5-18-81)