(A) Each consumer shall provide, to the current specifications of and at no cost to the water system, a suitable location for the required meter or meters and all associated equipment. Meters for new service connections shall be located in a pit or vault at or as near the property line as practicable. The water system shall have the right to determine where a meter, meter pit or vault shall be located on the premises of the consumer.
(B) All meters and associated equipment must be so located as to be easily accessible to the water system's employees or agents. Meters will not be set nor allowed in a place where there is a likelihood that they may be damaged, hidden, or where access to them obstructed.
(C) Consumers requesting any additional meter, where the existing meter or meters are located inside a building, shall provide a meter pit or vault for all meters serving the premises in accordance with current specifications of and at no cost to the water system.
(D) The water system reserves the right to require a relocation of its meters due to inaccessibility, safety hazards, freezing, vandalism, damage to meters, additional services and such other reasons that are necessary to read and maintain the meters. The consumer shall provide for this relocation at his or her expense upon written request of the water system.
(‘97 Code, § 54.37) (Ord. 31-83, passed 11-7-83; Am. Ord. 20-12, passed 10-16-12; Am. Ord. 11-22, passed 11-1-22) Penalty, see § 10.99