Whenever the Township Water and Sewer Department has been unable to obtain three consecutive quarterly readings of the water meter located on any premises, an outside meter reader shall be installed at actual cost to the property owner or tenant, as the case may be, and such charge shall be collected and subject to collection enforcement in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for water service and sewage disposal charges, provided that consecutive readings shall mean actual readings of the water meter by the Township Water and Sewer Department, its employees and agents or by the customer as evidenced by authorized return mail customer water meter reading cards received by the Township Water and Sewer Department in time for billing.
(Prior Code, § X-3.069)