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§ 53.03 ALL SERVICE SHALL BE METERED.
   (A)   All gas service shall be metered with a meter of adequate size to measure the amount of gas consumed. Meters shall be of the positive type and shall be American Gas Association approved.
   (B)   All meters shall be so placed and installed as to render the same accessible at all times for the purpose of reading and repairing. All meters shall be set outside of the buildings wherever practical. Indoor installations must be vented with an adequate vent extending to the outside.
(Prior Code, § 51.004) (Ord. 121, passed 9-2-1958)
§ 53.04 METERS, REGULATORS, FITTINGS AND APPURTENANCES CONNECTED WITH SYSTEM TO BE OPEN TO INSPECTION.
   At all reasonable hours, meters, regulators, fittings, fixtures and appurtenances connected with the system and located on private property shall be open for inspection by the proper officers or employees of the village. Any part found to be defective or not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be immediately repaired or corrected. Service may be discontinued at any time when conditions of the privately owned facilities create danger or hazard.
(Prior Code, § 51.005) (Ord. 121, passed 9-2-1958)
§ 53.05 METER READING CONCLUSIVE.
   All gas customers shall be liable for the gas consumption as shown by the meter. Waste, leakage or other causes not the liability of the village shall be included under such liability. The meter reading shall be conclusive; provided that, whenever the village shall find any meter not registering, then an average bill may be rendered based at the option of the village, on either the nearest previous three months average use when meter was in good order, or based on the same month or months of the preceding year. Whenever the village shall have reason to believe that the meter is not registering correctly, then an average bill as stated above may be rendered and the meter removed for testing. If such average bill should prove to be incorrectly estimated, either by actual testing or by actual gas consumption, after being replaced by a corrected meter, then such bill shall be compared and adjusted.
(Prior Code, § 51.006) (Ord. 121, passed 9-2-1958)
§ 53.06 TEST OF METERS.
   (A)   Any consumer may request the village to make a test of the accuracy of the meter then in use on their premises. Such tests will be made by the village without charge, provided that such meter has not been tested within two years preceding such a request. In case a consumer requests an accuracy test of a meter which has been previously tested within two years, then the consumer shall be required, prior to making test, to deposit with the village the sum of $25 to cover the cost of removing, testing and replacing such meter.
   (B)   In the event such meter is found by testing, to register incorrectly at full capacity, by more than 2%, then another accurate meter shall be substituted and the test deposit shall be refunded. Past gas bills shall be adjusted by refund or credit of such percentage of the amount of the gas bills for a period of not more than three months previous to such test.
   (C)   In the event that the meter is found to be registering correctly, the consumer shall forfeit the test deposit and such funds shall be deposited in the gas operating funds of the village.
(Prior Code, § 51.007) (Ord. 121, passed 9-2-1958)
§ 53.07 SEPARATE METERS FOR EACH DISTINCT PREMISES.
   No person, firm or corporation shall connect any gas service pipe or transmit gas supplied by the natural gas system of the village, into two distinct premises from one meter. Apartment buildings having separate dwelling units may be serviced from a single meter. Duplex dwellings shall be serviced from individual meters.
(Prior Code, § 51.008) (Ord. 121, passed 9-2-1958)
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