(A) The village shall furnish all water meters for service connections, but the purchase price and installation charge shall be paid by the plumber, as provided in the plumbing code, and shall be of such type, size and construction as the village may specify. All meters connected to the village water distribution system, whether installed by the village or by the plumber, shall be and remain the property of the village, except additional auxiliary meters installed at the request and expense of an owner or consumer for the purpose of subdividing total water used which shall remain the property of the owner or consumer. The cost and duty to maintain and read the additional or auxiliary meter shall be borne by the owner or consumer.
(B) All water meters shall be installed as close as possible to the point of the service pipes.
(C) No person other than employees of the Department of Public Works or an authorized plumber, authorized by the Department, shall be permitted to install, remove, change the location of, or in any way attempt to service, maintain or repair the water meter.
(D) Any existing water service in which telephone wire and an auxiliary jack are provided and installed by Water Department personnel for the purpose of retrofitting an automatic meter reading device shall become part of the customer's wiring at such time as this equipment becomes operational. The customer will be responsible for future maintenance, protection and upkeep of the telephone wiring and jack furnished.
(E) When practicable and feasible, the Department recommends sub-metering in new multi-family buildings, as determined by the building inspector prior to issuance of the plumbing permit, in such instances, the village shall own the master meter to each building and the property owner shall own and maintain meters used for subdividing total water use.
('71 Code, Ch. 13 § l-ll) (Ord. 192, passed ll-5-58; Am. Ord. 267, passed 11-15-67; Am. Ord. 296, passed 5-6-70; Am. Ord. 316, passed 7-21-71; Am. Ord. 2096-91, passed 4-3-91; Am. Ord. 22-1762, passed 3-16-22) Penalty, see § 50.99(A)