Any damage which a meter may sustain resulting from carelessness of the owner, agent, or tenant or from neglect of either of them to properly secure and protect the meter, as well as any damage which may be wrought by frost, hot water, or steam backing from a boiler, shall be paid by the owner of the property to the city on presentation of a bill which shall be based on time and materials plus 15% for overhead.
(1993 Code, § 51.09) Penalty, see § 51.99