(a) The owner or occupant of any commercial or industrial premises or commercial or industrial structure using water from a private well where the sanitary sewer system is in use is hereby required to have a water meter installed in a manner that all water from the private well which is used in the building shall be registered by the meter, provided, however, that any water for use on lawns or gardens or for other purposes which does not flow into the sanitary sewer system of the city may be bypassed so as to not pass through the water meter.
(b) All meters shall be approved by the water department and shall be installed by the water department at the expense of the owner or occupant of the premises and the officers and employees of the city shall have access to the premises at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting the water system, installing and repairing the meters, and reading the meters.
(c) The meters shall be read and the sewer charge shall be computed, billed and collected in the same manner as provided by this section.
(1992 Code, § 41-77) (Ord. 48-81, passed 6-1-1981)