A. Location:
1. City To Specify:
a. Customer Provide Point Of Delivery Information: The City will specify the meter location and point of delivery to any premises, at the curb, property line, alley or inside the premises and the City shall be provided exact information locating the point of delivery before any piping of customer's system has been started. If such information is not provided by customers in writing, changes in piping installation may result and the expense of which the City shall not be held liable in any way and will not assume any responsibility and the customer shall be liable therefor.
b. New Construction: All new construction will have meters placed within the premises with a stop cock and necessary appurtenances at the property line at the subdivider or owner's expense. Repair and replacement of the meter will be at City's expense.
2. Multiple Meters At One Location: When a building houses more than one unit requiring separate meters, all the meters shall be grouped adjacent to each other and must be individually numbered and identified according to the units served or be located at a specified location outside each unit.
3. Relocation: Customer's meter location and connecting yard line will be relocated by customer at his expense when a water main is installed in a public right of way which abuts customer's property in order to provide service from the nearest water main installed in public right of way. This will only be required when the project is undertaken to improve the customer's water service or to eliminate water mains on private easements.
B. Metering:
1. Meters Furnished By City At Cost Of Customer: All meters used in connection with metered service shall be furnished (at the cost of the customer) and maintained by the City.
2. Testing Of Meters By City: The City may, at its option, test meters at any time as often as it desires.
3. Meter Reading: Meters will be read monthly; provided, however, that when snow, ice, or other justifiable problems cause one or more consecutive meter readings to be missed, the City may bill the customer on the estimated consumption and the difference adjusted when the meter is again read. The basis for this estimate shall be the normal consumption for corresponding periods in the preceding year or consumption of preceding months. At the first reading, subsequent to the nonreading, the bill will be computed by multiplying blocks of the rate by the number of months for which the meter reading covers, then computed in accordance with the applicable rate adjusted with the foregoing provisions. Any minimum bills paid in the period for which the meter reading covers shall be credited to the total amount of the bill. (Ord. 1985-01, 3-5-1985)