(a) All water shall be metered unless the use of water for temporary purposes is permitted by the Director as provided in Section 923.04. All meters shall be installed by the Director, or other person commissioned by the Director, only when meter space is provided.
(b) Meters shall remain the property of the City, and the City reserves the right to examine and repair or change any meter at any time. Only meters approved by the City shall be installed.
(c) Any building or dwelling 125 feet or more from the curb line shall have a meter pit at such curb line, constructed to specifications set up by the Director and on file with the Water Division.
(d) Owners of existing apartment houses, flats, office buildings, halls, store rooms or dwellings occupying the same lot may supply two or more tenants through one meter under the provisions of Section 923.02.
(e) The City reserves the right to install two or more meters in any building or any other place where City water is used when, in the judgment of the Director, the amount of water consumed is more than should be delivered through the meter in use.
(f) Upon request from an owner or consumer and agreement to pay the test charge, the Director shall test any meter upon payment of a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for a five-eighths inch meter. Testing fees or costs will be reimbursed to the owner if a meter is found to be inaccurate. The customer shall be responsible for all coordination and costs for testing the meter for all other sizes. Meters larger than 1-inch shall be tested every 5 years or more often if deemed necessary by the City. If, upon examination and test, it is found that the meter registers outside the tolerance limits of the following percentages of water through it: two percent over or under on disc meters, sizes one-half inch to two inches, on flows from one to twenty gallons per minute; five percent over or under on all other types and sizes of meters on flows from low to high ratings; then the meter shall be considered inaccurate and the water charges shall be adjusted upon the basis of that test, for the preceding billing month.
(Ord. 59-2017. Passed 9-18-17.)