(a) In cases where a new customer whose service is to be metered installs the original service piping or where an existing metered customer changes his or her service piping for his or her own convenience, or where an existing flat rate customer requests to be metered, the customer shall, at his or her expense, provide a suitable location and the proper connections for the meter. The Water Utility Department should be consulted as to the type and size of meter setting. Where it is possible to set meters in the basement, or other suitable place within the building, a short nipple shall be inserted after the stop and waste cock, then a union, and then another nipple and coupling of the proper length. The nipple attached to the union and coupling shall be cut to a standard length provided by the plans of the Utility (it may require a horizontal run of 18 inches in such pipe line) which may later be removed for the insertion of the meter into the supply line.
(b) No permit will be given to change from metered to flat rate service.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-31)