(A) Responsibility for City property. The consumer shall provide space for and exercise proper care to protect City-owned equipment located on the subject property. The consumer shall be responsible for any loss or damage to City-owned equipment due to the consumer’s negligent or intentional acts.
(B) Access. The consumer shall provide the City with access to the consumer’s property at all reasonable times for the purpose of reading meters, testing, inspecting, repairing, or replacing any equipment which is the property of the City, and for conducting quality control testing for the City’s water and wastewater systems. Where City property or equipment is located in a secured area, the consumer shall supply the City with keys to the locks or other independent access to that secure area.
(C) Owner’s responsibility to monitor. Notwithstanding any other section of this Chapter, the owner of the subject property shall have the responsibility of monitoring any utility connection or use on the owner’s property.
(Ord. No. 2001-05, passed 5-8-01; Am. Ord. 2005-18, passed 10-5-05)