The Water Utility General Manager and other duly authorized employees of the water utility bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, meter reading and testing between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of each workday and have authority to inquire into the use, placement, operation, readings and connections of meters, pipes or other fixtures to the water system as well as the consumption of water.
(1999 Code, § 25.11)