All gas customers shall be liable for the gas consumption as shown by the meter. Waste, leakage or other causes not the liability of the city, shall be included under the liability. The meter reading shall be conclusive provided that whenever the city shall find any meter not registering, then an average bill may be rendered based at the option of the city, on either the nearest previous three months average use, when the meter was in good order, or based on the same month or months of the preceding year. Whenever the city shall have reason to believe that a meter is not registering correctly, then an average bill as stated above may be rendered and the meter removed for testing. If such average bill should prove to be incorrectly estimated, either by actual testing, or by actual gas consumption, after being replaced by a corrected meter, then such bill shall be compared to the same.
(1975 Code, § 17.17) (Ord. 280, passed 2-15-1955)