(A) In the event a lot, parcel of real estate, or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the city's sewage works, either directly or indirectly, is not a user of water supplied by the city's waterworks, and the water used thereon or therein is not measured by a water meter, or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the city, then the city, at the owner or other interested parties' expense, shall install and maintain meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city, said meter shall be and remain the property of the city. The city shall also have the right to read, inspect and maintain said meter at all reasonable hours.
(B) In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the city's sewage works, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water meter or is measured by a meter not acceptable to the city, then the city, at the owner or other interested parties expense, shall install and maintain meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city, said meter shall be and remain the property of the city. The city shall also have the right to read, inspect and maintain said meter at all reasonable hours.
(C) In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the city's sewage works, either directly or indirectly, uses water in excess of 1,000 cubic feet per month, and it can be shown, to the satisfaction of the city, that a portion of the water measured by the water meter or meters does not and cannot enter the city's sewage works, then the city, then the city shall, at the owner or other users' expense, install and maintain a meter or meters acceptable to the city in such a manner as to determine the quantity of water actually entering the city's sewage works, and the customer shall be billed only for that measured quantity of water entering the city's sewage system so determined, said meter shall be and remain the property of the city. The city shall also have the right to read, inspect and maintain said meter at all reasonable hours.
(D) In the event two or more dwelling units, such as trailers, mobile homes, apartments or housekeeping rooms, discharging sanitary sewage, water or other liquids into the city's sewage system, either directly or indirectly, are users of water and the quantity of water is measured by single water meter, then in such case billing shall be for a single service in the manner set out elsewhere herein, except that an additional charge shall be added thereto, in the amount of $6.57 per month, effective immediately, and $6.96 per month effective July 1, 2018 for each dwelling unit over one served through the single water meter. In the case of trailer or mobile home parks, the number of dwelling units shall be interpreted as the maximum capacity for trailers or mobile homes in said park, plus any other dwelling units served through the meter. A dwelling unit shall be interpreted .as a room or rooms or other living space or spaces in which cooking facilities are provided.
('71 Code, § 52.03) (Ord. 36-85, passed 5-29-85; Am. Ord. 18-94, passed 6-14-94; Am. Ord. 1-2002, passed 3-25-02; Am. Ord. 12-2016, passed 4-12-16)