(a) In the event of loss or injury of the property of the City through misuse by, or the negligence of, a consumer or an employee of such consumer, the cost of the necessary repairs or replacement thereof shall be paid to the City by the consumer.
(b) Consumers will be held responsible for tampering with, interfering with or breaking of seals of meters, or other equipment of the City installed on the consumer's premises, and will be held liable for the same according to law. Consumers shall be held to agree that no one except employees of the City shall be allowed to make any internal or external adjustments of any meter or any other piece of apparatus which shall be the property of the City. An administrative fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall be applied to the customer's account for any occurrence of meter tampering when service has been disconnected between the customer and the City utility. Service shall not be reconnected until all fees and charges on the account are paid in full.
(c) The City shall have the right at all reasonable hours to enter the premises of a consumer for the purpose of installing, reading, removing, testing, replacing or otherwise disposing of its apparatus and property, and the right of entire removal of the City's property in the event of the termination of the contract for any cause.
(Ord. 85-30. Passed 5-22-85; Ord. 2018-05. Passed 2-19-18; Ord. 2021-32. Passed 7-12-21.)