(a) There shall be but one single-family residence on a service branch and each branch shall be metered. Each housing, business or commercial structure shall have a separate meter location as follows:
(1) Outside the structure and outside the public road right of way of the property to be served. No obstruction shall be placed on the cover at any time.
(2) Inside the structure with a remote reader. This provision is applicable to all services without meter by-passes at the discretion of the Board of Public Affairs.
(3) The Village may require properties or premises not so equipped to install additional service lines, meter pits or remote readers at the expense of the property owner.
(b) Meters, remote readers, meter pits and privately-owned hydrants or plugs and all attachments must be kept in complete repair and kept accessible by the owner or occupant and protected from frost without expense to the Village.
(c) The owner must also provide curb stops and have the pipes so arranged that the water may be drawn from them whenever there is danger of freezing. It shall be the duty of the property owner to keep his meter pit at grade with the surface. The owner shall conform to any written instructions from the Village as to grade of his meter pit and shall indemnify the Village against any damages or expense occasioned it by reason of the meter pit being above or below grade. The Village will make minor repairs and adjustments to the meter pit, provided, however, that the cost of any repairs made necessary by negligence or abuse on the part of the owner shall be charged to the property owner.
(Ord. 515. Passed 3-26-90.)