(A) All water meters and remotes are to be attached to the property of the lot or acreage for which they are originally purchased. The cost of installation shall be borne by the owner of the property. The city will furnish the water meter and remote, and the same will be installed by a contractor and an employee of the city shall verify the installation. The water meter will remain the property of the city. If a building or trailer house is relocated to a different lot within the city and that lot does not have a water meter provided for it, there will be a new water meter provided for this lot. Water meters to be installed outside of city limits that are on city water will be bought from the city.
(B) All service lines, except those laid for fire purposes only, shall be supplied with a meter placed in a horizontal position safe from frost and other damage, and accessible to examination. In case of breakage or stoppage of any meter, the consumer shall immediately give notice thereof to the city.
(C) (1) Upon installation of meters, it shall be sealed both at the register box and coupling, with a form of seal designated by the city, and these seals must not be broken, except upon its authority. The residents of property upon which a meter is installed will be held responsible for the intactness of these seals, and a fine of $25 will be imposed upon the resident of any property where the seal or seals may be found to be broken without prior notification to the city.
(2) The residents of the property upon which the meter is installed will be held responsible for any wilful or malicious damage sustained to meters, and he or she will also be held responsible for any damage which the meter may sustain through freezing, or hot water backing up through the same, and must bear the cost of repairing the meter where the same becomes damaged through any of the causes as herein designated. All meters must be put in working condition within seven days after notification to the resident of the property by the Common Council. The city will bear the cost of repairing meters where the same is required due to wear and tear of ordinary service.
(Prior Code, § 51.008)