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194-16 Meters.
A. All individual services from the public water supply shall be metered in a manner approved by the Department of Public Works. All meters shall read in cubic feet.
B. Meters, as stated in 194-14, are the property of the landowner and will be purchased and set by him. The Department will, in the case of a single-family, residence, furnish and set the meter for the property owner at the owner's cost. All other meters shall be purchased and set by the property owner in conformance with Department requirements. All meters will be equipped with remote readers mounted on the outside of the building. The Department will, if it deems necessary, repair and/or replace damaged, faulty or old meters on single-family residential homes at no cost to the property owner. All other meters, if deemed by the Department to be in need of repair or replacement, shall be repaired
or replaced by the property owner within thirty (30) days of notification in writing from the Department.
C. The property owner shall provide access to the meter at all times.
D. If the property owner requests the Department to remove the meter and check its accuracy, there shall be, within each three year period, a charge assessed to the owner, if the meter is found to be running accurately within two percent (2%), as follows: first call, no charge; second call, five dollars ($5.00); third call and each additional call, ten dollars ($10). Should the meter prove to be faulty, no charge will be made.
E. No meter shall be disconnected from the pipe, moved or disturbed without permission from the Department of Public Works, who will send a properly authorized person to attend to any change needed. The Department shall have the right to change, replace, inspect, repair or remove any meter at any time it deems necessary.
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