Chapter 14.76
WATER METERS1
Sections:
14.76.020 Meters – Property of city – Damaging.
14.76.030 Meters – Tests of accuracy.
14.76.010 Required.
A water meter shall be placed on every service. Meters and shutoff valves shall be housed in a standard meter box. A stopcock shall be installed next to and on the service side of the meter box. All meters and meter boxes and all appurtenances within the meter box shall be the property and responsibility of the city. (Ord. 994 § 33, 1986).
14.76.020 Meters – Property of city – Damaging.
A. All meters and all appurtenances within the meter box, unless otherwise authorized by the superintendent, shall be and remain the property of the city and must remain in place unless the use of water on the premises is to be entirely stopped or the service connection discontinued or abandoned. In all cases where meters are lost, damaged or broken by carelessness or negligence of the owners or occupants of premises, they shall be replaced or repaired by or under the direction of the superintendent, the cost charged against the owner or occupant, and in case of nonpayment the water shall be shut off and will not be turned on until such charge and the charge for turning on the water are paid.
B. When it is desired to have a meter removed or reinstalled, the owner of the premises supplied or to be supplied by such meter shall file an application at the office of the superintendent on forms provided for that purpose, and shall pay the cost in full for such removal or reinstallation. (Ord. 994 § 34, 1986).
14.76.030 Meters – Tests of accuracy.
Any user of metered water who may claim that the water meter through which such user is obtaining water is not registering correctly may make application to the superintendent to have such meter tested, and upon the deposit of $50.00 by such user with the superintendent it shall be the duty of the superintendent to test such meter to the end that such user may be served through a correctly registering meter. In case such test shall show that the meter was not registering correctly, the deposit of $50.00 shall be returned by the superintendent to the user, but in case such test shall show that the meter complained of was registering correctly, then such deposit shall be at once paid into the water fund of the city. (Ord. 1732 § 3, 2009; Ord. 994 § 35, 1986).
For statutory prohibition on damaging water meters, see RCW 9.61.020.