A.
The Town of Seneca Falls shall furnish water meters
for all water services connected to the Town of Seneca Falls water
mains. The meters shall constitute packages, and the cost will be
determined by the Town Board from time to time and shall be paid for
by the owner, developer or builder upon procurement of the water service
permit. All water meters shall remain under the full ownership and
control of the Town of Seneca Falls.
B.
The cost of any meter two inches or greater shall
be borne by the consumer.
A.
Meters shall be installed in the water service as
near to the wall where it enters the building as practical.
B.
No supply line shall be installed in the water service
ahead of the meter.
C.
The meter shall be installed in a horizontal position
and in a place where it will be readily accessible for reading and
maintenance. The meter will be furnished with connections (tail pieces
or companion flanges) that will be installed with the meter to facilitate
meter installation and removal.
D.
An approved compression stop shall be installed in
the water service line immediately ahead of and behind the meter.
A.
All meters will be tested by the Town of Seneca Falls
Water Department before installation. No meter will be installed that
varies more than plus or minus 1.5% from 100% at flows established
as "Normal Test Flow Limits" as shown in Table 1 of AWWA Standard
C700.
B.
Meters will be tested periodically as experience dictates
the need.
C.
If the property owner feels that a meter is not reading
correctly, he or she may demand, in writing, that the meter be removed
and tested by the Town of Seneca Falls Water Department. If the meter
is found to be within plus or minus 1.5% of 100% accurate at all normal
test flows as shown in Table 1 of AWWA C700-64, a charge in an amount
set from time to time by resolution of the Town Board will be made
to the property owner for the meter test. If the meter is found to
be more than 1.5% slow, the water bills for the preceding two quarters
will be adjusted in favor of the Town. If the meter is found to be
more than 1.5% fast, the water bills for the preceding two quarters
will be adjusted in favor of the property owner.
A.
The owner shall protect from damage any meter installed
on a water line on his or her premises. In the event of any damage
whatsoever, except ordinary wear, the meter shall be removed and repaired
by the Town and the cost thereof shall be paid by the owner.
B.
No person, except an employee of the Town Water Department,
shall remove a meter from a water line, break a meter seal, remove
a register or change a meter setting.
A.
Meters will be read and the customers billed on a
schedule established by the Town Board. Meters will be read in each
district the last two weeks of the month preceding the billing date.
B.
Each property owner will be responsible for making
sure the meter reader can get in the premises each time the meter
has to be read.
C.
If, for any reason, the meter reader cannot get in
to read the meter during any reading period, the amount of the water
consumption for billing purposes will be estimated on the basis of
previous readings.
D.
Water consumption will only be estimated for one billing
period and the meter must be read the next billing period.
E.
In cases where no one is home during regular hours
for meter reading (8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday),
the Town Board may, in its discretion, have a remote meter reading
register installed at the property owner's expense or have the water
shut off, after due notice, until arrangements for reading the meter
regularly can be made.
F.
Special meter readings will be made any time the ownership
or tenant occupancy of a property is changing hands at a cost to the
property owner in an amount set from time to time by resolution of
the Town Board. Any other special reading requested by a property
owner will be charged at a rate established by the Town Board.
A.
Whenever an owner requests that the water be shut
off at any property, the water shall be shut off at the curb stop
and the meter removed; except that if the water is to be shut off
for less than a day, it will not be necessary to remove the meter.
B.
If the curb box is not in good working order, it will
be put in good working order by the Town of Seneca Falls at the property
owner's expense.
C.
A fee as set from time to time by resolution of the
Town Board will be charged by the Town Board for turning off water
and a similar charge will be imposed for turning the water back on.
D.
Prior to turning water on, the service shall be inspected
for compliance with code. In the event a service does not meet code,
the owner shall be notified and required to bring service into compliance
prior to turn on.
