[Adopted 11-13-2008 by Res. No. 11-13-08-01]
The Authority believes that it is in the best interests of the
Authority to assume the responsibility for the annual credit meter
reading and submission of the same and, to that extent, establishes
the following procedure.
All applications for the installation of a credit meter or auxiliary
meter service must be first submitted to the Authority, and it will
be forwarded to ALCOSAN for approval and the initial reading and inspection.
Copies of each application must include the required attachments at
the time they are submitted to the Authority.
The Authority reserves the right to inspect and read the credit
meter as often as the Authority believes that a physical reading of
the meter is necessary.
The property owner agrees that, by the installation of the credit
meter and the request for credit, the Authority, its agents, servants
and employees, or designated representatives have the unconditional
and absolute right to enter onto and go upon the property of the customer
for the purposes of reading the credit meter, which must be accessible
from the outside of the property.
A property owner may, at any time, discontinue the credit meter
by notifying the Authority, in writing, that the credit meter application
is being discontinued.
Should the property owner discontinue the utilization of the credit meter, any request for reinstating a credit meter for the property address where the credit meter has been withdrawn must be returned to the Authority by the close of business on March 31 and shall be subject to approval by the Authority and shall be subject to a charge as set forth in Chapter
SD45, Rates and Charges, for an actual reading of the meter and administrative costs. No credit meter will be reactivated if the Authority determines that the owner or prior owner inaccurately submitted credit readings to the Authority unless and until the applicant refunds the full amount of any improper credit refunded to the owner or prior owner.
The sale or transfer of the property, after the discontinuance
of the credit meter, shall not guarantee the new purchaser the opportunity
of having installed, or putting in place, a residential, commercial,
or industrial sewage meter.
The Authority will physically read the credit meter prior to
the issuance of any no-lien letter for the sale or transfer of the
property in question. The property owner shall be responsible for
any excess credit made to the property owner and which was based on
the property owner's self reading of the meter.