§ 15.48.020. Meter reading and billing procedure.

A.

After a customer has requested water or sewerage service and complied with the applicable provisions of this title, the standard terms of service contemplated by Metropolitan Code of Laws Section 15.12.020, and the rules and regulations of the department, the water shall then be turned on and the meter shall be read.

B.

This procedure of reading and billing shall continue until the consumer or customer shall direct that service be discontinued at the specified location or until the department shall discontinue service on account of the failure of the consumer or customer to comply with the regulations of the department, the standard terms of service, or the provisions of this title.

C.

Any consumer who shall move into any premises without first notifying the division of billing and collection of the department, requesting that the meter supplying the premises be read shall be held responsible for all charges for water and sewerage services measured by water passing through the meter since the last previous reading, unless the same has been paid for by the former tenant.

(Ord. BL2005-867 §§ 3, 4, 2005; Ord. 94-1242 § 1, 1994; prior code § 40-1-112)