The City shall maintain or repair service piping between mains and meters at its expense. Service lines shall be installed at such depth that pipes shall be protected from traffic and other overhead uses, as well as freezing. Owners and customers shall take all reasonable precautions to protect service lines and meter installations from damage of any kind whatsoever. Failure of an owner or customer to take such precautions or make such repairs required by the City shall be cause for the City to stop or interrupt such service until said precautions or repairs are completed to the City’s satisfaction.

Whenever a City-owned meter is burned out by hot water or damaged by carelessness or negligence or other improper practice or activity of the owner or occupant of the premises, the City will repair the meter and charge the billing against the property served. The cost of such repairs shall be as prescribed by applicable city charge schedules. (Ord. 4-1982 §17, 1982.)