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Chapter 640 • • <br /> 4. WATER METERS. Water furnished from the water system of the City shall be <br /> measured by meters tested and approved by the Department of Water Management and furnished <br /> by the water user, which Department shall repair or replace all meters in services of <br /> one inch or smaller. Meters in services larger than one inch shall be tested, repaired or replaced <br /> in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the City Manager. Said rules may <br /> provide for the frequency of testing or inspection and the manner thereof; the cost or expense of <br /> or charges for testing, inspection, repair or replacement and the allocation thereof, the place of <br /> such operations and the responsibility for production of meters thereat, or of testing or repair <br /> equipment at meter sites; the limitation of the makes of meters to specific manufacturers which <br /> may be placed in service; the establishment of reasonable time limits for, and procedures to, <br /> carry out the mechanics of such testing, inspection, repair and replacement and the <br /> administration thereof. <br /> (Amended, Ordinance No. 2013-20, April 1, 2013) <br /> (Amended, Ordinance No. 2000-63, July 17, 2000) <br /> (Amended, Ordinance No. 90-35, March 19, 1990) <br /> 5. WATER SERVICE LINE. A water service line shall consist of the necessary tap, <br /> pipe, stop boxes, test plugs, stop cocks, hydrants, bypasses, meters, fixtures and appurtenances <br /> between the City water main and the discharge side of the water meter. Unmetered service lines <br /> for fire protection purposes shall be considered water service lines for the entire length thereof. <br /> The water service line shall be originally supplied by the owner of the property served thereby. <br /> The City shall maintain and keep in repair residential water service lines from the City main to <br /> the discharge side of the curb stop. The owner of the property served thereby shall maintain and <br /> keep in repair residential service lines from the discharge side of the curb stop to the intake side <br /> of the water meter, and keep in repair unmetered services lines, commercial service lines and <br />