5351 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 64 - WATER SERVICE

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-- - � - L:._... • - Chapter 64 . Page 3 9. If at any time a meter shall fail to accurately measure and register the amount of water passing through tne sane, the quantity of water used may ` be esti�ated as an amount equal to the averace quantity theretofore furnished • through the particular service during an equal perio d of time in the quarter or quarters Iast preceding such �ailure and durinc� ti�ich sucn meter was reasur- ing and registering correctly. There shall be no credit or deduction allocved by reason of the Ioss or leakage of water af�er the same has passed through a meter. IO. �Vater services fror� tne water system of the City are hereby classi- fied as donestic quarterly services, domestic monthly services, non-domestic quarterly services and non-domestic monthly ser��ices. The term monthly as useci in this chapter, unless some other meaning. is clearly intended from the context in which the same is used, means a period if t�venty-eight, t�:enty-nine, thirty or thirty-one days, as the case may be, v�hether the same comr:.ences or ends on _ the first eay oF a calendar month or otiierwise . The term quarterly as used in this chapter, unless so-�e other meaning is clearly intended from the context in which the sare is usea, means a period of days approximating the m�mber of days w�ich equals one quarter oi a year and vrithout reoard to the day of the calendar month or uay of the calendar year upon wizich such period of time co�:,lcnces . �Yater services from said syster� to a single family residence, a ttivo famiiy resi- dence or to a residential structure of less tnan four ds�:elling units are do�^es- tic servic�s. Exc2pc as ottier�vise provided elsecvh�re in this chapter, all o�her services are r.on-do:�estic ser��ices. t�Jater services, whether domestic or non- domestic, througii wi�ich an averaye of Iess than 490,000 cubic feet of �vater is furnished durin� sac?� of the three periods of four consecutive quart-ers of the preced?ng t,�•elve consecutive quarters are cuarterly services. �Vater services, nrhether domes�ic or non-dor:,estic, througn which an average of 490,000 cubic feet of water or more is furnished as last aforesaid are monthly services. Classi- fications shall be assigned by the Director of the ��%ater Departmenr, If there is insufi'icient actual neasurerent of water furnishec? to determine the averaae use as aforesaid classification pendina detFrmination based on actual usc may be made on the basis of reasonable estimate . I1. The �vater charces sh�ll be based upon the classificatior. of service, the meter si.ze and the quantity ot water furnished monthly or c,uarterl;� as the case may be, as follo�vs : � SERVICF CH�RG� ; . . • Domestic Service regardiess of m�ter size $2.25 per quarter year pe r meter Non-Dor:estic �uarterZy Service: Meter Size Quartexly - Per bleter S/8" and 3/4" $ 6.00 1", 1 2„ and 1�'r 21.00 . 2rr 3 �r af;C� L1_-<< � � 7.'r�.�� 6"� 8"� 10" and I2" 360.00