ORD CC 1980-01 - Water meter depositORDINANCE No. 30 -1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17, SECTION 17 -7 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, BY INCREAS-
ING THE DEPOSIT REQUIRED FOR TESTING OF WATER METERS BY
ELIMINATING PERCENTAGE OF VARIANCE IN DETERMINING CHARGES
TO BE MADE AS A RESULT OF TESTS, PROVIDING FOR FORFEITURE
OF DEPOSIT, PROVIDING FOR CHARGES FOR ERROR FOR A PERIOD
NOT TO EXCEED THREE (3) MONTHS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, THAT CHAPTER 17, SECTION 17 -7 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, IS
HEREBY AMENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
Section 17 -7: Testing for Accuracy.
(a) Customers to whom water is furnished through a
meter shall have the right to demand that any
meter be tested for accuracy and when any customer
wishes such test made, he shall deposit with the
Manager of Utilities the sum of $50.00 for each
meter desired tested. The Manager of Utilities
shall cause such meter to be tested under normal
testing procedures and notify the customer in
writing of the results of such test.
(b) If any such meter upon such test be found to be
inaccurate, the deposit for making such test
shall be returned to the customer and a deduc-
tion from the customer's bill of the propor-
tionate amount the bill was increased by the
amount of over - registration as indicated by
said test from the date that complaint was
first made by the customer that such meter
was over - registering the useage of water but
not for a period of time in excess of three
(3) months.
(c) If upon such test, the meter is found accurate
or if such test reveals that said meter has
under - registered the amount of water useage,
such deposit shall be forfeited to the City
for the cost of making such test and the
customer shall be charged for such under - useage
and said customer's water bills recalculated
for the preceding three (3) month period, and
if the cost of making the test exceeds the
$50.00 deposit above provided, the customer
shall be charged for the amount of such excess,
such charge to appear on the next monthly bill-
ing for water and sewer charges to such customer.
_ PASSED in open Council on this the %5 7k, day of
(7 IN i .(,ri AJ1) , 1980.
1,PPgfVE9 AS Tfl FC°,!1: I THE CITY OF HUNTSVI,, E
Charles Hoy-clan, Assistant City MORRIS I. WALLER Mayor
Attorney Attest: :r i� 7"\l/1r1�f
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