13.08.015 Meters required.
A. Each separate structure or use shall be served through at least one water meter to determine the water consumption. The following structures or uses do not need to be separately metered but may be combined with other metered structures or uses as described.
1. Accessory buildings associated with single-family dwelling units, including garages, greenhouses, cabanas, workshops and similar structures not used for sleeping, cooking or other residence-specific functions may be combined with the associated single-family structure.
2. Individual mobile homes in a mobile home park may be combined except that not more than twenty (20) units shall be served by a single meter.
3. Restroom and accessory facilities serving a public park may be combined with other metered uses.
4. “Portable” classroom buildings at a school may be combined as a single metered use but shall be separately metered from other primary structures.
B. Landscape irrigation systems shall be separately metered, except those installed at a single-family residence, or those installed at other use classifications where the use is served through a water meter less than one inch in size. At the option of the owner, the meter may be city owned or it may be a customer owned exempt meter as provided in Section 13.08.040.
C. Service to the residential units of a mixed use structure shall be served through a separate meter if there are more than two residential units.
D. Facilities which are owned and operated by the water utility are exempt from these requirements. (Ord. 1762 § 1, 1994).