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Said Six Dollar per lot charge shall provide water for the construction hereinabove set out, and for any other use such as developing lawns and watering plantings on the lot, for a period of six months from the time said payment is made, or said water use is started, or until the Certificate of Use and Occupancy for the house or building is issued, whichever occurs first. There- after, all water used shall be charged at the regular rates. Section 7413. Meters to Remain Property of the City. All water meters and meter boxes installed by the City Water Division shall remain, at all times, the property of the City, and where replacements, repairs, or adjustments of any meter are rendered necessary by the act, negligence or carelessness of the consumer, any expense caused the City thereby shall be charged against, and collected from, the consumer. If consumer or owner fai~ to pay such charges, the water may be shut off until such charges are paid. Each separate pipe connection in any meter box shall be separately metered. Section 7414. Failure of Meter. If a meter fails to register during any period, or is known to register inaccurately, the consumer shall be charged for an average daily consumption at same season as sho~n by the meter when in use and registering accurately. Section 7415. Installing Meters. The City shall have the right at any time, and at any point, to put in a water meter, and may force the collection for the amount of water that shall be used, in accordance with all Ordinances, rules and regulations of the City governing the consumption of water, and for that purpose, at any time, go upon the premises of the consumer of water. Section 7416. Curb Cocks. There shall be a curb cock or valve in every attachment Just inside the curb, at a point to be designated by the City, which said curb cock and its box shall be supplied by the City and shall be for its exclusive use and under its exclusive control. Section 7417. Damages. The City will not be responsible for damages to buildings or their contents, from any break beyond the street service box; the water consumers are hereby required, for their own protection, to provide at their own expense another valve to be placed at the first suitable point beyond said City valve. Section 7418. Application for Water ~iains in New Subdivisions. Owners of a new subdivision or tract of land, who are re- quired to install water mains and hydrants as provided for in the Subdivision Ordinance, shall make application to have said water mains and hydrants laid in tracts. Such mains and hydrants shall be of such size, kind and location as the Department of Public Works shall determine will properly supply said tract, having due regard to the requirements of adjacent lands and growth of the City. The Department of Public Works shall charge and collect in advance for such water main and hydrants as it deems necessary,