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Amending Chapter 88 of the Legislative Code pertaining to water meters, to define new metering system technology and installation requirements, and to permit customers to select alternative metering systems, and imposing additional charges for manual reads of alternative metering systems.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1.
That chapter 88 of Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended as follows:
Chapter 88. - Water Code - Meters
Sec. 88.01. - Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended:
(1) Metering system shall consist of a water meter, a remote meter reading receptacle and connecting cable.
(2) Cable means the multiwire conductor between the water meter and the remote meter reading receptacle.
(3) Remote meter reading receptacle means the device mounted on the outside of the building from which meter readings can be obtained.
Meter. A water measuring device fitted with a register that records water volume.
Metering system. Either a radio or a non-radio system, which shall include all devices and appurtenances from and including the meter through the radio transmitter or remote meter reading receptacle.
Radio metering system. Either a meter with an integrated radio transmitter or a meter with a connecting cable and a remote radio transmitter. The radio transmitter includes an integral power source (battery).
Exterior-mounted radio metering system. A meter with a connecting cable and a remote radio transmitter.
Exterior-mounted non-radio metering system. A meter with a connecting cable and a remote meter reading receptacle. An exterior mounted non-radio meter reading system has no power source (battery).
Cable. A multiwire conductor between the meter and the remote meter reading device.
Remote meter reading device. Either a remote meter read...
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