Additional and private meter authorization.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 55-80
in effect§ 55-80. - Additional and private meter authorization.
(a) The Director is hereby authorized to permit customers to connect water and sanitary sewer meters to their private water system and/or private sanitary sewer system for the purpose of measuring usage and/or flow of potable water or sanitary sewerage. The Director shall prescribe the manner, type and location of such meters. A fee shall be established for reading such additional or private meters and administering these customer accounts.
(b) The monthly customer service charge provide for the cost of one water meter per customer per location to measure water usage for water and/or sanitary sewer billing purposes. The customer may request and the Director may authorize additional meters to be installed on the private or public system to measure water or wastewater flow or usage upon which water or sewer bills will be issued. These additional or private meters include, but are not limited to, water meters, wastewater meters, recycled water meters, deduct meters, well meters, fire line meters, flush meters and any other approved device measuring water, wastewater, treated effluent or recycled water flow or usage for City utility billing purposes.
(c) The customer shall pay a monthly meter charge for each additional or private meter read by the City used to measure potable water usage or sanitary sewer flow or usage for billing purposes. The monthly meter charge for each additional and each private meter shall be as established in Chapter 60, the General Schedule of Fees.
(d) The intent of this section is that a monthly meter fee be charged for each and every individual meter or device that is utilized to establish usage or flow. Therefore, whenever multiple meters or devices used in combination or series, customers will be charged for each and every meter or device which is used as a basis for establishing utility billing.
(Ord. No. 21517, § 5, 7-5-00; Ord. No. 21597, § 2, 11-14-00)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH55UT_ARTIICIWASE_DIV4RACHBIGECOPR_S55-80ADPRMEAUFetched: 10/28/2026