All service connections, meters, main extensions and installations paid for by applicants and all other facilities furnished by the water department or the city, whether located wholly or partially on public or private property, shall be and remain the property of the city and the water department shall have the right to repair, replace and maintain the same and the right to remove the same upon discontinuance of service. The manager or other duly authorized agent of the water department shall have at all reasonable times the right of ingress to and egress from any consumer’s premises for any purpose properly relating to the furnishing of water to the consumer. Any inspection work or recommendations made by the water department or its agents in connection with plumbing or appliances or any use of water on the consumer’s premises, either as a result of a complaint or otherwise, will be made without charge. No agent or employee of the water department or the city shall accept any personal compensation from a consumer or applicant for any services rendered. (Ord. 544 NCS §11; prior code §27.19.)