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Sec. 38-83. Meter rates for water supplied. (a) For all water which passes through meters, customers within the corporate limits of the city shall Pay $2.80 per one thousand gallons or $2.0947 per one hundred cubic feet of water supplied. (b) For all water which passes through meters, customers of the City of Chesapeake who are served by Portsmouth and whose rates are not set by contract shall pay $4.20 per one thousand gallons or $3.1420 per one hundred cubic feet of water supplied. (c) For all water which passes through meters to the City of Chesapeake pursuant to contract, the City of Chesapeake shall pay: (1) For the first three million gallons of water per day of water suppl/ed during a billing period, $4.20 per one thousand gallons or $3.1420 per one hundred cubic feet of water supplied. (2) For the amount of water supplied during a billing period in excess of three million gallons of water per day, $3.36 per one thousand gallons $2.5136 per one hundred cubic feet of water supplied. (d) For all water which passes through meters to the City of Suffolk pursuant to contract, the City of Suffolk shall pay $2.570 per one thousand gallons or $1.9226 per one hundred cubic feet of water supplied. Sec. 38-94. Discontinuing service for failure to pay and other remedies. (c) When water or sewer use without execution of a contract for service or without payment of applicable rates, fees and other charges is discovered at a premises, a charge for the use together with an additional charge for detection shall be levied against the owner, occupant, or tenant occupying the premises. The owner of the property shall be responsible for payment of such charges for use and the additional charges for any period of time when a tenant does not occupy the property. For purposes of this section, evidence of occupancy by a tenant shall be a valid, dated, and properly executed lease between the owner and tenant provided to the Department of Public Utilities. The charge for water and sewer use shall be set by the Department of Public Utilities based upon the actual metered water usage at the premises. Should no metered water usage be available at the premises, the charge for water and sewer use shall be set by the Department of Public Utilities at a level equal to recover the estimated use for the time period in question. An additional charge of $25.00 shall be charged to recover the cost of detection. Additionally, should the water or sewer use involve the use of an unauthorized meter, the unauthorized use of a city-owned meter, or any type of unauthorized connection to the city water or sewer system, then the $12.00 inspection fee in Section 38-94. (b) shall be applied.