PUNTA GORDA — Residents have 30 days to remove boulders, vehicles and landscaping that may be on water meters in Punta Gorda.
After the 30 days, if the Punta Gorda Utilities Department can’t access a water meter, the homeowner will receive a violation notice from the city’s code compliance office.
Punta Gorda Utilities Director Tom Spencer told the Punta Gorda City Council on Wednesday he added three in-house employees to read meters. So far, they have found all but 100 water meters in the city that needed to be read…