§ 12-235. Meters.

(a)

Where meters are installed in inaccessible places in houses or buildings and the electric public service company desires to relocate said meter loops for convenience in the rendering of its service, it may have a licensed master electrician reinstall meter loops to a point where the same would be located if the house or building were having a new system of wiring installed, and all such work so done at the request of the electric public service company shall be performed without cost to the owner; unless said relocation is the result of said wiring having been condemned by the electrical inspector for practices in violation of the provisions of this chapter or any applicable ordinance of the city.

(b)

The meter cabinets, cans, and electrical metering equipment through which service is rendered by the electric public service company to domestic establishments and buildings combining domestic establishments with commercial or industrial usage, shall be installed where readily accessible on the exterior of the building. Fire proof meter cabinets, cans, or meter sockets shall be approved by the electric public service company and installation shall be either performed by the master electrician performing the work, or supervised by a master electrician. The meter cabinets, or cans shall be located so the center of the opening of the meter dial shall not be less than five (5) feet nor more than six (6) feet above mean ground level, and to be readily accessible to the electric public service company to service. On apartment buildings, where space limitations will not permit placing all meters at the same height, they may be arranged in two (2) tiers, with the openings for the meter dials in lower tiers as near as practicable to five (5) feet above the mean ground level and second tier placed as near as practicable above the first. Where space limitations will not permit placing of meter cabinets, cans, or sockets, as outlined above, the electric public service company, subject to the approval of the electrical inspector may determine the arrangement to be used. All service outlets shall be located so as to permit placing the electric public service company's service wires on the wall of the building next to the supply.

(c)

The electric public service company shall not require the placing of meters on the front or street side of a building, without the written consent of the owners, and where not practical in the opinion of the electrical inspector to place metering devices on the exterior of the building, said location shall be at a point or points convenient to the electric public service company's service as determined by the electrical inspector.

(Code 1960, § 27-36(c), (d); Ord. No. 96-40, § 2, 3-28-96)