(A) Each consumer shall provide a place for the housing of the electric meter on the exterior of the structure to protect it from damage, and shall use all reasonable care to protect the meter from destruction from any source whatsoever.
(Prior Code, § 10.01.070)
(B) (1) Each consumer is responsible to keep landscaping (shrubs, trees and the like) from obstructing access to the meter, which includes trimming or removal as deemed necessary by the Public Power Department.
(2) If a consumer makes a meter inaccessible, in the opinion of the Public Power Department, by installing a fence, deck, enclosure or animal run or other obstructions, the consumer shall, at his, her or their expense, either modify the area to provide safe, unobstructed access to the meter, or move the meter to a location acceptable to the Public Power Department.
(3) For existing meters located behind an existing fence, the consumer shall keep said fence unlocked for access to premises as referenced in § 50.004 of this chapter. Animals shall not be kept in an area that would prohibit the Public Power Department from accessing the meter or any apparatus associated with the meter.
(4) Meters shall not be installed over window wells, steps in stairways or in other unsafe or inconvenient locations.
(Prior Code, § 10.01.075)
Penalty, see § 10.999