No person, firm, or corporation shall make any installation, modification, or repair to any piping, applicances, or fixtures installed for the use of natural gas from the Cookeville Gas Department unless he shall have a liability insurance policy covering bodily injury or death with liability limits of $125,000.00 for each person, $250,000.00 for each accident, and property damage liability of $250,000.00 for each accident, and $250,000.00 for aggregate operations. Such policy shall be with a good and solvent insurance company approved by the City of Cookeville, Tennessee. However, any person wishing to make such installation, modification, or repair of appliances, piping, or fixtures for the use of natural gas in his own home, may be excused from complying with the provisions of this section.
(1970 Code, § 4-403, modified)