No person shall in any manner obstruct or permit or cause to be obstructed the free access of any officer or employee of the city to any valve meter, shut-off box, or connection with any gas main or service pipe by means of any coal, lumber, brick, building material, or by any other means, shift or devise whatever, or refuse or prevent free access thereto by such officer or employee whenever such officer or employee shall desire access thereto in the performance of his duties. The officers of the city and any and every person delegated or authorized by the city for such purpose shall have free access to all and any part of any building, structure, or premises to which gas is supplied by the city for the purpose of examining the taps, pipes, and fixtures therein. Gas service may be discontinued by the city as to any premises regarded by the city as unsafe for gas service.
(Ord. 189, passed 2-22-58) Penalty, see § 10.99