No basement or cellar. No building or structure shall be constructed, extended, repaired or altered without a basement or cellar being a part thereof, unless sufficient design and installation of plumbing systems are provided for water meter installation and location in an easily accessible, clean, dry space impervious to freezing which will accommodate the water meter in a horizontal position by a combination of elbows, valve gates and templets between the inlet and the outlet pipes and which will provide a minimum of six-inch-clearance between all portions of the water meter, templets and valve gates and the closest abutting immovable object, with the express exception that no water meter shall be located in a crawl space. No building permit shall be issued by the Building Department unless the building plans are in compliance with the foregoing requirements. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Building Department unless the completed building or structure is in compliance with the foregoing requirements and the water meter has been installed and is in operating condition.
(Prior Code, § X-3.068)