Service entrance and meter installation regulations for the city are hereby adopted as follows:
A. Application And Scope: These regulations, in addition to national and state codes, shall apply to the service entrance facilities installed on any new building or structure to be served from the city distribution system. Also any existing service entrance facilities shall be made to conform to these regulations if: 1) a circuit is added or extended; 2) the building is structurally altered by the adding or moving of walls or partitions; or 3) the service entrance is changed in any way.
1. Meters shall be located on the outside of the building, five and one-half feet (51/2') above the ground or walkway level. All meter sockets shall be surface mounted.
2. Service entrances of two hundred (200) amperes or less shall be provided with a main disconnecting device, adjacent to the meter and on the outside of the building. This device shall provide suitable short circuit and overcurrent protection, either fusible or thermal. No circuit shall be taken off between this main switch and the meter except in the case of a pump circuit on rural pole services.
3. The service entrance shall be placed on that side of the building or structure to which service is most readily available from existing lines, or lines as planned to be constructed by the city. (Ord. 563, 7-16-1974)
4. Meter sockets are customer property and will be supplied by the customer. (Ord. 745, 6-25-1996)
5. City poles must be free to be replaced or relocated at any time, so customer attachment of any kind to city poles is prohibited. Service entrance poles shall be owned and maintained by the customer.
6. Installation and maintenance responsibility of the city ends at the weatherhead connections above the meter.
7. Individual meter installations exceeding two hundred (200) ampere capacity require instrument transformers. Wiremen should contact the city electrical department concerning these service entrance arrangements. In general, the city will furnish the metering equipment, but the user shall bear the entire cost of installing and incorporating it into the wiring system as directed by the city electrical department. (Ord. 563, 7-16-1974)
8. Any and all new 3-phase service installations shall come under the direction of the electrical supervisor. (Ord. 745, 6-25-1996)
B. Additional Requirements For Multiple Meter Installations:
1. Service will be supplied at only one point on each individual building. An "individual building" shall be defined as meaning one which:
a. Has no electrical circuits either coming from or going to an adjoining building.
b. Has no wall openings, either usable or unusable, into adjoining buildings.
c. Does not share a common support or common roof without firewalls.
d. Has complete and independent exterior walls.
2. Meters shall be arranged horizontally five and one-half feet (51/2') above finished grade or walkway and grouped as much as practicable. Meter sockets shall be separate and independent enclosures.
3. Each meter will be considered a separate service entrance in other requirements concerning the main switch. (Ord. 563, 7-16-1974)